New Years Resolutions

New Years resolutions are a fun, annual event for me. I always start out with the best intentions, but the resolutions usually last approximately as long as it took me to think them up.

This year I'm going to tackle resolutions from a different angle. Instead of starting things, I'm going to finish them.
I'm moving to a new apartment at the end of March and I've been taking inventory of what I need to pack and there are just too many projects-in-progress. I want to complete all the half finished projects that I've started, or I want to get rid of them. I have several half knitted scarves that I've just set aside for another day. If I plan to finish it, I need to do that. If I hate it and don't want to finish it, into the trash, or donate pile, it goes.

My Harry Potter cross stitch is the most glaring example. It has been sitting on my mantle for far too long.
I posted this picture of it in my Bucket List blog post on August 12, 2011.

 

A year and a half later, this is the progress I've made on that project...



 

That is just embarrassing.
So this is my belated new year's resolution: finish what I've started.
I'll even give myself a deadline on this particular one. Finish this Harry Potter cross stitch this year.
I hope this resolution lasts longer than most...