A New Year

A belated happy new year everyone!  We're already a week through 2012 and mine hasn't been terribly exciting so far, just a lot of work and movie watching mainly.  But today I decided it was time to get organised and while I was on the train to work I made a list of things I would like to do in 2012.  Turns out there's rather a lot and the likely hood of getting through them all is quite slim but here's some of the bigger ones:

Buy a house.

For the past few years I've been living with Ross in a little flat.  We would love to buy a house together and have more space for all our bits, pieces and creatures. Doing so  should help with the following....

Spend more time with friends.

With friends dotted all over the place it can sometimes be hard to meet up. Having a bigger place would mean space for said friends to stay allowing for more catch up time.

Make more.

After starting work Jolly Good has been a bit neglected, especially when it comes to creating new things.  I would like to see this change in 2012 and turn some of the ideas in my head into reality. I've already started on a new collection of rings and necklaces which I hope will turn out as I've imagined.

Blog regularly.

Another thing that has suffered due to me having a job is this here blog. Back at the start of the year I was writing about 6 new posts a month but towards the end of 2011 that fell to around 1 or 2.  My aim is to try and be a bit more consistent, perhaps including some more regular features.

Travel.

Yes I'm nearly 25 and the furthest I've travelled is Dublin. This year I hope to change that and venture a little further from home.  I'm thinking maybe Amsterdam to start.

Make a film.

In 2011 I came up with an idea for a short horror film and I'd like to make 2012 the year I make my directorial debut. It probably won't turn out quite like it is in my head but I'll give it a go.

Be more organised.

To make the above things happen I feel I need to be far more organised and make better use of my free time.  At least I've got some tools to help me do that in the form of my new diary and a notebook especially for lists and plans.