4 January 2007

Resolver

I’m not much of one for new year resolutions. The resolving bit I can manage, it’s the doing it at new year I’m not so good at. I’m pretty much a setting new goals, fresh start, turn over a new leaf kind of person in small ways most of the year round. Still, this January I find myself feeling uncharacteristically in a resolving state of mind (I don’t think Billy Joel ever sang about that one though) and so present you - in no particular order - with a list of some of the things I would like to work on this year:

• Make more of an effort at keeping in touch with and seeing friends and family who are not local. Given that most of my friends and family live so far away in order to see and hear less of me, this could come as a bit of a shock to them.
• Become more accepting of the fact that I have only limited time to spend at the allotment and to remember that I’m doing it for fun so perhaps I don’t have to feel quite so guilty if I don’t spend eight hours out of every day digging. Seven-and-a-half are quite enough.
• Take better care of my skin - I’m no spring chicken.
• Face my fear of growing brassicas. I have no problem eating them, it’s their cultivation that is a difficulty for me.
• Buy less shoes. It turns out there are only so many pairs of Mary-Janes that a girl needs and I’m starting to find that being introduced as ‘the Imelda Marcos of the Midlands’ is unflattering in so many ways.
• Try to feel more zen towards slugs and snails as they have a right to be here too. Tough one that. Especially the slugs.

Naturally, there are plenty of other things I should probably give some attention to, but a ridiculously long list will put me off trying before I even start.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to moisturise.

Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 10:21 am