That List

 

These are the things I want to achieve in 2016.

 

1. Expand my painting skills by doing more painting. Especially with oil paints. I really want to be able to paint fascinating pictures full of colour and get the shadows just right, so I can put them on my walls.
2. Write more. Oh, so much more. Finish my novel finally and try to get it published. Write ten hours a week to start with.
3. Set up a website for my translating and editing business.
4. Practise my Arabic reading and writing and grammar.
5. Get really fit, and increase my daily cycling distance from 10 miles to 30 miles.
6. Explore more places, now that I have a car.
7. Walk for an hour everyday, while listening to informative podcasts.
8. Follow my tastes in fashion, and stop looking like such a frump sometimes.
9. Wear more colour, own more colour, create more colour.
10. Be kind. Kinder. Be more open to humans. I am far too closed off and cold. Smile more.

 

That’s mainly it, really! There are probably more things but right now I am geared up to go. Well I was last week but it’s nice to start from day one.

Speaking of which, I saw so many runners when I went on my bike ride this morning. WAY more than usual. Looks like people have begun with their resolutions already!

Have you?