binglemumps

Are surprisingly on track. I don’t usually make New Year resolutions. If something needs to be done, it’ll get done, and if I don’t want to do something I won’t do it, regardless of when and whether I resolve to. I didn’t really make any resolutions this year either, I just happened to decide to start doing some things approximately when 2007 turned into 2008.

For example, #1 – Keeping track of expenses. I’ve been pretty on top of this because I’m worried that if I skip it for just one day, it’ll slide into nothingness (kinda like with flossing). Google Docs is very handy for this cos I want to be able to do this at work and at home. It’s not like I’m going to cut down on spending or anything; I was just curious to see how much I spend. And so far it’s looking a lot more than I expected, so I keep wanting to leave out unusual expenses, like presents or signing up for YMCA membership, but I guess some unusual expense or other occurs every month so they end up being not that unusual…

And #2 – Get healthy. This consists of (a) substituting unhealthy desserts with fruit (b) more veggies (c) getting fit enough so that I don’t run out of breath every morning when I climb up the stairs from the Bart station. I know that sounds pathetic, but the stairs at the Bart station are not that trivial ok! I’m pretty sure they translate to at least 3 storeys. And to my credit I use the stairs by choice and not because I have to. So there!

Anyway I signed up for YMCA membership (and got a free duffel bag and water bottle that actually look pretty nice!). I haven’t stepped foot in a gym for years and I never wanted to commit myself to one because I didn’t think I’d actually go, but this time I think it’ll happen. I’ve been feeling strangely motivated, thanks to (i) Germ and Davis signing up and (ii) Chris talking about how he’d been exercising which somehow inspired me to seriously consider it. Which is why sometimes I think the universe conspires to make things happen (where did that come from? Solitaire Mystery?), because without one of those two things I probably would’ve continued sitting on my butt like I’ve been doing the last few years.

Today marked what will hopefully be some kind of beginning – I woke up at 9.15 on a Sunday to go to the gym, and I only worked out for a measley 23 minutes (although I would have done more if I’d been able to figure out how to turn the damn biking machines on!), but it was a valiant start nonetheless! Now it’s only 3.36pm and I’m totally exhausted and I came out to a cafe purportedly to study but am blogging instead…Clearly if I had been a serious resolution making person I would have added #3 – Study Hard and Do Not Procrastinate to the list, but what can you do…