New Year's Resolutions

Now we all know that new year's resolutions don't usually work.  I mean, if they did, I would be a thin stick (instead of the size of a small moon), be married, rich, own a fabulous mansion, live on a remote, exotic island, and have travelled the world.  Well, one out of six I guess isn't so bad - and even then, its not complete - I've only visited 59 countries in total, a mere fraction of the earth's 225 or so countries...

visited 59 states (26.2%)

Create your own visited map of The World or try another Douwe Osinga project

So anyway, back to the topic at hand - New Year's Resolutions.  Why don't they work?  I kind of figure that the only resolutions I've ever kept have been either ones that I've been really interested in, or that have been relatively easy to observe.  Losing weight is not any easy resolution to keep because I have no will power.  Deciding to do mad things like exercise regularly usually goes the same way, for the same reason.  So, bearing all that in mind, here are my resolutions for 2009:

1.  To respond within 24 hours to any email that has been sent to me which is not junk mail.  That's easy enough, I could (if I wanted to be really lazy) set up one of those automatic 'out of office' emails like what my cousin has.

2.  To be nicer to people, less cantankerous - and to not let the little incompetencies of others drive me to distraction.  That one is going to be a bit more difficult I think, but its something I do need to do - so that's why it makes the list.

There you are, that's it.  Let's see how we get on with these then, eh?

Now, if you are actually reading this blog (I checked google analytics before and found that I've had a -57% downturn in people accessing the blog last month, so hey, I guess no-one is reading it), and if you feel like having some accountability for your resolutions by putting them out there on the world wide web for all to see - then please, feel free to drop me a comment and let me know what your plans are. In the meantime, if I haven't said it before, Happy New Year - here's hoping 2009 is happy, healthy and prosperous for you...