Happy New Year Everyone! 
I can?t believe it?s 2019 already – last year has flown by and it was a relatively quiet one for us in terms of nothing dramatic happening – that?s not a bad thing is it"  
I am a resolutions fan, and this year they roughly go like this:
1. Spend time of self care, which in a physical sense, means going back to Yoga and starting Pilates classes for my painful back.  I am going to pay for a set of lessons so I have to go. The end of last year was hideous for diet, so I will be resuming a no dairy, low meat diet and cutting out fizzy drinks.  
As for mental wellbeing, I really do like quiet time so I want to spend 15 minutes practising piano each day, some time to practise my calligraphy and also crochet.  Even when I don?t have a project on, I will make caps for Preemies at my local maternity unit.   2. Get motivated to write again – I was full of beans at the middle of 2018 then I got quite sick and everything went out the window, as it does when you can barely get through the day.  I will have found a set of workshops I want to attend, again you pay in advance so I will have to go even if I am tired. (I am Chinese – if I pay for it, I am showing up!). 
3. I also want to be much more minimalist in terms of buying less, and spending less in general. I want to move house and buy a new car at the start of the year which will cost some £££, so it?s time to take finances more seriously. I am also going to clear ou...