Report card. What are your challenges?

Did any of you make any new year's resolutions?

I made a few.

Here's a report on how I am going.

There's the

-lose weight & eat healthier perennial, I make it every year.

So far, not so good, will have to try harder from today.

-make a photo text book & write up dad's story. This basically is just transcribing as dad wrote it when he was alive. I just need to add photos. I need to do it as the paper he wrote on was poor quality & is deteriorating. It would be nice to have a more permanent record for the grandkids etc

I've been trying a program called Booksmart & also another one from the same company, called Bookwright. It's a bit of a steep learning curve for me as I can't easily do the things I am used to doing in other photo programs, but I need to stick it out as it has the text box options I need. But oh boy, the help desk will soon be sick of me. I haven't even quite made up my mind which program to use, let alone made a start.

I will have to try harder.

-teach myself touch typing. Found a couple of free websites and promised myself at least 10 minutes a day. Have been keeping to this and can see improvement but it takes intense concentration. I promised myself I can go back to two finger typing in between lessons.  Just till I pass the learning hump.

But one thing on these websites gives me a demented chuckle. They promise you will be touch typing in hours. What is it with our instant society? No, you won't be touch typing in hours. You will be on about lesson 5 (out of 70) and only doing about the first 8 keys. My guess is real ease & proficiency is going to take months.

I've only done the first row and a couple of upper letters.

Need to try harder.

So, what new things are you trying out this year??