Sunday, January 3, 2010

plans for the year

I'm not going to call them resolutions, because I'm not very good at keeping resolutions and then I just feel like a failure, but I do have some things I'd like to do in 2010.
  1. The trip to Europe is the biggie. There are times when I don't know if I'll be able to save enough in time, but I'll be doing my darnedest to make it happen.
  2. Sort out my superannuation. In cleaning up my desk today, i found statements from three different super funds, none of them with a huge amount in them, but it's silly to be paying three lots of fees. So I will be rolling them in together, after I update my name on two of them, and work out where to put it all (any advice gratefully received - this is not my forte!).
  3. Sewing. I'd like to have a go at refashioning old clothes hanging in the back of the wardrobe, and making new things. I'd like to finally figure out how my overlocker works, after having done nothing more than hem some wipes with it when the kids were babies. I've made a start on clearing the sewing table, and there's not really too much more to do to make it usable - I just need to do it.
  4. Get some value from the Questacon and National Gallery memberships we have before they expire (May 2010 for the national Gallery, May 2011 for Questacon).
  5. Make more things from scratch - food and other products. I've collected and researched a lot, and now I need to put some of these things into practise. It's about saving money, not relying as much on processed items, organising my time better, and showing the children that there are alternatives.
  6. Read more books. Real paper books. I want to make a serious dent in the linear metres of books I have stacked by my bedside.
  7. Spend less time online. My work is computer-based, my friendships depend on online contact to a large extent these days, but I really don't need to spend as much time as I do playing games.
  8. Get more sleep. I have a very bad habit of staying up late at night and getting by on far less sleep than I should. I've been doing it for years, and it's all caught up with me recently. So I will be turning into a pumpkin around midnight, and then trying to bring bedtime back little by little.
  9. Get healthy - 5 + 7 + 8 + more activity, especially as my energy levels increase. I've been remarkably lucky healthwise to date, but I need to take into consideration that I'm now 44, and take a bit more care. Or a lot more care.
  10. Get organised. This is something I struggle with. I like the idea of being a free spirit, but I know it's easier to be spontaneous and creative and fun when your environment is calm and running smoothly. And no-one can make that happen for me but me.
They're in no particular order, and there are a lot of connections between all these things. I'm not going to attempt to change everything at once - tried that and failed miserably - but take it step by step and make it happen.

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