I don’t usually “do” New Year’s Resolutions, because it always seems pointless to me to write up a list without any real intention of being able to check off things as being “done”. Not that I have never kept a New Year’s Resolution…well, actually, I don’t recall ever really keeping one.

I think it’s because I was doing it wrong. I think New Year’s Resolutions should be as practical as all of my To Do lists. Not that those are 100% practical; sometimes I have entries that get passed on from one list to the next until it’s going on 3 years that I haven’t completed a task I set out to do. (But I am going to address that matter too.)

So, with all due practicality in mind, here are my New Year’s Resolutions for 2014 in no particular order:

1. Complete a workbook I got on how to be better in the workplace when you have Asperger’s.
2. Lose the 25 pounds I gained after my grandmother’s death.
3. Finish items on my weekly To Do lists.
4. Complete the WWD modules.
5. Learn another Sudoku trick.
6. Play bassoon or sell the damn thing.
7. Make 1 playable oboe reed.
8. Go to at least 1 audition.
9. Pick either mayonnaise OR cheese for my salads.
10. Become a “gadget girl”, including learning how to operate the TV.

I think I have a really good chance of accomplishing these! Except maybe #3. I guess I’ll find out when I make up another list next year and see how many of these items I carry over to 2015.