The Joys and Miseries of New Years Resolutions

Ok so 'I'm back at work and seemingly ignoring one of this and last years resolutions to 'write more'. The more I slip back into old habits the more I began to think how successful I had been last year and what luck I was having with this years given that we are less than a month into the year.

Ok last years:

1. Get to 8.6 stone and stay there
• Less said about this the better (see cake related blogs)
2. Hang Paintings
• Yay I did one!
3. Keep up my writing (blogs and haiku)
• Mega fail! and why I love writing
4. Write a short story or similar
• does Jo Jo the Spare Part count? Not very ambitious though :(
5. Create a portfolio of art
• not a single painting or drawing finished, just two pots
6. Create a painting worthy of hanging
• nope
7. Learn a language
• I bought the French cd, signed up on LiveMocha and did nothing
8. Learn a new skill
• erm...selling art?
9. Finish making curtains, box, TEFL
• nope to all three; hald a curtain is hung, the box has been abandoned and no time for TEFL
10. Say YES more
• erm...well I said Yes to work a lot, but I'm not sure that was entirely what I meant

Well thats enlightning. With 365 days to make use of I failed on all bar one and in fairness Mark helped me hang the paintings so I can't even take full credit for that. So am I doing any better with this years?

2012 Resolutions

1. Work less
• Well I'm down a collegue but I think I'm doing slightly better
2. Give up eating Beef and Lamb
• I was doing so well...and then I went out for a birthday chinease buffet and on auto pilot I cmplimented the braised beef with ginger, ate a load of ribs and remembered I wasnt meant to have eaten either of those things 2 hours later.
3. Get fitter
• I just cant motivate myself but I am walking the dog a little more. 3 gym sessions this week...
4. Write more
• Still not as much as I would like
5.  Be a better wife
• erm..maybe. I'm home more, the house is cleaner, but I'm not back baking yet
6. Don't pick at face
• I just cant stand spots so this is a hard habit to crack but I'm much better than I was
7. Spend less time watching T.V.
• Doing well on this :)
8. Holiday more with friends
• Plans are in motion - Morroco, Venice, London, Bhutan....very exciting!
9. Eat more slowly
• erm...still learning this. I had actually forgotten I was meant to be doing this.
10. Drink more water and less coffee
• Surprisingly I am slowly getting better, it is so cold at work I am drinking masses of hot water to try and warm up.
11. Finish things I start....
• Does that mean I have to do last years as well?

So has this helped? I think it might have got my mind back on track with what I am meant to be doing. Maybe a review each month might improve my chances of actually achieving these.

Fingers crossed!