A New Year

The crossover from 2006 to 2007 saw me spend a quiet evening at home, reading, and then going to see my fiancé, who was doing stocktake at work (lucky girl indeed) for the countdown and a bit of a New Year Smooch. Same as last year, though this year we went out onto the store’s roof and watched some fireworks.

New Year’s Resolutions and I have not really ever been close – I’ve not really made any sweeping declarations of intent and therefore not failed to meet them. Last year, however, I did make one, which I very happily achieved.

In 2007, there are two major things slated that I am looking forward to, for very obvious reasons:

• Marrying my girl, which happens on April 20
• Travelling overseas, a late honeymoon, which will be in July-September sometime.

With major changes covered, there are a few smaller things and attitudes I’d like to get onto:

Shed a few kilos and get a little buff
My brother bought me some adjustable weights for my birthday (28 Dec for those playing at home) and took me to the gym to explain how it all worked. I now have a bit of a routine to keep, which I plan to do every second day, and do some walking/bike riding on the other days.

Write more
Last year I didn’t do a whole lot of writing, though I did manage to keep something vaguely resembling a journal (a private notebook, not this ole’ thing), albeit with monthly entries and not the weekly ones I planned.

As for major writing projects, I’ve previously started several but lose interest in them after a few chapters. I’ve done the Stephen King thing and put them in a drawer for a later time when things may be more conducive for those particular ones.

I intend to have a first draft of a novel done by the end of the year, with a conceptual synopsis done by the end of this month to help it get kicking.

Be a little ‘sunnier’ and not as quick to fire up
Whilst I consider myself a fairly nice and affable person, I do get irritated fairly easily and quite quickly. I want to work on being a little more relaxed and not getting agitated quite so quickly.

If I can make some decent headway on these three things, I think I’ll go a long way to keeping my head clear and being a bit more generally healthy as a result.