2 posts tagged “resolutions”

I didn't do quite as well with my 2007 resolutions as I might have hoped. I believe this might have been something to do with manageability. It is my true belief that this year's targets need an element of realism. And so, I begin.

1. Watch more box sets - everyone else loves them, and box sets can do my new red wine. Which brings me onto...
2. Only drink alcohol if there is an event written in my diary - i.e. unless I write 'random night in the pub after work' IN ADVANCE there can be no drinking.
   
3. Do some healthy shopping on Tesco Online. That way, the heavy stuff, which also happens to be the healthy stuff, will always be in my cupboard. Which will lead me to
4. Eat a quarter of the number of takeaways.
   
5. Try the swimming pool at Oasis - and see if it is bearable
6. Eat more Hot Tamales - they're really nice, even if they're only available in one shop in the whole of the UK
7. Big lunch OR big dinner - Not both. Ever. Well, hardly ever.
8. Pay off both credit cards - And don't then start using them again
9. Save all freelance money - that way, in 2014 I will have the deposit on a house.
10. Have 10% more patience - Baby steps...

Late entry at 11: Update my website, so it doesn't look like I died mid-2007.

Wow. I've been quiet lately, huh. This has inevitably left me with a backlog of things-only-interesting-to-me posts that I'm now going to wade through. Where to begin?

Thing number one

New Years Resolutions are as follows:
Try to eat vegetables. Start with the easy stuff, like roasted peppers, and then graduate to the stuff that makes you feel sick just to think about, like peas. Do not rule out the possibility of having some kind of therapy, possibly hynotherapy, to help you overcome this.
Drink less.  On January 1st the intention was to not drink for a month, but unfortunately, this failed on the 5th. The new decision is to only drink if you're going for a big night out. So, no more wine with dinner, a quick glass of wine in the pub, or a baileys whilst watching crappy TV. You life is going to suck, but this thought indicates that it's about time you dealt with it.
Get very proactive with the whole dating thing. And do not end up in any kind of situation with someone from the previous year. Or years. This is 2007.  This leads nicely onto...
..The Secret Project. Get very proactive on this as well.
Do not get stressed out about things that don't matter. Or because you think you should be stressed out. Or because the people around you are stressed out. Try coming down off the ceiling occassionaly.
Do not get angry when people say they worry about you.  Even though it's making you angry right now just thinking about it.  (This one might take a while).
Remember to appreciate the good stuff. There's lots of it.

Thing number two
I've just returned from Vegas, which was [insert adjective here. You can choose from knackering, amazing, weird, souless, brilliant, tonsolitus-envoking].  It's a weird city, because every single place you go is themed to look like somewhere else, so Las Vegas itself has no real personailty. It's like someone with serious multiple personailty issues, except all the personalities are tacky and gold. Saying that, I loved it. It's nice to go somewhere where the diet consists of gambling, alcohol, elvis and fries. You don't ever feel guilty for not visiting a museum. And the biggest achievement? Not getting married whilst drunk. I was genuinely quite frightened that I was going to  do it.

Thing number three
I've noticed that something about blogs makes people catalogue their illnesses. So, here's mine. My throat hurts, my bones ache, my voice has gone all funny, my head hurts, my nose is sniffely, and I feel sorry for myself. Does anyone have any paracetamol?

And I'll leave you with this.

Corporate whore