New year's always the cheerful time of year! It's when new hopes, dreams and goals are made, when there just seems to be endless possibilities the new year might bring. It's time to start anew again!

This positive outlook is probably the reason why lots of people make new year resolutions, whether they actually stick to them or not. But anyway, I'm just going to grab the chance and give it a try...

1. Stop procrastinating already! (This always fails, but no harm trying again.)

2. Save money, so that I can travel around sometime. (So that people won't go, 'What, you studied in UK but didn't visit France/Italy/[insert country]??!!')

3. Listen to more music. The amount of music I listen to here has been quite significantly reduced as compared to before... noooo how can?!!!

4. Practice more. (?) Or rather, practice more effectively.

5. Read more. Sadly, my reading material has been limited to essay-relevant books. Not a good way to gain more knowledge, I suppose.

6. Sight-read some pieces for fun. Just so at least I 'know' a wider range of pieces without having to learn all of them until I have the time to do that.

7. Make fuller use of free time (i.e. after essay submissions) to go explore places around Birmingham. Or places outside Birmingham, if possible!

8. Make fuller use of busy time (i.e. time management). I really need to master this essential skill.

9. Wake up when the alarm goes off, not press the snooze button!

10. Eat less chocolate when I'm doing work, or when deadlines are approaching, or any time at all!