Resolutions...

Today is the last day of 2013.

And everyone in about eight hours will be celebrating 2014... and coming up with stupid resolutions to mark it.

It will last approx. two weeks before all is forgotten.

In the spirit of that, I found a list of resolutions**. Feel free to do them all, do 20, 10 or even one of them. I personally like the last one. Always a keeper.

“I’m 2014 I will…”

1. Read 5/10/20/50 books
2. Get up earlier
3. Give up coffee
4. Volunteer
5. Take more public transport
6. Bring lunch to work every day
7. Spend more time with my family/spouse/kids/friends
8. Join the gym
9. See every film nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Oscars
10. Clean the house EVERY week

11. Make a new friend/group of friends
12. Quit my job
13. …Get a new job
14. Keep a journal
15. Start a TAFE/uni course
16. Stop buying things on display at checkouts
17. Learn all of the words to a CD
18. Start a sport
19. Drink 2L of water every day
20. Start giving a regular contribution to a charity

21. Spend less time watching TV/online
22. Look in the mirror each morning and pay myself one compliment
23. Give up smoking
24. Take up running/walking
25. Learn a language
26. Drink less
27. Have more down time
28. Stretch each morning
29. Take one photo each day
30. Buy fewer clothes/shoes/takeaway dinners

31. Get a P/C/D/HD average at uni
32. Give up swearing
33. Stand up for myself more
34. Start a weekly life drawing/pottery/mosaic class
35. Catch up with one old school/uni friend each month
36.Travel by myself
37. Finish a video/mobile phone game
38. Start a blog and post each day
39. Discover a new suburb/neighbourhood in my city/town
40. Learn how to sew and make an item of clothing to prove it

41. Do one nice thing for a stranger each day
42. Remember to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
43. Teach someone a skill
44. Read the newspaper for an hour each Sunday
45. Learn to play an instrument
46. Have one makeup free day each week
47. Start my own business
48. Call your parents twice as often as I do now
49. Buy a new CD by an Australian artist each month
50. Walk all journeys that would take less than five minutes by car

51. Complete a DIY project for the house
52. Save more of my salary each month
53. Be on time for work/uni
54. Be happy

** Courtesy of mamamia.com.au. Thanks for the list. 

Slipped disc? WTF!

They say your 30s are the best years..

I am 32 years and my body is already breaking.

I want to return it.

I don't have a receipt but its available to a good home if anyone wants it.

I have seen many physio's over the years and not one - NOT ONE - ever mentioned a slipped disc which I apparently have had for many years.

Bastards!

I saw a physio today - one i googled - and he told me exactly what I didnt want to hear but silver linig is that now I know what is wrong, and that I can fix it.

He did remark on my ability to work out with a slipped disc. Apparently I can put up with a lot of pain (not sure if its something you should be proud of) but hey Ill take it. It means I can pat myself on my back and commend myself for not being such a princess. Still, I am a bloody moron for not going to this physio sooner and hoping the pain would just go away.

The best thing about being in your 30s.... you learn your lesson really quickly and fix it even quicker.

I might be hobbling around but ill live... plus the second glass of white wine helps and my man making me dinner sweetens the deal. ;-)