A while back, like the end of last month, I decided I’d follow David Seah’s Groundhog Day Resolutions method of implementing New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve never been one to set New Year’s Resolutions for the simple reason that they never seem to be kept. So last year when I stumbled across David Seah’s idea of GHD Resolutions I was intrigued.
After following his progress last year I’m determined to give it a go this year. The distinct advantage I see in using his methodology is that they aren’t mere resolutions anymore, they have become goals. And not only that, they’re written goals that have defined expected benefits, supporting actions and set review dates to help you follow them through.
Of course David has a much better explanation of the whole thing, which is well worth a read if you’re interested. But without further ado, here are my GHD Resolutions (a cool five days before the first review date).
- Pursue better health through better eating.
- Get efficient at the ‘administration’ of life.
- Blog more (for myself)
- Commit strongly to web development and design as a career (for now).
There are a few others too and of course they all have associated supporting actions and tangible results, but I won’t go into them in the interests of actually getting this post published and not having it sit in drafts until the end of time (see resolution 3 above).
It’s well past the due date for an update around here. I’ve found that every time I decide it’s time for a new entry all that happens is I accumulate a new draft. I’ve got this obsession with going large on the blog posts which tends to mean not finishing what I started.
So my resolve is to be ok with making somewhat shorter and more frequent posts. I’m fairly certain I’ve made a similar resolution before, so let’s hope this time it actually works.
I’ve finally managed to start uploading some photos of our travels (which I’m actually happy with). Over the weekend we spent a day out at Hadleigh Castle and Southend-on-Sea. Hadleigh Castle now looks far more like a pile of rocks than it once did, but it was still well worth a trip. We had one of the best days we’ve seen since landing in the land of cloud, but unfortunately, the beautiful blue skies were somewhat overpowered by the bitter, bitter cold. Southend-on-Sea was one of the strangest places I’ve been. The esplanade was wall to wall games arcades, and take away joints selling horrible greasy food. The only interruptions seemed to be the occasional strip joint. There were also a bunch of amusement parks along the ‘beach’. Southend-on-Sea is also the home to what is apparently the world’s longest pier, which we had every intention of walking the length of, but were thwarted by the bitter, bitter cold[].
That’ll do for today. Short but…well, short. I’m aiming for frequent and short.
Gone.