Revisiting My Resolutions - Charlotte's Web

Having a blog is many things. It is good. It is fun. It is a constant reminder of all of the things you were so excited to do, but never quite got around to. My blog, unfortunately, serves to remind me that I completely and truly suck at new years resolutions. Honestly, I?wake?up on the first of?January?and I think 'I'm going to do SO many things this year, it will be SO much more productive than last year' and I write down my plans and then I forget about them. But this year? This year I put them on the internet. And as it is now past halfway through the year, I thought it might be time to revisit the bad boys to see what I've gotten done.

1. Learn to speak French
I really cannot stress how badly I failed at this resolution. I even went to France and didn't succeed in speaking French. Once I addressed a waiter with 'Bonjour' in what must have been a convincing accent, because it caused him to go off and speak at me at top speed in what my mind could only compute as nonsense, only to end with a disgusted 'oh, you're?English' when he noted my panicked stare. That experience may have put me off for life.

2. Take a creative writing class
I didn't do this. I did, however, take a 'writing for glossy magazines' class, and complete the beautiful mess Blog Love e-course, so I'll give myself half points for that. The fact I haven't gotten around to properly using my new skills is beyond the point, as my resolution was not 'take a class and then use what you've learnt.'

3. Do something for charity
Last week I donated 2 bags of books, DVD's and clothes to Cancer Research instead of sticking them on eBay. That made me feel good.

4. Learn to write in shorthand
Have you ever tried this? I did the research and was lost once I hit the stage of choosing which method of shorthand I wanted to learn. Why is there more than one method? Which is the best one? Why doesn't anyone on the internet know the answer? Needless to say, I failed.

5. Get some more writing published/work towards my dream job
I can honestly say that the amount of work I have put into this this year has drained me, aged me, and left me a little bit cynical. But I did get some writing published.. in a cat magazine, naturally.

6. Not give up on my blog
I'm still here! Are you proud? I am.

7. Start saving money
... Fail.

8. Keep smiling
Even though there are a lot of things in life that could make me unhappy, I've been channelling the positive this year and have been a smiler for 90% of the year so far, approximately. This blog has actually helped an enormous amount, so thank you so much for all of your support and for writing your blogs, I love reading yours as much as I love writing mine.

So there it is.. and 4.5 out of 8 isn't half bad. This has turned out better than I expected.

Have you achieved many of your new years goals?

Source: http://www.charlotteswebblog.co.uk/2012/08/revisiting-my-resolutions.html

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