What are your New Year's resolutions?

[Droopy]

I'm going to try to improve my financial status. I'm also going to continue getting healthier. I've lost 47 pounds, but I've still got 40 to go. After I get down to my desired weight I'm going to look into quitting smoking. Losing weight and quitting smoking at the same time would drive me bonkers, so I'm doing the easy one first. Yeah, it's actually easier for me to lose weight than to quit smoking.

[Left Is Write]

1. I don't typically make resolutions, but this seems as good a time as any...

to promise myself to take better care of our future (whether that be financially, health-wise or otherwise).

[Droopy]

3. That sounds like a good one

For the past several years my New Year's Resolution has been to take better care of myself. Then I party hardy on New Year's Eve and end up spending New Year's day feeling like shit- resolution already forgotten. Not going to happen this year!

[femmocrat]

2. Good for you Droopy!

You can do it! :applause:

I never keep my resolutions. I do hope to get rid of more of the junk I have accumulated, though. And to refrain from acquiring more!

LOL

[Droopy]

6. Thank you

Hey, open up an eBay account. You might wet some dollars for that junk.

[lost-in-nj]

4. I don't make resolutions but

I think I am just going to try to let go of the past some more...
and keep up my diet and excercise routine....
and stay off the cigs

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!!!

lost

[Droopy]

8. I've got a hard luck past as well

Many mental as well as a few physical scars. But I've been doing really good for the past 4 years or so and I've found that the more distance I put between myself and my unfortunate past the better I feel about things.

[underpants]

5. Get back to running

Do at least two marathons this year

[Droopy]

9. Sounds excellent

I wish I could do something like that. But even though I've dropped some weight running still kills my knees. I guess I wasn't made to be a runner. I can walk for long distances, though, so maybe I'll get into that as a part of my weight loss regimine if the weight starts coming off slower.

[Karenina]

7. Visit Ireland, Estonia and Italy.

[Droopy]

10. I'd love to do that, too

What worries me about travelling to other countries is the language barrier. I'm afraid I'd get lost and wouldn't be able to get back to where I need to be because I couldn't communicate with anyone.

[Karenina]

17. Just ask the yung'uns. They DO speak Englisch.

AND are thrilled and delighted to test their skills on you.

[Burma Jones]

11. Be Kinder, Lose Weight, Drink More Water

[Droopy]

12. Ah, yes. The world can always use more kindness

I rarely drink anything but water now. I used to be a Diet Coke addict and I also have sloshed down my share of chocolate milk, but I started drinking water almost exclusively and I've given up the pop totally. I haven't had a pop in about 8 months. I don't even miss it now.

[DJ MEW]

13. Start allowing good things to happen to me.

It is had come to my attention in the past few days actually that I put up a lot of blocks in my head when good things are happening to me and I wind up losing out. I just had it happen with this really sexy person that really seemed to be in to me, and yet I screwed it up I haven't seen him in like a week now, although I really want to see him again.

MEW

[Droopy]

14. Give him a call!

I have a hard time developing relationships, too. Even new friendships. It's as if some mysterious force takes over me and makes me appear cold and uninteresting. I want to be warm and interesting but there's something in my brain that makes me sieze up a little.

[DJ MEW]

24. I don't have his phone number

and thanks some people that have getting all up in my buisness right now, I have been told that he is actually out of the state visiting relatives.

[auntAgonist]

15. I'm going to try

to not be so easily affected by the circumstances around me that I cannot control. To be more accepting of the way things are in lives that I cannot change by wishing for change.

All very cryptic I know, but that's my resolution.

Oh and 1 more important one. I resolve to meet YOU for dinner one day very soon!

aA
kesha

[Droopy]

18. Sounds good, aA

I worry about things that are beyond my control as well sometimes. Each time I catch myself doing that I just tell myself to let it go. It's getting easier. I've found that if I've got something to do, some project to work on, I tend to worry less. Like my thread at the other place about investing. I've spent the last couple of days trying to get all of the information I can about investing in stocks. I feel better when I've got something like that to do.

And for dinner let's do sea food. Do you like sea food? I'm craving crab.

