If your family is into this sort of thing, perhaps you can all share your intentions and collectively commit to upholding them.
— all of your intentions.
Write down all of your intentions in the present tense.
Most important of all, when your intentions meet the inevitable obstacles don't just wait.
If all else fails, state your intentions:"All that I am doing here is trying to be polite".
You could almost keep it up for 31 days, but when February hits and you realise how many working days you have to get through without caffeine, alcohol, nicotine or screaming fits at the post boy, all your good intentions go out the window.
So amid all your virtuous intentions, make sure you leave room for a little bit of vice, too.
When you're hungry you'll grab the quickest food within reach and forget all your good intentions.
Something you don't believe in isn't going to get mad at you for smoking a cigarette, or eating a Twix, or getting back into cock fighting, meaning all your good intentions quickly dissolve into disappointment and a deep, immutable sense of shame.
Tell your mother privately that you now intend to declare your intentions to all.
