Goals and resolutions

Ok so I've been tagged Drew to blog about my new year's goals. He pointed out that goals and resolutions are two completely different things, which I totally agree with. I've always hated new years resolutions. To be fair, I've never made any of them myself; I've never seen the point. Why make a resolution just because it's the beginning of the year? But I guess now is as good a time as any. I don't really have many goals this year but I may as well spell out the ones I do have.

Goal 1: Attend uni two days a week and knock over half a full-time year's worth of study. It would be a little ambitious at this juncture to go to uni full-time (four days) but I think I can handle half a full-time load. Before I can plan this whole uni business any further, I have to wait until the 17th of January to get my UAC results. For those who are unfamiliar with the Australian tertiary system, here's a crash course: rather than applying to each individual school, you make one application to a central agency with a list of course preferences. In NSW, the central agency is the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). They then make offers to you based on your preferences. So I have listed four courses at three different unis and have to wait until the 17th to find out what I've got.

Goal 2: To get the pain in my legs under control so I can take less pain killers. Presently I take a lot of pain killers. I don't like it, I can hear my liver scream at me every time I take some, but I wouldn't be able to function much without them. So hopefully with the help of trusty old Dr KHS I can find some other way to get it under control and finally get off the pain killers.

Resolution 1: To eat better. Despite my aversion to resolutions, it isn't really a goal to eat better since I don't really need to loose any weight so I can't really say "loose X kilos" etc. But I need to stop eating things that make me sick (all dairy) and cut down a little on gluten products which can at times mess up my stomach and I also need to eat more healthy foods so I have more energy to reach goals 1 & 2.

That's about it for now. I should revisit this in July, make some Financial New Year Goals or something.