First of all, a very happy new year to you all! It’s been too long since my last post, but how awesome is this cold snap that the Northern Hemisphere is going through?! Enough of the winter weather chat. Its a new year, that can only mean one thing. Time for my Resolutions.

This years motto is Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

Harder…

This year I will push my self harder, both job wise and swimming wise. Hopefully won’t be long till the pool which is just about on my doorstep is open, that will be rather handy! 5 maybe six solid session a week will get me back into top form in no time. I have pretty good natural endurance capabilities but the key thing I need to work on is speed…

Better…

This year I will get a better job, and make some better websites, the aim of the game is still to make enough money to eventually go to flying school. Ideally I’d like a job in Sweden, Dubai or Australia, there is not much happening in the UK at the moment and there are just no jobs for my skill set so that is why I’m looking further afield.

Faster…

Hopefully the harder training will make me faster in the water, hoping to compete in some rather big swims around the UK this year. Also want to get back into my cycling which I used to do a lot of until my knee had an argument with a pavement!

Stronger..

With all the training and positivity which comes from pushing myself I will become stronger, which in turn will help me become faster than ever before, and the plan is to do very well at the swims. I will reveal details of the swims as soon as my entries are confirmed.

I’ve been a bit slow in posting this, but its kind of my new years targets for 2009! Basically I never really did much in 2008 so now its time for change. Below is a list of targets which I hope to achieve this year. Some are related to my websites, some related to swimming, and some related to my flying.

• Pass the first (and hopefully the later stages) of the Etihad Cadet Pilot Scheme. First round of tests are down in Windsor in February. If I can do that, thenit’s up to them if they want to select me. The first stage consists of 6 tests, spread of six hours, so its going to be a big healty meal the night before, good nights sleep, and a good filling breakfast to set me up for the tests.No one knows for sure whats in these Etihad tests, butI’m assuming (i know, should never assume!) that there will be lots of mental maths, english, general knowlege and some logic or spacial awareness tests.
• The last two months have been a record breaker in terms of earnings, its still no where near my £70,000 target, but its heading in hte right direction! So over the next few weeks, I hope to turn each of my “minisites” into proper good looking, usefull sites based around each of the topics which I have chosen already. Hopefully this will further increase my earnings from these sites, and if I wasn’t selected for the Etihad scheme, then I might be able to pay my own way through flying school.
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