[auntAgonist]

20. I LOVE seafood Droopy! ..

I'll vote for that :) D on the other hand isn't a seafood lover but I'm sure wherever we go will probably have other choices. He has been known to enjoy good fish and chips though, go figger.

I think I have too much think time on my hands and it's hard for me to let things go. I'm an over thinker and I send myself into a tizzy more times than necessary. I overthink and undertalk! Not a good combination.

I did see your other thread, I don't know a thing about investing :( Need extra money for that too .. ah well.

aA

[LynneSin]

16. After six months of stress eating and spending all my money on a house...

2008 is getting back into shape and saving some money.

[Droopy]

19. Sounds like a plan

I know about that stress eating. I'm prone to that as well and it can be very difficult for me to control sometimes. I'd probably be closer to my weight loss goal right now if I hadn't stumbled in times of stress.

[shireen]

21. take control of my LIFE

I've been living like a hamster running in a hamster wheel, struggling to get nowhere. It has to stop.

[Droopy]

23. Damn straight it's got to stop!

You deserve better! Changes are tough, though. Wishing you luck in the New year! :toast:

[shireen]

30. you too, Droopy

thanks for the kind encouraging words. :hug:

[CBHagman]

32. I'm in the cage next to you, shireen.

"There must be some kind of way out of here." :crazy:

I'm also thinking of living by these mottoes as much as possible this year: This is not a competition. There's plenty for all.

[shireen]

74. lemme know if you figure it out ...

then, there are the frantic days when i feel like a puppy dog chasing its tail.

It's always somethin', as Gilda used to say.

Anyhow, hang in there CBHagman and all the others running in hamster wheels, we'll muddle our way thru 2008, somehow .... :pals:

[CBHagman]

94. Thank you for the good wishes, and happy 2008.

We need some sort of inner motor to keep us going. I think I've been looking for outward things to change, rather than finding the gumption to go forward.

Onward and upward, as they say in The Chronicles of Narnia.

[Bennyboy]

22. To learn some type of new skill......

last year it was Paper Mache.....year before it was ceramics, year before it was fire poi....

[Droopy]

27. I'd like to do something like that, too

I wish I knew how to work on cars better so I could save on the maintenance bill on my aging S-10.

[ronnykmarshall]

25. Stay out of GD:Politics

[Droopy]

28. Haha

I've been reading a lot over there lately, but have only posted a couple of times. That has got to be the most contentious forum here at DU and I don't do contentious very well.

[JVS]

26. To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, hear the lamentations of their women.

[Droopy]

29. Okay Conan the Barbarian

Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we'll die.

[DarkTirade]

31. Get back in school, maybe lose a little weight.

Wouldn't mind getting out and meeting new people and dating and whatnot, but that's kind of a given since I just moved to a new place.

[Droopy]

33. I just moved to my current abode in July

And I'm having a hell of a time meeting new people. I don't even know my neighbors and I live in a four unit apartment building. A part of that probably has to do with the fact that I work a weird shift, but I would have thought that I would have at least one new friend by now. Oh, well. Here's to new beginnings. :toast:

[DarkTirade]

35. Yeah, I worked the night shift for the last almost 3 years before I moved

so I know how that is too.

So far I've talked to people in the area on the internet, but I've only actually met one of them. And she went back home for the holidays, so she isn't around right now.

[Capn Sunshine]

57. why not try DFA , PDA or MoveOn?

If you're looking for simpatico people connect with your local branches of PDA, DFA, or
MoveOn. You can find neighborhood specific groups.

Oh, and Drinking Liberally! If you drink , this is a GREAT organization. It's like the Lounge in the Real World.

[Droopy]

63. I have tried PDA

I contacted my local branch. They sent me an e-mail saying that they would put me on the mailing list. I haven't heard from them since. That was several months ago. I would think that getting this close to primary season they would have enlisted my help by now, but no dice.

What makes it hard for me to participate in those kind of groups is my work schedule. They seem to assume that everyone works 9-5 and has the weekends off.

