Well, Spring

The first month of 2014 is already gone! Looks like this will be another year that will go by in a flash.

Taking a leaf out of Michelle's book, here are a couple of things I want to do this year to make the most of the Spring before it runs away with me.

• Read more books: When I work up the willpower to put away the internet and get away from distractions I can read incredibly fast.  On my year studying abroad when I had no wireless for the first four months, I read a huge amount of classic literature and have been trading off it ever since. This time I need to make a real effort to get more proper political/history/current affairs reading done instead of just assuming I can just get a grasp of everything from my newspaper addiction.

• See the great and famous paintings of London: A client visiting from Dallas recently spent almost every free evening going to the big galleries to see London's 'famous' paintings. it made me realise how lucky I am to be in city that not only has amazing art, but where the majority of it is free to see.  It seems crazy that I've been to the Tate Modern countless times but haven't seen the Old Masters at the National Gallery. 

• Be more of a cheapskate: I bleed an awful lot of money on pointless small luxuries like sandwiches and magazines and never have enough saved up to buy the big things I want like Adobe Illustrator or an Eames lounger. No more!

Are you making any Spring resolutions?