No.209 Of New Year Resolutions

The New Year hey? The time when we make new resolutions and break them before the week is out.

So here are mine :

* Read more and watch less T.V. I'd be inclined to jettison the T.V. bit altogether only I would miss the really good stuff which is to be found if you scan the programme listings closely enough. And how would I have survived last year without classic T.V moments like Sue Boyle rocking the XFactor?

* Surround myself by positive people. Cut out the negative ones. Best advice anyone can give themselves..

* Stay fit. Yes another 12 months of fitting off the flab is called for. This must involve a combination of running to work, swimming and using Legal-Island's new gym as soon as it opens. Come on Legal-Island my festive flab is grinning at you.

* Visit London more. Once a month. That's 12 times this year. That sounds good. Really good.

On another subject completely, I was listening to the BBC World Service today. It was interesting. They were interviewing young people in Shrewsbury who were unemployed. The journalist made the point that they appeared completely despondent and very negative. He said that he's interviewed teenagers in other countries where the unemployment rate is 60% and higher but not discovered such negativity. I guess his point was that you more or less choose the mood you want to be in and your best chance of getting out of a situation is to believe you can do it. May be like me he's just been reading Tony Robbin's book "The Power Within". Big stuff that .