Firstly, let’s review 2012:

1. Pass all Law subjects
   ACHIEVED: it is a continuing mystery how she manages to leave assignments and exam prep to the last possible second and still do well

2. Have a more healthy diet / cook more
   PARTIALLY ACHIEVED: certainly very much better than at the beginning of the year, but still occasional lapses into the horribly unhealthy

3. Shed pounds
   NOT ACHIEVED: but finally stopped paying the excessive gym fees to not actually attend the gym

4. Be less neurotic
   NOT ACHIEVED: oh my! So very not achieved

5. Broaden horizons (try new things and whatever)
   ACHIEVED: another big trip to Europe and several other bits and pieces

And for 2013:

1. Repay personal loan in 2012/13 financial year
2. Be less neurotic
3. Healthier lifestyle
4. Expand hobbies + interests
5. Determine future education + career goals

Bessie’s 2012 not resolutions:

1. do more crafty projects
   PARTIALLY ACHIEVED: only if you consider desperately completing practical assessment work at the last minute

2. spend less time on the Internet
   NOT ACHIEVED: just like the rest of us, so very very very not achieved

3. have a more broad cooking range/ harder
   NOT ACHIEVED: there was a good deal of cooking, just not a great deal of divergence from the old favourites

4. read more
   ACHIEVED: regularly to be found with head in a book

5. do reasonably well in all my subjects
   PARTIALLY ACHIEVED: doing a good deal better in the first term of year 12 after some very ordinary year 11 results

And for 2013:

1. Achieve an atar 80+
2. Be proud of my major works
3. Have a fulfilling year and take every opportunity as it is my last year at school
4. Take more photos
5. Be more social

It has been many months since I was last out (27 September, according to my super-fantastic sportstracker app) and I intended to put No Pressure on myself to do anything more than sporadically jog. I also took a new, gentler route which was primarily flat, punctuated by the occasional gentle incline.

2.77km | 22:50

I really surprised myself – 2km of actual running was infinitely better than I could have hoped. Though I think I will be paying for it over the next few days.

I need another exercisely activity for tomorrow. Surely painting counts? After painting the laundry I discovered muscles I’d long since forgotten I have.