I have spent the worst part of today in the bathroom (details are probably unnecessary). If my New Year’s resolutions were to drink less and eat healthier then I would have broken both within a day (a pizza was ordered when I could finally hold food down).

As 88% of New Year’s resolutions are broken, according to psychologist Richard Wiseman, perhaps the best way to make meaningful changes to our lifestyle is with the intention of starting the year – partying – as we mean to go on. Unless you’re Jordan Belfort, then a gluttonous lifestyle seems excessive and pungent.

As well as catching The Wolf of Wall Street, I also recommend reading The Unofficial Goldman Sachs Guide to New Year’s Resolutions. Unfortunately, it has reminded me that Hot Danish probably got a little too into character at last night’s late ‘50s Havana-themed party and said to a large guy, ‘I guess I don’t need to ask you what your New Year’s resolution is.’

So today, as I recover from the excesses of last night, I’m looking forward to a year of moderation. As F. Scott Fitzgerald said in The Beautiful and Damned, ‘Here’s to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life,’ and also wisely said, ‘First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.’