I’m not sure how many of you remember this, but on 1 Jan 2011, I issued you a challenge.
We listed down our new year resolutions for 2011 for posterity and tasked ourselves to see if we could stay true to them for 2011. For those of you who shared a resolution, how did you do? My resolution was to stay organized – did I succeed?
Well, yes and no 😛
I started out trying to use a daily planner. It worked for all of 2-3 months and then as is wont to happen, the planner got discarded and forgotten. I picked it up a few times in the year but it never really grew on me.
However, I started making better use of the calendar function on my phone to keep track of my schedules and appointments and that was quite a success. I blocked off dates as and when I replied to invitations and set up reminders and alerts so I didn’t forget what I had to do. When I did forget, it was usually because I’d forgotten to set an alert 😛
The mailbox on the phone (and a data plan) has also been very helpful in last minute searching for info for phone numbers, addresses and confirming venues. I don’t know how I could have gone through 2011 without a smart phone 😛 I do however need to be more organized when it comes to paying my bills.
In a nutshell, I kept part of my resolution for 2011, but I broke the part that said I would use a daily book planner. That just didn’t work for me.
Your turn: Did you manage to keep your resolution this year? If you’ve shared and forgotten what it is, you may refresh your memory here 🙂 Even if you didn’t share, did you keep to your resolutions this year?
Paris B
Hanny says
Hmmm… Let’s just say that resolution turned out as all of my past resolutions >.<
Paris B says
Maybe this year will be different 😀 keep at it!
Honey says
All resolutions have expiry date of 3 days!
Cheers and Happy New Year, Paris!
Paris B says
Lol!! Indeed! Although i got it to last a few months at least 😉
Sukie says
Gah. I tried to lose weight. I really did try. *looks at food and then at the bulging tummy*
Hmm… Let just say I’ve got a food baby going 😉
Happy New Year Paris! 🙂
Paris B says
Weight is the hardest to shift, especially for one who loves her food I.e. me >.< but I'm going to try to stay the same, and not out on too much. Now that should be attainable 😉
Tine says
I had to refresh my memory by checking out that old post. I wrote this: “Mine would be to be healthy. Which means I have to exercise. Not even exercise more, just bloody exercise”
Well, let’s see. I did exercise, which is a good thing. Thank goodness I didn’t say exercise more, ‘cos obviously that shot to heck 😛
Paris B says
Lol! Good on ya for keeping to the resolution, at any rate 😀
rinnah says
Like Tine, I too had to look back at the post to see what was my resolution. 🙂
Well, I guess I did achieve half of it since 2011 was a pretty good year to me and I’m so much happier now, but I still gotta work on the health part!
So, that’s 2012’s resolution for you : rinnah needs to get healthier! 😀
Paris B says
Good on ya! 50% is better than none, and here’s to a healthier you in 2012!
Juan says
don’t remember any resolution ;P
but i know i have one fun one for 2012 – something which i have never done before my entire life… to take advantage of the Baskin & Robbins ice cream promo every 31st of the month! hehe…
yet, i wonder when i’ll lose weight…
Paris B says
Lol! I love your new resolution!!
Amanda says
Evaluation time! I didn’t join this challenge on your blog, but I do set my own goal at the beginning of 2011. Out of the five goals I set for myself, one has been cancelled; two achieved (one of them is beauty-related); the rest are still underway. Can I call it a good year? Not quite sure.
Paris B says
Hey I’d say 2 out of 5 isn’t bad at all, especially when you have one still underway 🙂 sounds like its been a good year for you!
Kahani says
I don’t think I set my goals down last year, but I entered 2011 determined to leave my old job and find a better one. Overall, 2011’s been so good to me I want to take it out to dinner and drinks. Been a better year than my wildest dreams could have foretold… =) well, maybe not my WILDEST dreams.. but beyond my reasonable ones…
Paris B says
Sounds like 2011 has been an amazing one for you and I’m sure there’s only better stuff to come!
Vivi says
NOPE! 2011 was a big #epicfail for me. I didn’t set any beauty goals but promised to improve my time management skills and try not to be late for work. Alas, it’s gonna be 2012 very, very soon but I think I’m still as bad as I was last year, if not worse. :X
Paris B says
Oh dear! Never mind time to buck up for 2012! I battle time all the time too and it really takes a lot to stick to timetables… But it helps 🙂
beetrice says
Does it count as a New Year’s resolution if it wasn’t made on New Year’s day? 😛 My resolutions were all made throughout the year, and although 2011 didn’t start out all that great, it certainly ended on a fantastic note! 🙂
I just realised I hadn’t actually chronicled my resolutions for the past year – should probably make that a resolution for 2012! 😛
milktea says
I didn’t have an official resolution but I managed to avoid beauty warehouse sales last year in 2011! Yay! (save money)… but I did buy some stuff online (still, it was less than what I would’ve spent at warehouse sales) 🙂
Paris B says
HAha I didn’t go for any last year too – is it my imagination or were there markedly fewer? I do shop online more though which I love because its just so convenient!
plue says
i don’t think i have made any resolutions since the last few years because I seem to be horrible at keeping them.
and usually i’d forget them as time goes on LOL, so no resolutions for me this year too. eh, is that a resolution for me not to keep resolutions anymore? 😛