Monday 28th December 1936

Now Christmas – it was a jolly holiday – is over but not New Year. I intend to celebrate this time, with the Blacksheep. However, when that is over I must settle down. Discipline! There will be a lot of studying to do – signalling and English. I have slacked for far too long but it is not too late. Must tighten up self-discipline in many ways, and be more serious.

Actually self-discipline has been almost non-existent recently but I think a few months of it will do me good and make me happier, really. I have the will to be strict and cut out slackness now; I hadn’t before.