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Monday 20th January

Thursday 2nd January

I said on Tuesday that I no longer need to make those hard­core res­ol­ut­ions, as al­co­hol and to­bacco are things of the past. I can dream a bit more, light­ly, acc­ent­uate the positive. Here's a sample of my non-ex­haus­tive, un­ord­ered list: Contact a friend ('phone, message, email, send a postcard ...) every day. Invite acquaintances, like people I know by sight in the street, to join me for a cup of tea and a conversation, with the intention of getting to know them better. Have lunch with my sister at least every other month. Plan long weekend breaks to European cities I have not yet visited. Visit my cousins. Go up to Minchinhampton Common regularly to hack a golf ball around and witness the big skies. Organise day trips to interesting places within striking distance. Cook something new every week. Walk in a Gloucestershire beauty spot once a week. Build and maintain my own events diary (aggregated from local media, newsletters and websites) for Stroud. My hope is that if I do some of these I'll be encouraged to tack­le the mun­dane crap that I must also add­ress, the things I'm prone to avoid. Others may have different plans (click to enlarge): That's the tricky part, isn't it? We have to put up with all of those above.

Wednesday 1st January