[EnviroBat]

34. Me, stop drinky so muchy...

Hopefully lose some weight. But the bigger problem, I went out Saturday night and got wrecked AGAIN! Dammit, I'm 40 now, and I know I'm not going to live much longer if I keep this up. I gave a homeless guy $5. All the cash I had on me, and he asked me if I'd drive him to my bank to get him some more money! After I talked myself out of throwing him into a dumpster, I get in my car and drive home. Fucking STOOPID! So I'm laid out on the couch all day Sunday with a shitty hangover, a real brain-buster. Between the money I blew and the stomach contents I blew the following morning, I feel pretty shitty about my life right now. Every time I look in the mirror, I want to punch myself...

[Droopy]

39. That sounds like a serious one, man

I used to drink a lot and I know how that can lead to self loathing, i.e. wanting to punch yourself every time you look in the mirror. I still do drink occasionally, but it's not enough to make me feel like cutting my own throat.

I'll tell you what. Try taking small steps first. Shitcan the drunken driving. Get a cab or stay home and drink. I think that would be a good start.

[EnviroBat]

42. Good advice...

Always appreciated.

[BarenakedLady]

36. Lose the weight I put on over the past year.

Granted, I was far too skinny at the beginning of the year, but I've gone from one extreme to the other. I need to find a happy medium. I'm not going to diet, just eat better and stick to my Pilates schedule as much as possible.

[billyskank]

37. Please don't feel that too strongly

I think you look fabulous. :shrug:

[BarenakedLady]

40. Awww thanks.

I'm just not happy at my current state. Nothing drastic like before. I like actually having a butt and boobs. It's all the rest I have trouble with. LOL.

[billyskank]

72. Yes.

Keep the butt and boobs.

;)

[EnviroBat]

41. You're yummy as you are...

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

45. Hey you!

Thank you. :blush:

Happy New Year!! :hug: :hi:

[EnviroBat]

49. Happy New Year to you too baby doll!

When I get the album finished, I'd like to deliver one to you personally!

:evilgrin:

[BarenakedLady]

51. Hehehe

Will you sign it for me too?

;)

[EnviroBat]

52. Hells Yeah!

:hug:

[billyskank]

38. I don't feel there is any point making resolutions

Right now I don't feel any power of agency in my life.

[Droopy]

43. That's cool

Here's to non-resolutions. :toast:

[billyskank]

44. Not really.

[BarenakedLady]

46. ...

:hug:

You have more control than you realize (realise).

[Droopy]

53. What's that old Eagles tune?

Something about living our lives in chains never realizing that we have the key.

[BarenakedLady]

54. Don't know it offhand.

But it sounds like wise words.

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

56. The song is "Already gone"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ijAB_ERwb5g

[datasuspect]

47. 1. haul ass

2. get paid

[Droopy]

50. That's what I do

Except I don't make the big bucks. Truck it up!

[Guava Jelly]

48. Lose about 25 lbs of fat

And make a few decisions.

[Droopy]

55. Decisions, decisions

I'm good at making decisions, it's just that they aren't always the right ones. Here's to making good decisions. :toast:

[Rising Phoenix]

58. I have many

1. get healthy, mentally and physically
2. lose weight, big part of #1
3. exercise 6 days a week
4. no drinking for at least 6 months (tonight is my last night)
5. get two new tats....my reward!

[Droopy]

60. 10-4 on the fitness program

I've often flirted with the idea of getting a tattoo, but usually only when I've got a few drinks in me. I'm really much too mild mannered now days for that sort of thing I guess.

[lizziegrace]

59. Refuse to be used anymore

I'm a doormat. I know it. That's gonna change.

[Droopy]

61. That sounds like more than a resolution

It sounds like a self realization to me. Here's to doing some positive inner work in the New Year. :toast:

[lizziegrace]

64. Thanks

I've been too nice and accommodating my entire life. Look where it's gotten me. :shrug:

[Wapsie B]

62. To not make any more resolutions.

I just need to set some concrete, very specific goals for this year. The resolution thing never worked for me.

[Droopy]

65. Here's to resolving to make concrete goals!

:+

I wish you luck in your endeavors in the New Year.

[Wapsie B]

66. Thank you and same to you!

:)

[ceile]

67. Let's see....

Start new job (Jan 22-yeah me!)
Exercise (lose 15 pounds)
Quit smoking
Get my house in order (I truly believe that my SO and I are the messiest people to ever live)

[Droopy]

68. Those sound like good resolutions

I need to quit smoking as well. I did for 7 months one time, but I put on 30 pounds, too. I know I can do it it's just a question of resisting the compulsion to stuff something in my mouth all through the day. I guess that's what Freud would call an oral fixation.

