I hope everyone had a good New Year’s Eve and weren’t too hungover on New Year’s Day!

Now onto the resolutions!
It seems that I didn’t actually make any last year but I’ll go through the ones that are ALWAYS on my list anyway.

DO MORE FOR CHARITY
In 2010, I started giving money to Save The Children every month. I also took part in raising money via work for a local charity called Jeremiah’s Journey (helps children who have lost people who they were close to). ALSO, I took part in a Sponsored Slim for Jeremiah’s Journey.
Oh yeah and – I gave two laptops to a charity based in Kenya through one of Myke’s friends.

LOSE WEIGHT
I actually lost weight this year but I started off the first few months of the year by putting on a stone in weight (14lbs), due to some problems I was having in my personal life. However, through the Sponsored Slim I did with some of my colleagues, I lost 18lbs. I then lost a further 7lbs, bringing my total weight-loss of the year to 25lbs.

SPEND LESS, SAVE MORE
I sucked at this. Seriously; by the end of January, I had purchased a new mobile phone, Nintendo DS and Netbook (like a laptop but smaller). And I started going out for meals and “nights out” etc with work more so…I spent WAY more than I would have liked. And I purchased my beloved kitten, Chester.
And I didn’t save. I feel the shame.
On the plus side, however – I’ve stopped purchasing books and instead borrow them from friends, book clubs or libraries and they USED to be one of my biggest expenditures (I can walk into a book shop after spending £100+ EASILY).

MAKE MORE OF AN EFFORT WITH FRIENDS
This one is a bit 50/50; I haven’t SEEN much of my non-work friends but I HAVE gotten back in touch with a lot of people I knew in school or college and have spoken to many of them quite a few times. For someone who prefers to only have a couple of close friends and dislikes having to interact with people she doesn’t know, this was a big step.

EXERCISE MORE
I suck. I sucked at the beginning of the year, I did okay in the middle of the year (I went out for a few walks and jogs and bought a mini trainer which I still use) and then I sucked again.

My resolutions for 2011 are:-

• lose weight
• spend less, save more
• quit smoking and drinking alcohol
• pass both the theory and practical parts of driving tests
• be more active on my blog

Hopefully, this year will be full of “I DID IT!”.

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