Happy almost New Year, everyone! :D So overall, how was 2014 for you? Mine was a mixture of very good and very bad but overall, there was much more good and that’s what counts i think :)
As I mentioned yesterday, I love making resolutions and ringing in the new year. But the other day when I was googling “fun resolutions” and I was surprised with the amount of articles complaining about the whole tradition- saying what’s the point in making resolutions if people just quit after a few days? I don’t really get the negative attitude- it’s just setting them up for failure. As I said yesterday- even if you mess up, it’s no reason to quit; if anything, it’s more reason to dust yourself off and start again, and each time you’re getting closer to your end goals.
Anyway I made a long list of resolutions- to summarise my goals, I made a photo edit and stuck it on my book case so it’s the first thing I see in the mornings (along with other motivational notes):
Overall, I want to be healthier, fitter, happier, more optimistic and to dedicate more time to my hobbies and things I love… like most people haha.
But I’ve made my goals more specific too:
RE Fitness:
– Do Neila Rey Micro HIIT workouts every day through January
– Complete Neila Rey 30 Days of Strength (maybe start in mid Jan/Feb)
– Be able to run a 5K
RE Healthy Eating:
– Be able to cook basic healthy meals (and not kill myself with my cooking)
– Be someone my dentist would be proud of…
Other Goals (basically a lucky bag of randomness):
– Learn macrame
– Complete the cross stitch pattern I’m currently working on (and not lose my sanity)
– Learn Java and Javascript
– Learn to juggle
– Improve my level of Irish
They’re pretty much my main goals anyway- I’ve plenty more small ones too but I don’t want to bore anyone ha :)
So what’s your view on new year resolutions? Love them or hate them? And which ones have you made if any at all? :)
HAPPY NEW YEAR! :D Here’s hopin’ that 2015 will a great year for everyone :)
Thanks for reading
-Qcat
qcatquestforhappiness 
January 3, 2015 at 4:25 am
I love how positive you are, and I love your resolutions! I make New Year’s resolutions too, but I call it more as goals rather than resolutions, because to me resolutions are just like a feeling–something momentary–while goals are something you act on from your resolutions. I do think your resolutions are looking more like goals, though, since you have a timeline for some of them and they look achievable (unlike resolutions such as, “be a better daughter/wife/friend/manager/student whatever,” which I admit I used to make, haha). Good luck on them and I look forward to your posts on ticking off those resolutions one by one! :)
P.S. What do you mean by improving your level of Irish? I am curious on how you could do that! :)
January 9, 2015 at 1:24 pm
Thanks Nelle :) I totally agree with goals/resolutions. My overall goals are quite vague- be happy, be healthy, etc. Like, it’s hard to “measure” those, which is why I made more specific ones like “complete this challenge” and “cook this recipe” and whatnot :) Did you make many goals for 2015? :)
Oh I meant improve my ability to speak the Irish language. See, the funny thing here in Ireland is that we start learning the language when we start school at age 4 (or 5) and unless we’re part of the minority who get exempt, we stay learning it until we finish school at age 17/18. And yet after leaving school, few people can actually speak it. When I was 17, I could write Irish quite well, but I was terrible at speaking it and could barely hold a basic conversation. And when I left school, I was delighted I could finally drop the subject. But now I feel a lot different about it- I feel it’s my native language so I should be able to speak it. It’s a bit tougher now though since I haven’t written in Irish for about 4 years so I’m fairly rusty, but enthusiasm goes a long way… I hope ;)
January 9, 2015 at 1:26 pm
RE ways to improve my level of Irish- I plan on reading books translated to Irish, watching the Irish channel and hunt down native speakers to talk to them :)
January 9, 2015 at 1:29 pm
That’s very interesting! I hope you get back to writing in Irish and get better at speaking it as well :) good luck on achieving your goals!
January 9, 2015 at 2:06 pm
Thanks Nelle :) Or in Irish: “Go raibh maith agat” (kinda pronounced as:
guh rawh maw au-gut) :)