Resolutions for 2012
It’s new year eve and time to set my resolutions for the next year. As I look upon last year’s resolution I realised that there had been a lot of changes from my original plan. We didn’t get around to visiting Korea and Japan but went to Malaysia and Indonesia instead. The boys weren’t taught much Japanese as I concentrated more on English and Mandarin.
This year I’ll be setting a more detailed resolutions for both myself and the family which I will diligently worth towards completing.
For Myself:
1- Read more books and brush up on both Japanese and French.
2- Practice the piano.
3- Lose the 6kg and get back to 55kg
4. Take better care of my well-being.
5. Learn more bakes/dishes which can be suited to everyone’s palette.
6. Take more time out to spend with R and start going on date nights again.
7. Learn how to use my camera properly and earn enough for my first DSLR.
For the kids
1- Read the bible weekly/bi-weekly and carry out activities related to the bible activity book.
2- Step up on academic learning for the elder boys and do more flash cards and hands on activities with Tiger Girl.
3- Bring the kids out to the park more often if possible and engage in more sports activities.
For the family
1- Go on a family vacation where everyone is able to enjoy themselves doing activities that they like.
2- Pray together and do more activities as a family.
What do you have planned for 2012?
Resolutions which I won’t be keeping this 2012
- Not get annoyed with the kids. It’s like almost impossible not to get irritated with them on the daily basis.
- Thinking more about others then self/family. I’ve had it of being “nice” and considerate and having to bend over backwards for some “people”.
- Staying off Twitter and Facebook.
- Eating less cake/ chocolate. I can’t help it that one of my resolutions is to learn how to make more pastries for the kids to eat.
- Sort out and clear/pack the kids toy cabinet. I try to get started with it but it never..NEVER stays neat.
- Keep the house spick and span.
- Take up a new language course.
- Saying ” YES”.. my new favourite word is ” NO”..especially to whinny demanding kids.
- Sign up for a gym membership.. It’s so NOT for me price wise or time wise.
- I won’t be going to any blog conferences or meet up as they are in USA which is more then half the world away from here in Singapore.
January 1, 2012 @ 2:51 am
I learnt Japanese for 5 years and then went to India for two years…now everytime I tried to speak Japanese it always got mixed with hindi >__< Maybe we can practice together..need to do LOTs of catch up 🙂 Happy New Year 2012!
January 1, 2012 @ 4:13 pm
Those are all GREAT resolutions! Best wishes toward accomplishing every one of them! <3
January 1, 2012 @ 6:24 pm
Happy New Year!
Those are really good resolutions. I have put Japanese on the backburner as I am busy afterschooling my kids in English when I have free time, but I need to put more effort into it.
My two resolutions are get more sleep (I’m averaging 3.5 hours a night now) and read to my kids every day. I have a reading challenge on my blog if you are interested.
January 1, 2012 @ 10:51 pm
@Medea,
I too need to put more effort in teaching the kids Japanese as we only managed to do a few flashcards last year with Japanese being the 4th language that they are learning… Hope you get more sleep too.. I too want more sleep..uninterrupted too.. I think my average 2-3hrs like you as the baby still wakes up 2-3 times a night now at 15 mths.
January 2, 2012 @ 12:21 pm
Good luck with your resolutions! Hope they’re successful!
January 2, 2012 @ 12:31 pm
I think this is the first year that I didn’t do up a list of resolutions, but if I were to do a list, for sure on there will be “to be more zen in all that i do.” 🙂
All the best to you for sticking to all of yours! Happy new year!
January 2, 2012 @ 8:51 pm
It would be awesome to take a family vacation this year.
January 2, 2012 @ 10:18 pm
I love that you set goals for you family too.
January 2, 2012 @ 11:56 pm
If we aren’t supposed to have more cake and chocolate, why is it so delicious?
Great that you have goals for the family as well as personal ones
Best of luck wilth al of them
January 3, 2012 @ 1:33 am
Great goals you set for you and yours. And I just know you will keep up. Shame you cannot come over to one of the conferences. Not that I am going, but it would be grand to meet you and have a cuppa together!
It’s gonna be a good year, let the fun begin!
January 3, 2012 @ 7:04 am
Wow I hope your resolutions go easily! I would love to figure out dishes that suit everyone’s tastes.
January 4, 2012 @ 3:23 am
Great list! Good luck with your goals!