My New Year's Resolutions

The New Year is a time to reflect on the changes we want or need to make. This year has been the most incredible year of life; a new home and the joy of raising my first child making for an unforgettable and yes, exhausting year.

Whilst I can happily reflect on an all-round good year as I sit in front of the computer today I can think of three things, three things that right now I want to achieve or experience in the coming year.

Most of them are not to better to myself like others usually commit to; mine are simple but close to my heart. Here are my three New Year’s Resolutions

Raise money for a Charity

Over the past few years I have done more than my fair-share of fund raising; Tough Muddder, the Leeds Half Marathon and attending charity events.

I want to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis Society; my dad suffers with the neurological condition which affects around 100,000 people in the UK. I want to raise as much money as I possibly can to help families living with MS have a happier and better live.

So in 2015 I vow to do something amazing for charity. I could run naked in the streets, parachuting, the three peaks challenge or a city rally?

Play more golf

I love golf – now that I have a son it would be fair to say that I have struggled to hit the fairways as often as I would have liked in 2014. My ligament injury also put me out of action and now that I have recovered and can walk and run again I want to start the year with golf.

Then every week or two commit to playing at least once. It is easier in the lighter months as I can play after work. I write for the Saturday Golfer Blog and I want to contribute more and more content to that in the golfing season.

I spent a considerable amount of money on my Callaway clubs so I “need” to play. So I vow to play golf at least twice a month. Playing more regularly will hopefully help me iron out some of the poor shots I have been making recently – fingers crossed.

Less phone, more play

Whilst I am not often glued to my phone I seem to find myself tweeting or playing games instead of reading the hundreds of books I have collected over the years. I love Twitter but I could spend more time “bettering myself” through reading and learning in 2015.

So I vow to spend less time on my phone and more time with my books and learning my coding.

Have you thought about your New Year’s Resolutions yet?