Deadlines seem to you to be of relative, rather than absolute, importance

The title of this post was one of many questions in myers briggs type personality test I saw recently. Ironically, without hesitation I answered yes. To the frustration of many people in my life, I'm not exactly what you'd call punctual. That would be one of the many reasons that I'm writing a "wrap-up of 2009, start again 2010" type blog post 2 weeks into the new year.

For three years in a row I made the same New Years resolutions without managing to ever keep one of them. The first was to lose 5kg (actually I think that had been a standing resolution since I was about 15, when I didn't actually need to lose 5kg). The second was to learn to speak Italian (which I did attempt one of the years). The third was to finish my PhD. So after 3 years of consistently failing, in 2009 I thought it was time to mix things up again. I abandoned all other resolutions, and summed it all up with one statement. "to not to do anything that I don't want someone* to find out about". As it went, there were only 2 incidents where I slipped up, and since they're things I don't want someone to find out about, I won't mention what they were here. Overall, I think 2 slip-ups in 365 days, counts as a success.

So 2010, and the semi-pointless task of thinking up new resolutions is back. Given my penchant for repeating resolutions it's not surprising that I've decided to maintain the same resolution this year. I think once I manage to keep it for 3 years in a row, I might just call it my life motto, although that being the case, it's going to need to be phrased a little better.

*excluding speed cameras and law enforcement officers