2011 - The Year of Extra Measure?

A very clever friend emailed me a Happy New Year message titled - "Welcome to 2011, The Year of Extra Measure". Of course, curious as a cat I am, wrote back and asked what "Extra Measure" meant.
Apparently, countries around the world are going to be taking a lot of "extra measures" in 2011 - extra measures to fight terrorism, extra measures to combat global warming, extra measures to boost flagging economies - you get the picture.

I was thinking, what would my "extra measure" be in 2011?

So here is my list of the "extra measures" I am going to take in 2011 -

• be nicer, "keep calm and carry on"
• smile more and laugh out loud, often
• chill, do nothing for more than 5 minutes at a time, be still
• reduce my extra waist measurement by eating less and moving more (these are aspirational goals I know)
• spend less
• give more of me
• tell those around me how much I appreciate having them in my life
• enjoy the places I visit more

Oh yeah, and do my blog regularly! Just for extra measure.

I wish you a very Happy New Year and just know that 2011 will have surprises for us all.

Unfortunately not rum in my "half a softdrink bottle glass" but billy tea in the rain.