Kind of New Year resolutions

I don't usually do the New Year resolutions thing, but I have been doing a bit of thinking over Christmas about the way last year has gone. There are good reasons for this, but it seems like my life has become much smaller over the past year. I'm not doing as many things and the group of people that I see regularly has become very small. Most of the news that I have is about things other people are doing rather than things that I'm doing. My life has contracted around me and that's not a good thing. My coping strategy used to always be making sure that there was a variety of fun things to look forward to that I needed to stay fit and well for. This year, I've let that slide. Work has been very stressful and exhausting, my mobility has reduced and I know that there have been periods when I've barely been coping with work and feeding myself, but that's no reason to stop living. It's time to stop the rot and the New Year seems like as good an excuse as any :-)

To that end, this year I will:

- Go on the London Eye.
- Go for high tea with mother and sis in one of the posh London hotels.
- Visit the Tower of London.
- Start haunting lastminute.com to find tickets for some good shows.
- See more than two films at the cinema over the course of the year.
- Make sure that I've got one fun outing planned every month, going on my own if necessary or if I need the time to myself.
- Finally arrange to go out for dinner with the old school friend I met through Friends Reunited more than a year ago rather than just thinking about it.
- Write more.
- Make sure that I see my friends - all of them, not just one or two - regularly.
- Get back to archery at least once a month.

I'll add to that list as I think of things :-) I've only got another year and a half living here. It's time to make the most of living here so that I don't have things I wish that I'd done when I leave. Anyone who can think of fun days out or things that I should try, feel free to comment!