Hello, everyone! Here’s wishing a happy, happy new year to all my readers, or what’s left of them anyway! (I know I have no one but myself to blame for that, but let’s put that aside for now. )
This year has whizzed past me at astronomical speeds (both literally – the Earth did complete a revolution around the Sun- and figuratively! I had barely gotten used to writing 2019 while writing the date, and now I have to push 2020?!
Of course, what’s a new year without new (and many old) resolutions? I thought long and hard about my resolutions this year. As neither mega nor micro resolutions have worked with me, I needed to focus on what I really wanted out of my life this year. So I categorized my resolutions/goals/ambitions/wants/needs ( you know I love categorizing!) and listed them down. Hopefully I’ll manage to achieve some of them, if not all! There are still things on the work front that I need to do, but there are many paths and options there and I don’t really know for sure what I want, so I’ll just table it until next year. As of now, my resolutions are as follows:
Health & Fitness resolutions
- Become fitter by: 1) eating healthier and better and 2) working out more (more than more because more in my case can be very little because I don’t work out AT ALL usually. Go figure! 😛 )
- Go to the gym regularly and be able to swim 2 Olympic sized pool laps (200 meters freestyle) without stopping
- Eat out less often and cook more often
- Dance more
- Sleep early and wake up early
Reading & Writing resolutions
- “Read” more audio books to save time
- Inventory all the books I own and their whereabouts
- Finish reading all the books in my personal library (from the aforementioned inventory) before hogging public library books
- Buy more books 😀
- Read more newspaper and current affairs magazine articles (as opposed to Twitter opinions)
- Read more Marathi books
- Read at least 1 Hindi and 1 French novel
- Write more often and more regularly
- Start a translation project
- Consolidate all of my blogs into one blog
Miscellaneous resolutions
- Scream less at my child (same strictness, lower decibels)
- Snap less at people but stand my ground and keep expressing my opinions fearlessly (even though most people disagree with them)
- Become more disciplined
- Make more lists 😀
- Have more interesting, meaningful, insightful conversations rather than the regular ghar-pati-bachche-office stuff
- Limit social media “friends” to only those with whom I have/wish to have regular contact
That is all for now. I’m sure I’ll be breaking many of these resolutions and adding some more to the lists. Let’s see how it goes. Wish me luck!
How was your 2019 and what are your resolutions for the year 2020? Do let me know in comments! Happy new year once again, people! Peace Out!
The Writing Block! 