I’ve just signed back in to my WordPress blog for the first time in 10 years! Where has the time gone? Where have I been?!!

So, here’s my first blog in 10 years … I hope you enjoy it and you’ll see the irony!

Background

Before I list my 12 New Year Resolutions I think it’s important to set context. I hate New Year Resolutions! I never, ever stick to them and they only help to remind me that I am over-weight, self-indulgent, short-tempered and every other hyphenated disappointment you can think of.

However….

This is probably only because I set the bar far too high. If I set monthly resolutions I can not only set the bar lower but also I can vary them. Bingo!

  • 1. Procrastination

    • February is going to be the month when I jump out of bed early, get stuck into whatever I’m on with and hit the ground running. It was going to be January, but I left it too late!

    2. Reading

    March is the month for reading a minimum 100 pages per week. From Mills and Boon to Benioff’s latest blockbuster… I’m going to smash through them all!

    3. Fitness

    April will see me getting up with the morning sun and racing through 100,000 steps per week. That’s not including the tennis and cycling exercises.

    4. Writing

    May will be spent finishing off those blogs I’ve started, the books I keep promising to write and the screenplay I’ve held in my head for all these years. Don’t expect to see much of me in May!

    5. Meditation

    June is a month of silent contemplation. A little bit of ommmm goes a long way and it’s time I discover the beauty of inner peace.

    6. Swim

    July is for swimming at least 3 times per week. Be that in the sea, river, lake or my least favourite… local swimming baths. It’s got to be done.

    7. Cycle

    August is when the roads are least busy. 10 miles a day on average is my target. It’s modest, but much of this will be done off-road and local.

    8. Vegetarian

    I love meat! But one month off it will not kill me. September will require the most strength of all my challenges so far, but it will be worth it, I’m sure.

    9. Sobriety

    I managed 8 consecutive days of non-drinking in October ’19 plus another handful of days amongst the parties. This year, I’ll do all 31 but I’m not likely to be worth talking to!

    10. Russian

    November will see me revisit a language I tried to teach myself when I was a spotty 15 year old and bored during the summer holidays. I’m hoping to at least be able to ask for a pint of beer to go with the vodka!

    11. Writing #2

    It’s not that I’m running out of ideas, but I just know that I’ll need to make time again to finish off the writing I do for pleasure rather than business writing.

    12. Diet

    Lose a stone before Xmas … but, if I’ve achieved all the other resolutions throughout the year, I’ll already be fitter.

    Wish me luck!

    PS. I’m on with my list of #do1thing too