Is anyone making New Years resolutions?

[JitterbugPerfume]

mine are just general

get more exercise

lose weight

learn new stuff. Go new places

refuse to act like an old woman RAGE AGAINST OLD ATTITUDES~~

[Lucian]

1. Yeah. Mine is "don't make New Year's resolutions".

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. that is the best one!!

[scheming daemons]

28. To keep that resolution, you have to fail at that resolution

[Lucian]

35. Touche.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. I am making the biggest one I have ever made in my life

I want to have a house built by next year's Holiday Season :scared: :bounce: :wow: :bounce: :scared:

Wish me Luck. I will need it. Thanks.

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. g'luck!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[insanity]

4. Yes!

To consume as much booze as possible and be high as a kite during every thing I do.

[JitterbugPerfume]

8. there is a lot to be said for that

by golly

[insanity]

12. It takes commitment

Being under the influence is a personal choice and you really just have to commit.

[Broken_Hero]

5. A couple,

1. Read more books

2. Spend more time offline

3. Quit smoking

Thats...about it.

[JitterbugPerfume]

7. I hope you are able to quit smoking

I am an ex smoker , and I know how difficult and rewarding that can be.

Reading is one of lifes greatest joys

[Broken_Hero]

9. Quitting, isn't as bad as it use to be

its just a matter of staying on the wagon...

I'd usually have a freak out day/or two during my 4th of 5th day of non-smoking, but the last few go arounds, my irritability has been damn near non-existant.

My longest stretch of non-smoking was 11 months....I've done a lot of stints, of 3-5 months at a time, but I always fall off...but, I'm going to keep trying, til I get it right...:)

[JitterbugPerfume]

10. I quit several times

before I finally got it right

[BOSSHOG]

11. May I make a suggestion Jitterbug

Don't resolve to lose weight; resolve to lose (XX) pounds by 31 December 2009. You decide what that amount will be. Don't resolve to get more exercise; resolve to walk at least 45 minutes a day at least three days a week. And write those resolutions down and put that list somewhere you will see it everyday. Don't mean to be a poop, just trying to help.

I would love to finish a story about a WWII veteran I have been fiddling with for years. I've started it several times, rewrote and rearranged and just have not finished it.

[JitterbugPerfume]

17. Thanks for the suggestion BOSSHOG

I know that you are right

Finish that story I would love to read it!

[rcrush]

13. Mine is to stop being a fat ass.

Also quit smoking and maybe get a job.

[JitterbugPerfume]

19. I hope that you are able to do it!

especially the job! My son lost his job and it is really rough

[rcrush]

25. I feel like the guy from Office Space right now.

I hated my job so much that I was THRILLED when I got fired. Now I feel like Peter Gibbons and I never want to work again. Except if I dont I'm going to eat through savings real soon.

[scheming daemons]

29. Just stop being an ass... and you get 50% credit!

[scheming daemons]

30. My resolution was going to be to not procrastinate anymore, but I think I'll wait a few months

before I start that one.

[Mollis]

14. Normal stuff...

Stop procrastinating with school.
Don't stop going to the gym.
Lose 10 pounds.
Keep re-connecting with friends.
Try to be more patient with my brother...and boyfriend. lol

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. procrastination is one of my downfalls too

never do today what can be done tomorrow:spank:

[mcctatas]

15. Nope...

I am getting divorced instead! :evilgrin:

[JitterbugPerfume]

21. my divorce was one of the most positive things I ever did!

[mcctatas]

22. I am hopeful that mine will be too...

it can't make things any worse at least :P

[JitterbugPerfume]

26. that is the point I had reached

when I divorced my husband. Ihope things turn out ok for you:hug:

[pitohui]

16. general resolutions don't happen

anyone who has studied psychology, even pop psych, can tell you the same

specific resolutions that will happen are a private matter not to be shared with the internets so i'm not going to list my future resolutions here

however, just for example from the past --

"learn new stuff" won't happen because you can watch bullshit on the history channel and kid yourself that you've learned something, "learning enough of a language to get around on my next trip" does happen because there's a deadline and you'd better listen to that audio tape or talk to that tutor or friend in the new language every day if you expect to be able to ask directions in a foreign land

same with exercise -- get more exercise is a resolution that won't ever happen, however, for several years i resolved to walk 45 minutes a day 6 days a week, and this easily happened, because it was a specific thing put on the schedule that couldn't be overlooked

resolutions should be specific and there should be something you do every day or every week that you can point to as progress, that's why "rage against old attitudes" is not a resolution, where is the goal to be achieved? you can just pick a fight w. somebody and congratulate yourself that you've raged against their attitude, can't you?

just my humble opinion but since you asked...

[JitterbugPerfume]

23. learn new stuff--

I am taking college courses online in world literature and cosmology. I have never watched the History channel or any other bull shit on TV


I have set goals for weight loss and exercise , I just do not wish to post them for the world to see

You take "rage against old attitudes" way to literally

[pitohui]

31. i actually left the same advice at the same time as bosshog (make specific goals)

but apparently you take it better from him than from me

if your OP had made it clear that you did have specific goals neither of us would have felt the need to say that people who want results must make specific goals

sorry you were offended because i was trying to be helpful :shrug: -- i tend to give specific examples, i am sorry you were unable to comprehend that a specific example is meant to be an example not an accusation SHEESH!

[Inchworm]

18. I will not lose my mind

I will keep going forward

I want

:hi:

[JitterbugPerfume]

24. of all the things I have lost , I miss my mind the most

1980s bumper sticker:hi:

[Crabby Appleton]

27. The usual - try to drink more, gain some weight

stop saving so much money, take it easier at work

[JitterbugPerfume]

32. at last

A truth teller!

[CBHagman]

33. Number 4 sounds like my new attitude...

Over the past few months I've been practicing looking at things from a different angle -- i.e., fighting the tendency to make snap judgments, not assuming I know things are going to turn out, giving someone the benefit of the doubt. It's all actually made life less stressful.

And as for the original topic of this thread, yes, I started my list the other day. Among other things, I'm going to have a go at the physical clutter in my life (and maybe even the mental clutter as well).

[JitterbugPerfume]

34. that is a good idea

clutter can be overwhelming .I need to thin out a few things in my life too, I tend to be a pack rat

[BarenakedLady]

36. Ack

Where would I start?

:shrug: