Beyond My Control: Mid-year review

Hello.

Yes, well, here I am, several weeks after my last, brief, post.

And here we are, already, at the mid-point of the year. Crap. Stop going by so fast, time.

The middle of the year, however quickly it has come up, has given me the excuse to evaluate a few things though. First, these non-resolutions discussed at the start of the year.

Overall, on those, I'd have to rate my success as medium-to-high.

At some things I have failed. Particularly (a) blogging more; and (b) exercise. Yeah, yeah, they're both on the list for the second half of the year.

At other things, however, I have been reasonably successful. The eating better, drinking less, balancing those things out, in particular. I feel I've done pretty well at that. I didn't start off that well, but since March-ish I've been pretty damn good.

This is the point where I note that I've lost 10 kilos.

Yes, that's right. And I've done it in a very slow, sustainable way. That is, very little exercise - which I don't have nearly enough time for especially in winter when there aren't enough hours of light - and without any crash dieting.

Unsurprisingly it's mainly people who've known me only in the last couple of years who have noticed to the point of commenting. That's because I'm bascially back to (a little under) what I consider my 'normal weight'. The weight people who've known me any length of time are reasonably used to me being. I'll never be skinny, and have no desire to be, I just wanted to get back to a healthy normal weight for me, and fit into all my clothes.

I'm pleased to report I now fit into everything in my (vast) wardrobe, except my 'fat' jeans.

I feel remarkably good as a result.

The other thing that feels good about the first half of the year is a lack of sinking into the morass. At the start of 2011, I confess, I was not feeling so upbeat. There was a hell of a lot of upheaval going on with family and friends and that didn't have me feeling all that positive about where the year was going. But so far, so good, on that front. All drama is not resolved, but I don't feel as down about it all as I did when the year began.

That achieved though, with the second half of the year I have found myself turning my attention to other things. Goals, if you will. Maybe.

I have, over the last few weeks, completely made over my office. For some time I've had this vague feeling that "I would love to have an office like..." In recent times it has occurred to me that "my office actually wouldn't be far off that with a tiny amount of work" and "what the hell are you waiting for?" This very afternoon I finished hanging some art work, and the whole place looks so much better than the previous pigsty of paperwork. I have also engaged a PA to keep all of it in order and provide some much needed assistance.

The other goal for the second half of the year - aside from blogging, execising, keeping the office clean - is to do for my spending what I did for my diet in the first six months. Impose some well overdue moderation.

We'll see how that one goes...

And perhaps, just perhaps, I'll actually start working on the new/old writing piece I have lurking around the brain.