New Year Resolutions
Last year I (rather rashly!) posted my New Year Resolutions up on the blog. Most of it had to do with living greener. One year on, my household is way, way better at recycling, reducing what we accumulate, re-using, and so on. We eat better food (much more fresh and home-made food, home baked bread, and organic when we can afford it) and we plan our travel and spending in more ecologically friendly ways.
This year my son and I are resolving to tackle our car usage. We will give ourselves a weekly usage limit, and plan to leave home earlier and walk whenever possible. We are determined to cut out unnecessary car trips. I’ll let you know how we get along. I may even need to learn to ride a bike.
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If it didn’t rain so much here in Northern Ireland, I might even try to use the bike more and the car less! Good luck with keeping to your resolutions – I hope you can stick to them. It’s great that you share your resolutions with your son. Having someone to encourage you (and keep you accountable) must help a lot.
Blog-hopped to your site. Good luck on your new year resolutions. If possible and if your area’s climate accomadates, try growing a tree or two. A fully grown tree is an universe in itself, supporting more life than we could ever do.
Learning to ride a bike is a very good idea. You might even consider bicycle meditation. Good luck!
All this time in the Bridge of Cam and you don’t have a bike? :O Come on, join us …!
I’ve made no resolutions whatsoever – perhaps mine could be to teach you to ride a bike?!