New Years Resolutions.

Ah the new year is rapidly approaching towards us, a time when historically I tend to be in for a rough ride. This year is no exception with flashbacks and nightmares over the last few nights, I am not expecting any let up for the next few nights either.  So this post can be about them or something more positive.

I have decided to go with the more positive theme today and talk about new years resolutions. I have decided to publish mine, a little behind them and we shall see if I manage to keep them this year. I kept the one I made last year!

Let's start with the charity one. This year my aim is to give 2.5% of my take home pay to charity. That may not seem a huge amount but it is a minimum and excludes purchases from charity. It is always a positive thing to give to charity and I tend to target mine to charities that don't have massive incomes.

Turn over a new leaf with certain people. This one is going to be difficult as I have a bucket load of anger for them and have no reasons to be civil to them. They hold me back in life so turning over a new leaf may mean some difficult decisions, ignoring the anger and holding out an olive branch to them. It may also mean that I have to remove them from my life completely which is something I find hard to do. However doing this is going to make me a better person.

I want to try and learn a new language.  We all should, no other reasons.

Develop my tastes, hobbies and interests so I can meet new people.  I need more of the right people in my life. People who are going to enhance it rather than make it worse. This will help me take the steps forward in my life.

What are your New Years Resolutions?

Presents

One thing very few people know is just how much thought and effort I put into buying presents for others, especially at Christmas.  It is really important that I get it spot on right for the person that I am buying for, but also the meaning behind it.  Yes there is a meaning or message behind everything I buy for someone else.

For example if I am buying someone chocolate then you can almost guarantee that I have tried the chocolate to make sure it is spot on and suitable for them.  For example there are certain brands and types that I will buy as a gesture gift, there are others that I will buy for friends, there are others that I will buy when I want to make a point and finally there is a specific brand I will buy to make my intentions very clear (roughly translated that means I want to get into your knickers, go out with you or that I have feelings for you). For obvious reasons I am not going to specify which brands are which as the same system also applies to other types of gifts.

I also take this a step further as the wrapping paper has to be spot on for the person I am buying for.  The difference with this system is the amounts I spend. I may spend more money on someone lower in the pecking order that someone higher. The difference being the time I spend preparing and choosing the gift and worrying if the person is going to take it the wrong way receiving a gift from me. I am always genuine with my gifts and stay within very defined boundaries but have had people take it the wrong way before.

There are a very select few people out there that I would love to buy statement gifts for but then that normally involves underwear and me wanting to see them in it, or very expensive wine which they may not appreciate.