Resolved

New Year's resolutions can be pretty, let's just say overly idealistic, and forgotten a few weeks after they're made. I'll make a few anyway so I can return to the list in the future, and see if they've stuck:

- never feel like a day has been wasted
- cook more for/with friends
- strive for optimism and good humour, and impart those feelings to others
- stay in contact with friends, however far away they may be
- apply myself in my work with rigor, force, and determination (i.e. don't shirk)

and a final, practical, one:

- be neater!