New Year's Resolutions
Dec. 30th, 2011 12:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lupestripeI tend not to make New Year's Resolutions as I believe if you want to make a change in your life, there is no time like the present. Having said that - and having assessed where I am in my life - I accept there are a couple of things I would like to change in 2012.
1) My weight
This has crept up by half a stone, year-on-year, for the last decade. While 92kg is not particularly obese, the way my body places all my fat on my belly is intensely annoying, not to mention that this is the worst place to store excess weight regarding health. My diet is reasonably good and I do about an hour of walking a day so all I need to do is reduce food portions, reduce drinking and increase the intensity of my exercising. Joining a gym is paramount but provided I can stick to a regime and not get discouraged after a fortnight due to one evening of indulgence, I should be fine. But I do need to crack it this time.
2) My cynicism
As the more astute of you may have noticed, I am not particularly enamoured with Britain right now. I make no secret of the fact that I want to leave and have already started making plans to this end. In the meantime, I am going to have to accept this country for what it is and not get down about the relentless negativity in the media and by the fact I seem to be swimming against the tide of public consensus on most issues. If I let the bad news simply wash over me rather than drown me, it will make for a relaxed and more bouncy puppy.
3) My networking
I admit my social life has taken a back seat over the last two years, partly due to my career. In times of economic toughness, this is a natural state of affairs. I was far more socialable in 2011 than 2010 though and hope to continue this upward trajectory in 2012. Intrinsic to this is to get back on IMs and social networks again. The problem is my job often sees me sat in front of a computer fielding queries and calls on Skype and Yahoo Messanger so this is the last thing I want to do when I get home. I must get out of that mindset.
4) My writing
As a journalist, my job involves being sat in front of a computer writing things. Therefore, this is the last thing I want to do in my spare time. Consequently, I haven't written anything creative since September 2010. I hope to rectify this next year although my confidence in my writing is so low, I doubt whether I will be able to muster the energy, let alone the time, to commit a story to paper. Here's hoping but this is the lowest of my four priorities.
So there you go, my four point plan to a happy Lupe. Hopefully I'll stick by it this time.
1) My weight
This has crept up by half a stone, year-on-year, for the last decade. While 92kg is not particularly obese, the way my body places all my fat on my belly is intensely annoying, not to mention that this is the worst place to store excess weight regarding health. My diet is reasonably good and I do about an hour of walking a day so all I need to do is reduce food portions, reduce drinking and increase the intensity of my exercising. Joining a gym is paramount but provided I can stick to a regime and not get discouraged after a fortnight due to one evening of indulgence, I should be fine. But I do need to crack it this time.
2) My cynicism
As the more astute of you may have noticed, I am not particularly enamoured with Britain right now. I make no secret of the fact that I want to leave and have already started making plans to this end. In the meantime, I am going to have to accept this country for what it is and not get down about the relentless negativity in the media and by the fact I seem to be swimming against the tide of public consensus on most issues. If I let the bad news simply wash over me rather than drown me, it will make for a relaxed and more bouncy puppy.
3) My networking
I admit my social life has taken a back seat over the last two years, partly due to my career. In times of economic toughness, this is a natural state of affairs. I was far more socialable in 2011 than 2010 though and hope to continue this upward trajectory in 2012. Intrinsic to this is to get back on IMs and social networks again. The problem is my job often sees me sat in front of a computer fielding queries and calls on Skype and Yahoo Messanger so this is the last thing I want to do when I get home. I must get out of that mindset.
4) My writing
As a journalist, my job involves being sat in front of a computer writing things. Therefore, this is the last thing I want to do in my spare time. Consequently, I haven't written anything creative since September 2010. I hope to rectify this next year although my confidence in my writing is so low, I doubt whether I will be able to muster the energy, let alone the time, to commit a story to paper. Here's hoping but this is the lowest of my four priorities.
So there you go, my four point plan to a happy Lupe. Hopefully I'll stick by it this time.
