My New Year Resolutions
It’s always easier to start a new life from January. It happens naturally that people make lists of goals they want to achieve in the new year and maybe some new things they want to try.
I have been making my own list in my own mind for a month now. I even wrote it down in my little organiser the other day. And now I have a list of things to keep me busy in 2015. However I wanted to share them with you, my friends, as I know when you commit publically, you are on the hook to deliver!!!
So here it is, without any order of precedence or preference:
1. Be FIT. To me it means exercise 3 times a week. I do 2 gyms and one P&T training at lunch times.
2. Eat less sugar. I have cut on chocolate and sweets completely. This and exercising helped me lose about 1,5 kilos already.
3. Travel more than last year. Margaret River is booked for Easter. New Zealand is in the making for July. Gold Coast is a maybe for October!
4. Do at least 5 family photo sessions in support of my fund. Next photo session is planned for 1 March afternoon. Please shout if you want to have one. http://curecancer.gofundraise.com.au/page/HobbyforCureCancer
5. Meet a lot of new people from different spheres. And make 3 good friendships.
6. Join a club. I am thinking a photo club at this stage. Have not done much in this space yet.
7. Keep in touch with my existing friends and acquaintances.
8. Buy a house. That’s in preparation for the retirement. Ask me about this if you are interested.
9. Leave less waste behind. We are drowning in household waste every week. Two bins we have is not enough for our small household, can you believe this? I started to think differently, I now think how I can do without an excessive packaging and thousands of plastic bags!!! First thing I did, I bought a few canvas bags and already went shopping with no plastic!!! Looking for shops selling wholesale and less packaged items! Thinking of sewing cotton bags for bulk products that are sold in Kakoulas Bros’ etc.
10. Start writing our family history book. It is a two year project for me and I started collecting information last year (does not count). But I have not started putting it together.
11. Write in my Live Journal more! I find that this is a kind of self-reflection that helps me clear my mind. So here I am…
12. Arrange big parties in our home. We have just had one great party ala James Bond aka Kino, Vino and Domino celebrating Oleg’s birthday. It was a great success. So we will keep it up. The next one is on 8 March. It’s a multicultural food festival!!!
13. Write articles to newspapers or magazines. Not sure what about and which magazines, but there is such desire.
14. Do our kitchen make-over. We continue our house re-decoration, so I thought the kitchen would be a great achievement for this year if we dare touching it!
15. Do other mini-improvement-projects to make our home cosy. One has been done already and will be shared soon! It is just awesome!!!
16. Listen, listen, listen. Times and times again I catch myself not listening to what people are saying but giving advice. I need to stop doing it!!! Who cares about my advice! People want to be heard!
17. Cook something new every month. That’s a daring resolution considering my cooking skills and desire to cook are on the bottom of my to do list. But I thought we need a bit of woomf in our culinary traditions. Let’s see what comes out of it. Happy to consider your suggestions what is worthwhile cooking!
18. Grow professionally. That’s a big statement. My focus topics for this year are leadership and coaching.
19. Say thank you and I am sorry 3 times more than I do now! Just bloody say it, it’s not so hard!
20. Make at least 3 photo books.
21. Grow our own veggies. We already do, but can do more. Especially the greens.
Shall I stop here?! I have more things in my mind.
Now, this is important, my friends!!! All these things need to happen above and beyond our normal routine life. They take extra effort, extra planning, extra of extra))) But I am sure if one wants to achieve something one will find the time, the will power and the money to do it all or most of it, with the help of the family of course and the people around us. So my take on it is: If I don’t do these, then why live at all?
Have a great year!
Hugs and kisses
Tanita
Parking lot for my bucket list:
1. Live for a year in Spain and learn Spanish
2. Work in Canada for 3 years
3. Travel to New-York
4. Visit my friend in Vancouver and have hot chocolate with crickets with her!
5. Travel around the world.
6. To be continued
I have been making my own list in my own mind for a month now. I even wrote it down in my little organiser the other day. And now I have a list of things to keep me busy in 2015. However I wanted to share them with you, my friends, as I know when you commit publically, you are on the hook to deliver!!!
So here it is, without any order of precedence or preference:
1. Be FIT. To me it means exercise 3 times a week. I do 2 gyms and one P&T training at lunch times.
2. Eat less sugar. I have cut on chocolate and sweets completely. This and exercising helped me lose about 1,5 kilos already.
3. Travel more than last year. Margaret River is booked for Easter. New Zealand is in the making for July. Gold Coast is a maybe for October!
4. Do at least 5 family photo sessions in support of my fund. Next photo session is planned for 1 March afternoon. Please shout if you want to have one. http://curecancer.gofundraise.com.au/page/HobbyforCureCancer
5. Meet a lot of new people from different spheres. And make 3 good friendships.
6. Join a club. I am thinking a photo club at this stage. Have not done much in this space yet.
7. Keep in touch with my existing friends and acquaintances.
8. Buy a house. That’s in preparation for the retirement. Ask me about this if you are interested.
9. Leave less waste behind. We are drowning in household waste every week. Two bins we have is not enough for our small household, can you believe this? I started to think differently, I now think how I can do without an excessive packaging and thousands of plastic bags!!! First thing I did, I bought a few canvas bags and already went shopping with no plastic!!! Looking for shops selling wholesale and less packaged items! Thinking of sewing cotton bags for bulk products that are sold in Kakoulas Bros’ etc.
10. Start writing our family history book. It is a two year project for me and I started collecting information last year (does not count). But I have not started putting it together.
11. Write in my Live Journal more! I find that this is a kind of self-reflection that helps me clear my mind. So here I am…
12. Arrange big parties in our home. We have just had one great party ala James Bond aka Kino, Vino and Domino celebrating Oleg’s birthday. It was a great success. So we will keep it up. The next one is on 8 March. It’s a multicultural food festival!!!
13. Write articles to newspapers or magazines. Not sure what about and which magazines, but there is such desire.
14. Do our kitchen make-over. We continue our house re-decoration, so I thought the kitchen would be a great achievement for this year if we dare touching it!
15. Do other mini-improvement-projects to make our home cosy. One has been done already and will be shared soon! It is just awesome!!!
16. Listen, listen, listen. Times and times again I catch myself not listening to what people are saying but giving advice. I need to stop doing it!!! Who cares about my advice! People want to be heard!
17. Cook something new every month. That’s a daring resolution considering my cooking skills and desire to cook are on the bottom of my to do list. But I thought we need a bit of woomf in our culinary traditions. Let’s see what comes out of it. Happy to consider your suggestions what is worthwhile cooking!
18. Grow professionally. That’s a big statement. My focus topics for this year are leadership and coaching.
19. Say thank you and I am sorry 3 times more than I do now! Just bloody say it, it’s not so hard!
20. Make at least 3 photo books.
21. Grow our own veggies. We already do, but can do more. Especially the greens.
Shall I stop here?! I have more things in my mind.
Now, this is important, my friends!!! All these things need to happen above and beyond our normal routine life. They take extra effort, extra planning, extra of extra))) But I am sure if one wants to achieve something one will find the time, the will power and the money to do it all or most of it, with the help of the family of course and the people around us. So my take on it is: If I don’t do these, then why live at all?
Have a great year!
Hugs and kisses
Tanita
Parking lot for my bucket list:
1. Live for a year in Spain and learn Spanish
2. Work in Canada for 3 years
3. Travel to New-York
4. Visit my friend in Vancouver and have hot chocolate with crickets with her!
5. Travel around the world.
6. To be continued