Past years I’ve avoided making resolutions due to the whole cliché-ness of it all, but this year I thought I’d give it a shot, and a good one too.

At first I found it hard coming up serious resolutions which I intend to follow through with. In the first 3 weeks of this year I’ve found myself changing my mind, or adding/removing things to list. But I’ve got to be realistic, otherwise I’ll find myself with a dust gathering bicycle this time next year. So here’s my (hopefully) final list if resolutions for the year twenty-thirteen:

1. Write and publish more

I’ve had this one on my mind for a bit, but New Years seems like a good time to put it into motion. I’ve never been much of a writer (despite being the grandchild of an English teacher), but there’s something I rather like about it. And like all things, if you keep doing it you’ll only get better.

Publishing my writing (like on this blog) gives me motivation to keep writing, even if it is just only my mother reading it (hi Mum!).

2. Consume more media

I always enjoy a good movie, book or video game, but I don’t often make the time to sit down and enjoy these things. So I’m aiming to make time to watch at least a couple of movies a week, play more video games, and pick up a book whenever I have a quiet moment.

3. Be better organised

This is quite a broad one because it’s everything personal: such as get better at grocery shopping, planning out my weeks/months/years ahead and budgeting; as well as professional: organise projects better, improve my time tracking and improve the quality of my work.

Mostly this involves making more todo lists, spreadsheets and other documents, as well as opening my calendar app for more than Facebook events, holidays and birthdays.

4. Learn to drive

Because it’s about f**king time. ‘Nuff said.

I feel like these are all achievable things—it’s not like I’ve chosen things that are out of my grasp like “travel to Europa” or “cure the common cold”. And with a rational reasoning it (hopefully) won’t be to hard to keep.

As for the blogging, I’ll try to update on a regualar basis, given I have something to write about.