If, like me, you are very good at thinking of new year’s resolutions but are not very strict at keeping to them, then you may or may not agree that 2009 is likely to be no different than any other year.But perhaps this list will inspire you and maybe, just maybe, this year you’ll stick to your new year’s resolution!

1. Try going to the gym. It’s a great conversation piece at parties. No one ever knows what you’re talking about but it don’t half sound cool to say you’ve gunned your lats, crunched your abs and blasted your quads. Sounds so SAS doesn’t it?
2. Try keeping in better touch with old friends. It gives you such a sense of satisfaction to get back in touch with old school chums and find out you’re earning more money than them.
3. Keep a diary. The only tricky thing with this, other than keeping it going, is finding a suitable hiding place so that the one you love never finds it and reads it. Having said that. An alternative trick is to put it in a place that you know your loved one is going to find it and fill it with ceaseless declarations of adoration for him or her. You’ll earn so many browny points!
4. Try doing something new every day. And no it doesn’t count that your something new is living on the day of January 2nd 2009 or January 3rd 2009 etc.
5. Try not obsessing so much about work and how much money you bring in each month. You can try it certainly, but brace yourself for that first credit card bill of the year… Oops! Didn’t have that much fun over Christmas did I?
6. Try signing up for those dance lessons you always threatened to take up. If you’re a guy though, always refer to your lessons to other guys as your extreme sports club. Much cooler.
7. Learn another language. See if you can learn more than I did. That is, French for where is the toilet? And German for I am a sausage.
8. Keep a tidier house. I mean come on! It only costs about £10 per hour to hire a cleaner!
9. Go to bed earlier. All you have to do is put something there that makes it worth your while going there. Gosh! The mind boggles what that might be!… What?… I was thinking of chocolates! What did you think I was thinking of?
10. Low fat diet. Ooooh, just the thought of that one makes me curl up in horror.

Anyone wish to share theirs?

Good to see Little Saint Nick turn up over there too!

I’m going home later today. I’m on the brink of finishing my work for the year which is very exciting. I’ll tell you more about it when we next speak.

Have fun!