I don’t really like doing New Years type things. The whole evening makes me feel like it’s forced. Perhaps it’s because celebrating and the idea of forced dancing with family is kind of like a heterosexual torture to me. But here I’m not really thinking about the night of New Years itself but more the resolutions that are so often obligatory around this time of year.
You may have guessed, but I’m not a huge fan of them either. Why make a resolution if you’re sure to break it? What’s the point but to placate some people who are putting pressure on you to name some banal subject on the spur of the moment. Well I didn’t really name any such subject, other than my desire to go travelling more this year. That’s not so much a resolution as a wish. It’s kind of dependent on my bank balance: it that’s up to it, I’m up to it!
But I do have a resolution, I’ve decided.
Over the course of the last four months I have at times not worked very hard. I’ve allowed myself to become incredibly stressed with the idea of failure and the idea of not appearing to have worked hard during the course of this year. Which, in itself, has prevented me from working because at times like those, I lose all motivation and drive. Tonight is one of those moments. But I have worked, much more of the time, extremely hard and as a result I resolve, in the following six months of this year, to put myself ‘out there’ more and have more fun, thereby learning more effectively. I want to be doing more hard exercise (not that Brussels helps anyone doing that… It’s like a minefield just navigating the faeces on the pavementes) and not just the long trek to my University and back. I aim to get back into it all! My intention of this year is to really have pretty alright french by the end of the year, but that doesn’t have to involve driving myself into the ground by becoming an unproductive hermit. More socialising, less fear and more fun are all called for.
It’s an odd New Years Resolution: Party more, and be good at it.
This, this is just eye candy. And it’s why I love, but cannot yet afford, DSquared clothing. The aim: be more like the boy on the bed, less like the boy in the background!
Because of course your language skills will improve the more you get out there and use them!
As for me, I made a New Year’s Resolution many, many years ago never to make any more New Year’s Resolutions … and I’ve kept it faithfully! And that’s exactly what I always tell people who ask nosy questions about my New Year’s Resolutions…
Well, get out there…
Give me a chance Caroline, I’m not finished in exams yet!
Yeah, I know that, but once they have…
ha, the travelling more resolution? that’s mine, i said it over the dinner table in Switzl’nd! (i don’t mind you sharing it, but at least give credit where credit is due, won’t'ya??)
still, the next one’s pretty good too. Having a ball, and wakin up the next day feeling good, not hungover (or not too much) - as well as knowing you’re not overdoing it on both sides (ie. work / play).
Come to think of it, that is a good one. Huh.
Bon chance! xx
the other one was mine! (also said over the dinner table). But I wasn’t gonna say anything because you worded it so nicely. And besides, you did say at the time that you’d probably do the same yourself.
Actually mine is slightly slightly different in that I want to cut back on the hard exercise, and replace it with more dancing! And also would rather not end up like the boy on the bed. Apart from that though- spot on.
We’ll have to compare notes
xx
Ok so like every ambition I have has already been taken, right? Good, well now that’s established and we know that I’m just a big old copy-cat I’ll go back to wanting to travel, have more fun and not worry so much about things like never having an original idea in my head!