Mid Year Review of Resolutions

This is not the only year i made resolutions. Every beginning of a year, i used to make a list and stick to it as long as possible. So the list that I prepared on 31st dec 2006 night after getting fully drunk is mentioned below with its status. Let me see how many of them i have been able to complete and which one needs urgent attention to work upon:

1. Change the company by March: This is the minumum duration within which a guy can switch a company. One month for searching the job and giving out interviews and another 1-2 months is the notice period. So right away from day 1, started posting my resumes in the market and wham!! resigned Escorts on 18th Jan with a notice to separate from the company by 15th Feb. This resolution was right on track and completed.
2. Propose the girl whom i loved since i was a child: Initially thought of proposing on Jan 1st no matter what the results would be. If the answer was 'yes', i would have to change my casanova attitude and if 'no' go back to the hunt again. But it took me more than 6 months to do that. Gosh, never thought it would be so difficult. Relationships cannot be maintained by any resolutions. If it has to develop, it automatically does. But happy that i had gained courage to do it.
3. Quit drinking: Used to be a regular drinker. To be very specific there wasnt any wednesdays and saturdays when i slept without vodka or rum. But 31st dec night was the last one when i drank with my friends. Apart from any official social parties, i havent touched alcohol till now. Great things happening.
4. Quit smoking: Used to smoke a lot too. 10-12 sticks per day. To achieve this resolution, i took my brand a lot higher and made it Marlboro so that with the same money spent on cigarettes i can smoke less number of sticks. So, it came down to 5 till July and its now even 2-3 per day. It sucks...why the hell did i made this resolution in the first place?
5. Will take CAT exam seriously: Total waste. not even started a single step towards this resolution. Guess I have to delete this one from the next year onwards.
6. Buy a powerful Bike: The first thing that i did with the very first salary of John Deere was invested everything on buying Pulsar-150. I was looking for the 180 version but people advised not to go for it in Pune. Anyway, 150cc is quite powerful than regular bikes. So no guilty feelings. I was quite unfortunate as just after a month of my purchasing the 150cc, the 200cc version of Pulsar was launched. Shit will take that into account next year. Mission accomplished
7. Learn to say No: This was a very big challenge and i am dealing with this right now too. I hope by the end of this year, i ll be strongly saying 'no' to anything that i dont like. Work in progress.
8. Never say anything that might hurt my friend's feelings: Learnt this when i started joking about friends when they are in trouble. Anyway, till now no casualties this year and i guess this has been quite successful. Its better to stay silent and say nothing than to say a single word and hurt somebody. This will again carry over to my next year's resolution list.
9. Give my parents a gift: Till now i havent given anything, not even a single penny, to my parents who have done so many things to make me stand of my own. So, it was in April that i bought a brand new car for them. I can not forget the smile and happiness on their face for the rest of my life. Accomplised.
10. Maintain a diary whenever i do a mistake: No mistakes till now so no diary at all. he hehe....Jokes apart I have forgotten how to write with hands. So, kind of maintaining the diary over here in blogs. Thats the most and the best i can do. i would rather grade this resolution a partially finished.
11. Read novels on regular basis: Flunked it miserably. The last one i read was in November last year and it was Da Vinci Code. After that i never got a chance to get my hands on any good novels. Thinking of finishing off Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Still incomplete.

Well that was the assessment of my resolutions till now. Will surely check again at the end of the year with which ones to carry forward to next year or drop it. Aaaaw man!! seems like i am doing my appraisal review myself....he hehe....but it was fun for me.