Another New Year...

Each new year is accompanied with people asking about new year's resolutions. I made several last year but it's evident that many of them went straight out the window quickly so I ponder the point to making them. My perspectives teeter between these two schools of thought:

This is the "better me"

OR

This is the "crabbier me"

However, based on my review of the last year, I see that there has been a lot of progress and events so it would be a shame not to have goals and something to strive for. I break them into categories:

PERSONAL

• Finish all my "stuff" half an hour before I intend for bed--10:30pm bed time! (hopefully my caffeine habit will reduce too!)
• Getting active daily (by week), minimum: yoga twice, cycling once, cardio once, get off 1 stop earlier to walk home
• Complete a preliminary project management course
• Complete my Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Study and successfully pass the MCAT
• Be on time for stuff
• Make more of an effort to get out with friends
• Limit Facebook time to once a day, 20 minutes (this one is tough b/c I love procrastinating!)
• Maintain a regular blogging schedule so I can aim to have a minimum of 10 posts per month
• Decorate my new home by finding spots for all photos or other images
• For my piano, improve enough to get to grade 4 by end of year and perfect the Christmas tunes I've been practising for the last 2 years (only around the holidays!)
• Complete 2 more speeches in my Toastmasters ACB set

BUCKINGHAM/STANLEY C. PANTHER

• Clicker train Stanley in the basics and ensure he comes when called
• Set-up the ultimate cat-terrium indoors
• Get Stanley to wear a collar without ripping it off

RIDING

• Ride every moment of a lesson with intention--don't waste time
• Communicate with half halts for transitions consistently to reduce that ear pinning and tail swishing
• Participate at one adult show at Touch N Go Farms (not aiming to place--just get over nerves and gain ability)
• Improve my hip/seat flexibility and overall fitness so I reduce/eliminate my physical short comings

READING

• Finish the reading list proposed from 2014 within 12 months
• Read as many of those books as possible, through paper based books as opposed to electronic
• Pick up a few "non typical" Deb books and incorporate into 2015 or 2016

That's so me.

Lots to do... and I intend to follow through this time. Resolutions 2015, watch out! Here comes the most motivated Deb yet!