My new year resolutions
posted by Emma on 28 Dec 2007

I love new year resolutions. I know it's an artificial point in time, no different from any other time of the year, but like most people I like the idea of seasons, cycles, renewal and whatnot. I usually have at least ten, but I'm happy if I achieve just one of them. So here is my list, so far: no doubt it will grow over the next few days as I think about it more.
- Lose ten pounds (of course. No NYR list is complete without this old chestnut)
- Only use keyboard shortcuts, not the mouse, in InDesign, Photoshop and Word. And Excel. And everything.
- Become ambidextrous
- Sell more books
- Drink more water
- Never drink instant coffee
- Get better at saying 'no thanks' to things I don't want to do
- Don't work on Sundays (not for religious reasons, just to have a day off)
- Keep inbox at zero (easy, actually, now I use RememberTheMilk. Everything goes on a list. Those lists are quite long, of course.)
- Make the company more profitable. (Good one, that)
- Do more housework
- Go for a walk every day
Actually, in writing that list, I'm pretty happy with how everything is at the moment. There are no huge 'must do this because am bad person' ones. Yey.
What are yours?
Comments: 3

-Lose 20 pounds
-Do less housework
-Finish my novel
-Finish my novel
-Finish my novel (well enough to serialise it)
-Exercise every day, which will produce enough serotonin to ward off depression at the contempt in which online writers are held
Posted by: Lee | December 29, 2007 11:36 AM
-Sort out 10X10X10
-Do more housework
-Lose 5 pounds (already lost the first ten, go me)
-Try not to complain about schoolwork/jobwork matrix, after all I am paying for the privilege
-Entirely clean out garage/computer room closets and give huge boxes to charity
-Make new friends
-Be a better knitter
-Spend less money
-Stop commenting on Snowbooks blog so much
Posted by: KatharineC | January 2, 2008 04:44 PM
Hey! No! Comment *more*!
Posted by: Em | January 2, 2008 06:26 PM