2015-01-05

New Year's resolutions

This guy has it right in today's FT

In his brilliant article on the January Jinx that could be titled "hmmpphh.... got to have a good New Year's resolution --  just to abandon it a couple of days later when the first work party kicks in again"; it is refreshing to read things such as


  • Most resolutions, he explains, fail because no thought is given to how they will be implemented or measured.
  • “The idea is to cultivate a model of frequent re-examining.” By creating new habits, you improve your productivity in small steps.
  • Continuous self-improvement should be approached in a spirit of optimism. “It’s about making good things better.”

voilà; so a part from planning (my own agenda as a referee) for the boys' games of soccer in the next months and marking a couple of Sprint and Olympic distance triatlons; I'll try to up the ante and train for the 1/2 'Halven van Damme"

and a bonus one that everybody should try: "alco-lessing"; for at least a day! (objective attained already ;-) cross that one of my list

So We Wish you a lot of Optimism in 2015