Plans for 2012

My hopes are high for 2012. I am always excited at the prospect of doing better on a new year, only for that excitement to wane sooner or later. But for some reason, I feel different for 2012. Ha!

Here are my goals this year:

Be a wise spender. This has got to be number one on my list. I want to be able to keep track of how much money I'm making (as if I'm making a lot! LOL!) and how much I'm spending. Last year, I was living on deficits for the most part. Thank God I'm still alive! I would want to keep a 'functional' savings account this year, and not one that the bank is debiting monthly for falling below the average daily balance. Doing my math now, I lost around Php3600 in bank service fees throughout 2011. To my dear bank, you won't get me this time! I HOPE!!

Lose my muffin top. This is going to be tough! Alongside my growing appetite, the bulge on my tummy has also ballooned. Literally. It's really awful, my son agrees. TT Hello to sit-ups then. Since I have a hard time waking up early in the morning, I have decided that evenings will do the trick. Just like my tae-bo workouts back then with Billy Blanks on the screen.

Read more books, including the Bible. My friend (?? LOL) Malou lent me her newest book, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by acclaimed writer Agatha Christie. I have never read her books, but Malou is head over heels in love with her. Now I want to see how Dame Agatha Christie compares to my favorite authors Robert Ludlum and Stephen King. Sometime in the last quarter of last year, I requested my office mate Rhenee to get me a copy of the Bible. Rhenee is a Christian, and she's just so happy to recommend to me the same version of the Bible that she reads. Unfortunately, my Bible reading project was short lived. I guess this is the best time to start all over again.
 
These are all for now. Somebody please wish me luck.






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