OK let’s get done with the New Year’s resolution. Haven’t been much into resolutions anyway and I don’t think I should make any life changing plans now. I am just a bit old to think that life takes an unexpected great turn by the 1st of a year. Baby steps, that’s what I am good at and I’ll stick to it thanks.....
I know the below sounds pretty petty, but for me it’s an effort to achieve even some of these.
- Drink eight glasses of water daily (I just can’t get myself to remember this and I can go on for days without remembering to drink water. And no I do not take fizzy drinks)
- Stop reading women’s magazines – just a waste of my time. I get so many from my work place and really c’mon how many times am I going to read how to get a great orgasm!!
- Accompany DH on all the grocery shopping trips. I feel so bad that while my hubby goes around shopping for food items, I sit cosy at home. (And just for info – he does the cooking while I do the cleaning. Yes, he is the one to get the cleaning supplies as well)
- Limit eating chocolates to once a week. Today I had four bars of Milky Way (my favourite); this should give you an idea about my addiction to sweets. Oh by the way I am not overweight, just worried about getting some sugar related problems in old age.
- Take medicines morning and evening. I am hypothyroid and have to be on medication all my life. Again, I tend to forget to take my tablets daily.
- Once a week pamper myself – manicure, pedicure, oil my hair, apply mask and steam my face. I am so terrible at doing girly stuff by myself. Used to go to the salon once a week in Dubai. All that stopped when I came to the UK three years back; more so because of the horribly expensive rates at a decently good salon here.
- Update finances once a fortnight. Here I am just lazy. I am the financier at home and am bullish about jotting down each and every penny that we have spent. I collect all the receipts and often update my “excel file” just once a month.
- Go on ebay only when required. OK I confess I am an ebay addict. I can’t live without Google and Wikipedia – and ebay too is going that way.
- No more make-up purchase. I am well on my way out but it had almost become a second hobby – buying make-up. (Not that I ever use make-up. I am a cream and powder kind of person)
- Write three blog entries per week. This is really a no-brainer if you have been reading my blog. I am one of those “once a blue moon” blogger and it pisses me no end. I have so many things going on in my life and why can’t I just find the time to write about it.
- Read at least twelve books this year - I used to read so much during my college days and in my 20s. All that just dwindled down as I grew older. Borders just closed down last week and we managed to buy quite a few stuff from there. Because I am the impatient sort, I have already finished reading Lovely Bones, Gregory Peck’s biography and After River. With the New Year I shall start on Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki.
- During Summer – clear out as much as clutter as possible. No, not mine – all part of husband’s history.
- This is the toughest of the lot – Complete studying two units a week. If I ever find myself not able to sleep, all I have to do is start reading one of my modules. I swear it’s not that the modules are boring, just that I lack concentration. Maybe that’s another area I need to work on.
Ah well...lets see how many I can accomplish.
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