2010

i don't tend to make new year's resolutions anymore, because they always seem so strict and prepared for disappointment. What i do have, though, are more a list of aims and dreams for 2010.

So.. in 2010 i hope to:

• Read at least 24 books
  It's become a bit of a habit over the last few years to set myself this target, aiming to read at least 24 books - approximately 2 a month throughout the year. i've managed to amass quite a collection of unread books over the last year, so hope to begin working my way through a few of them.
• Complete a 52 Weeks photo project
  Last year i completed my 365 project. Although it was nice to reach the end of the year and feel a sense of accomplishment in finishing it ..i feel like the pressure of taking a photo every single day became entirely non-productive. So, this year, rather than aiming for one mediocre photo a day, i hope to take one more substantial photo a week instead. 52 weeks - 52 photos.
• Blog more regularly
  i think it's pretty safe to say that this blog, in the last 12 months, was pretty ..crap. In 2010 i hope to rectify that.
• Sort out my weight
  i gained somewhere between 3 & 4stone in the last year and i really really hate it. Partly i need to accept that gaining weight was always going to be a part of feeling better ..but partly i do need to do something about it. It'd be the easiest thing in the world to just stop eating, but i know that i need to do things more sensibly and work out a suitable diet and exercise regime.
• Graduate college
  ..at long last. It's already a year overdue and i don't want to jinx things by saying it's guaranteed - because nothing ever quite goes to plan - but i desperately hope that 2010 will be the year that i graduate with a degree.
• Be more spontaneous & less afraid of the universe
  Partly, this is about getting stuck in at psychology and working through CBT. But, largely, this is about just getting out and enjoying myself. All too often i find myself lounging around the flat in my pyjamas, doing nothing except driving myself mad, because i was just too shy to ask anyone to do anything, or too nervous to go somewhere new on my own, or too afraid that x, y or z might happen if i did. This year, i hope to be a little more spontaneous. i want to get off my backside more and explore.. hop on that train with my camera to see a new place a little more regularly. Be less afraid. Find something more exciting than my own company.

And that, pretty much, is what i want from 2010. Those are my hopes. What are yours?

(You can follow my progress over on 43 Things, if you're so inclined.)