What would you like to change for Next Year ?

Get more organised, like I once was then I might have more time to do the things I want to do!

Hope your daughter improves soon Nannakate.

Pink shoes on page 1. Am in the same situation. Why am I always wrong ? I can only think that it's a way of boosting their own self esteem. But it's very eroding. Everything has to be criticized, nothing can ever be just enjoyed and appreciated.
Grrr.

I'm so sorry for those fighting awful diseases, like cancer, especially our children's generation - it seems so unfair. Also for those facing loss. Several posts gave me a feeling of relief that my 2018 wasn't as bad as it might have been. However, my DD is fighting her own battle with mental illness, leaving my OH and I to look after our 2 year old GC. Let's hope 2019 brings us all hope and a future we aspire to.

Thank you mumofmadboys - determined to lose it that's my New Years resolution!

Fantastic Billybob. Keep up the good work.

Mumofmadboys - 24lb since August.

Can I add to the breast cancer sufferers here the other cancer suffers of which I’m one and wish us all good healthy outcomes ? xx

Uneventful would suit me fine too. It hadn’t been the best year so glad to say goodbye to it. On a personal level, I’m going to spend more time in Scotland on my own as Mr Doyle gets fed up with having to spend time with my family and friends when we go there.

Yes I want to join more clubs and craft classes etc. I isolate myself then end up being miserable, when it’s all in your own hands. I want to invite more friends around as well for drinks etc.

I'd just like to be able to do the first 8 postures of my T'ai Chi class, getting my feet and hands/arms in the right positions without thinking about it. It'll never happen .... but I love the class so I'll keep on persevering!

I realised I had got used to doing less and less, it started when my two closest friends moved away and it has left such a gap, must say yes more, join in more.

I'm determined that, starting tomorrow, I will say "yes" more. I've got into a rut of automatically saying, "thank you but no thank you" whenever I get invited anywhere. As a result, I go nowhere. It's got to stop and I've got to start making more of an effort to shift myself.

Drink less

I've just signed up for the Daily Telegraph's daily email tips for a 'healthier, happier you', I'll see if it works and if it changes my personal default setting which is negative and pessimistic. I'm going to try to be more positive, keep practising mindfulness and meditation and to stop re-playing and mulling over all the things that haven't gone right for me. To stop beating myself up - particularly about wrong notes when playing the organ. To live in the present moment. To be more organised and leave the living room and kitchen tidy every night. And appreciate my lovely family more and all the lovely people I meet at my various social activities. And not to see life as a burden.

You can do itAnnibach ...one step at a time ! Good luck in 2019 and don't be hard on yourself ...its a slow process overcoming agoraphobia but you can do it ??????

Good for you. Reported.

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How much have you already lost Billybob?

One more stone to lose and then I shall be on target! it seems to be insurmountable at the moment.

To be 6 inches taller!
Seriously, to learn to live with the loss of DH and face up to the fact that there is no going back.
Make a new will.

To get the all clear on a few health worries that are hanging around us right now.
To become harder on myself and get up earlier to fit in the exercise promise i made myself. I keep stumbling due to the unexpected leaving me rushed off my feet.
So many things but those woukd be a great starting point.

Annie Bach can you not eat.?

From Jan. 1st I am going to work hard at getting my body "Beach ready".
We're off on the 6th!

I also need more exercise! Constantly hopping in the car is def not good for me.