Editorial: 12 attempts to be more resolute

Possible New Year's resolutions:

1: I'd like to exercise more but that's difficult because I'm too busy in the morning and when I get home at night I can't resist a glass of wine and a snack.

2: I could drink less wine and eat fewer snacks but then my wife would have to consume the lot and that would be fattening which would make her unhappy.

3: What about a vow to eat only healthy snacks such as carrot sticks and low-fat yoghurt dips? That's a somewhat austere way to start 2012. No thanks.

4: Support more Hawke's Bay businesses? Sounds suspiciously like the food and wine theme again. It's always about the food and wine in Hawke's Bay.

5: I could mow my own lawns for the exercise but that would mean sacking the lawn guy and our unemployment rate is already high. Bad karma there.

6: Give up the cigarettes now that they are going up in price again. That's a good one. Problem is I'd have to start smoking in order to quit and I've got only the rest of today to become addicted.

7: Cook more meals for the family? I already do all the cooking so can't see that one flying.

8: Walk more (I like my car).

9: Read more (what, comic books?).

10: Give up chocolate (please be serious).

11: Perhaps the best thing for me is to try and do better by others. I could start at home. What would make my wife happy?

12: Coming home from work earlier every night would definitely make my wife happy.

But then I'd have no excuse for not exercising.

Hawke's Bay Today wishes all its readers a very happy New Year and thanks you for your support in 2011. We will be publishing again on Monday, January 2.