[alarimer]

69. Finally finish my Masters

Which I will do so that isn't much of a resolution I guess.

Get a better job (easier said than done, especially since I do not ever want to work for a biological consulting firm- apparently- according to some- it is the kiss of death if you ever want to work for a government agency, non-profit etc).

Try to find someone I can go out with more than once. I am not holding my breath since I seem to be no one's cup of tea these days.

[Droopy]

75. Here's to a Masterful New Year!

Good luck job hunting. I hope you find the job that you desire. :toast:

[alarimer]

82. Thanks. I am actually feeling optimistic for once.

Usually New Years fills me with dread.

[Taverner]

70. I resolve to quit killing those kittens and puppies

[Droopy]

78. Would that have anything to do with

cutting back on the hand lotion? Don't worry about it, it's perfectly normal. :toast:

[SPKrazy]

71. To improve my social circle

[Droopy]

79. That's one I'd like to do, too

Here's to making new friends. :toast:

[NightWatcher]

73. stop eating french fries (and fried food) and stop beating up midgets

[Droopy]

80. You better watch out for those midgets

Haven't you heard of the evil midget gangs starting to pop up around the country? They don't play that shit.

Here's to unclogging your arteries. :toast:

[Mike03]

85. Watch out for the French Fries. They are very high in levels of

a carcinogen called acrylamide. Acrylamide is in a number of baked/cooked starches, but it is particularly high in potatoes.

[matcom]

76. i'm only going to drink SEVEN days a week!

[Droopy]

83. Yeah, because lord knows that drinking 8 days a week

is clearly a sign that you need to take up cocaine, and that is damned expensive. Here's to a sloshy New Year! :toast:

[matcom]

86. been there done that

let me tell you friend, the 80's was a WONDERFUL year for me!

:toast: to you

[Inchworm]

77. To get out of Dodge

Somewhere, anywhere.. I've been stationary for far too long.

:hi:

[Droopy]

84. You could always do like me and take up trucking

You're usually never in the same place for longer than a day with those over the road gigs. We also need more truckers here in the lounge as I have been informed by the American Trucking Association that we are not meeting our quota of truckers here at DU.

Here's to picking up stakes! :toast:

[Inchworm]

87. My dad was a trucker

I did it for a while. I got into license trouble young, or that's how I would have made a living.

Thanks for the wish :)

:hi:

[Mike03]

81. The monkey on my back is Nicotine Gum.

I'm always trying to improve myself, year round, but my resolutions for 2008 are:

1) Quit chewing nicotine gum (!! - Hardest)
2) Eat broccoli every single day (with tomatoes, which I already eat in abundance)
3) Read and understand medical textbooks about anatomy, physiology and all aspects of disease.

[Droopy]

88. Nicotine gum is a hell of a lot better than smokes

but I hear it's kind of pricey. Here's to fending off diseases and keeping the price of broccoli nice and high! :toast:

[astral]

90. Aw, c'mon, man!

***NOBODY*** eats broccoli every day! Try eating brussels sprouts three days in a row : ) Happens if you buy 'em from Costco!

Mine are:
-- use some of the weird health-food stuff I have every day, in a ROUTINE that never changes.
-- more fresh air walks, longer and more frequent.
-- get healthy enough to learn to do fasts to help detox my body.

Other resolutions:
-- Become a Neatnik!
-- Become so frugal I spend almost NO MONEY on food!
-- Yeah, right!

baby steps baby steps baby steps . . . . . .

[Droopy]

89. Kick for the New Year.

:dem:

[elshiva]

91. Gain at least 20 more pounds

watch Silence of the Lambs

stay away from church to avoid panic attacks

[Droopy]

92. I can help you gain those 20 pounds

I'm one person who really knows how to gain weight. :) Just ask and I will let you in on my expertise.

I also avoid church. Them folks are alright, that shit just isn't for me.

[elshiva]

93. Thank you Droopy. I do not need any help with it

over the last two years I gained 60 pounds, so I'm good. Also, I plan to exercise less, so that will help me not to burn too many calories.