This is likely to be added to but this is what I’ve got so far…
1. Refresh what used to be quite a good memory for rules of written English. My grammer, punctuation and so on used to be really quite good. The one teacher who I recall being quite influential in my schooldays was a bit of a stickler for it and disliking school for many reasons I found comfort in the ‘rules and laws’ of the language. It is pure laziness that prevents me from doing it, well that and a tendancy to run away with my words and type as I think instead of constructing proper and cohesive sentences and paragraphs. It is something I am sorry to have lost, would like to get back both from my own pov as a blogger, something I want to pass to the children as we get more into writing and reading and something which bugs me about myself a little too.
2. Take our financial situation a bit more seriously. I do have the capacity and ability to earn money and I really need to pull my finger out and do it.
3. Do enough planning and recording of our HE journey to satisfy me that we are doing it and can prove it. That is all. Do no more than that as it serves only to stress me out and is actually a hinderance to the children learning rather than a help.
Wow you are early with your resolutions Nic and I have been thinking about mine but will probably blog them at New Year when I have formulated them. They are more hopes and wishes rather than ‘I want to change’ type resolutions but hopefully doable ones as you just feel a failure if you don’t carry them out LOL (I am talking about me now LOL)
Comment by Karen b — 23 December 2004 @ 11:15 pm
I don’t normally do NYR tbh, for that very reason. I am overall pretty happy with both myself and my life. I know my failings but I also count my many blessings. I am not out to change myself really, as you say it is unachieveable and leaves you at best cross with yourself, at worst very demoralised.
For that reason I don’t make resolutions like I will lose weight / get fit / stop smoking (although I could do that one as I don’t smoke!) / I will stop shouting at my kids etc.
I think I am just on a continued path to self improvement really – I have become more comfortable with the grown up that I have grown into this last year – I have very little in common with the teenager I once was, or the vision I had of who ‘grown up Nic’ would be, but I actually quite like her 🙂
Comment by Nic — 23 December 2004 @ 11:30 pm