My New Years' Resolutions:
I will wash my clothes.
I will be on time for work.
I will be nice(r) to my parents.
I will spend less money.
I will do my homework.
I will not waste time.
To be honest, the above have been my resolutions for the last seven years and I still have little hope of keeping any of them. Less than 48 hours into 2007 I have spent most of my time sleeping, reading, procrastinating and miserably cleaning up the house in time for my parents' arrival this evening. Of all the house parties I have held, this one left the most mess. By far. People had thrown up on three different beds. There was ash and wax all over the kitchen and living room. Drinks had been spilled on every surface and carpet. Glasses had been broken. In was a disaster. Although after a couple of hours the situation looked alot less worrying.
I have managed to spend nearly £300 over the last two weeks. This doesn't include £100 rent plus the £65 that I owe my parents. I have no idea what happened to that money. I seem to have spent most of it on food and drink, yet there is still virtually nothing to eat in this house. Today I have eaten three muffins that Michael Gardiner left in my fridge and two tomatoes. All my spare change has mysteriously vanished (I'm convinced I was robbed by someone while everyone else was distracted by the New Year shenanigans) and I really really don't want to withdraw any money from the bank.
Despite this distressing situation last weekend was wonderful, and also incredibly reassuring. I still have friends and family and hope and inspiration. Even though I lack many things (organisation, self-discipline, self-restraint etc.) I am going to sit down and apply to uni and try and be a better person. Until I get bored.
x
5 Comments:
Or encouraged to do far more interesting things with your time. Of course, the term interesting is open to debate.
Mike xxx
Inevitably, labelling an important task a "new year's resolution", condems it instantly to failure.
However, this is not to discourage you from from your endevours :P
xxx
To be honest if there's one thing I've learned over the past seven years, it's that washing your clothes more often rarely improves the quality of your life...x
"I have managed to spend nearly £300 over the last two weeks." - I long for the time back when spending that amount of money seemed impossible. Actually, spending 20p a week on sweets was fun.
New Year was jolly, and very similar to old year, but it a good (one may say jolly) way ¬_¬. I need new words.
p.s. Liam: "...condems it instantly to failure." Likewise calling anything a target, or having any plan to do anything ever. :p
Talking of things condemned to fail, how's the "not drinking" plan going? +_+
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