New Year's resolutions

So with my last post being a horsey Christmas wishlist (sadly I didn't find Magic under the tree, despite my best efforts), it makes sense to find some horsey resolutions that I will have the best intentions of keeping, at least until February, where I will probably forget all of them and slip back into old habits. But hey, it's a tradition!

1. Be able to ride Magic around a course of jumps without a) frightening anybody or b) killing (or at least seriously injuring) either of us
This is easier said than done with an ex-showjumper. Never mind adjusting your horse's stride; Magic takes every jump on whichever stride she fancies (often from about twenty feet out), and also at about a million miles an hour. When you try to point out this isn't perhaps the best way, she rewards your efforts by putting in a dirty refusal and tipping you over her neck. The best riders I know have given up and just let her get on with it, so I follow their lead, but making it around a small course in one piece would feel like an achievement to me after the manic efforts we've put in before...

2. Make it back to Burghley
Okay, so this isn't so much a resolution and instead is more of an aim, but no harm in putting it on here. Burghley was one of my highlights of 2012, and I am determined to make it back there again in 2013. It was worth every penny and more.

3. Get a bit braver
I would be a much better rider if I stopped overthinking everything and imagining what could go wrong, so I need to make the effort to be more positive, and when that's under control, I need to feel the fear and then DO IT ANYWAY.

4. Seriously look into loaning a horse
I thought of an option that I hadn't even considered before, and what's more, it's also very practical, realistic and totally affordable. I can't claim the credit for the idea, but that doesn't matter - making it happen is far more important! More on that at a later date...

The hardest one for me on here has to be number three, without a doubt, but it's something I need to get over and work on, I worry far too much. The easiest to keep will be number two, because that's not exactly a hardship (although I had better start saving now...). Have you made any horsey resolutions?