2010 New Years Resolutions

TheMercenary · 12-30-2009, 09:03 PM

Ok. I have a few private ones, but my public one is that I am going to try to read more. In the last few days I have been getting up at 445 or 5 am instead of 530 or 545, just to read one of my 3 or 4 books I have on the go. How about you? I want to keep them attainable.

glatt · 12-30-2009, 09:19 PM

I have only one resolution, and it's to get a physical. I'm 42 and haven't had one in 3-4 years. They are just not convenient. But I should be getting them every year or so. That's my resolution. We just switched insurance providers too, so I have to find a new doctor, I think. Hassle.

SamIam · 12-30-2009, 10:10 PM

Get more exercise and keep my apartment cleaner. I've been wanting to walk more, but its difficult with all the snow and ice covered streets we have around here at the moment. I guess I could use the enforced indoor time to get into cleaning. Alas, I usually opt for a book instead.

Radar · 12-30-2009, 10:18 PM

Update my IT certs and get at least 1 new one...and lose some weight.

kerosene · 12-30-2009, 11:00 PM

Mine is pretty generic...stop eating sweets and lose 40 lbs.

piercehawkeye45 · 12-31-2009, 02:40 AM

Be more organized and stop procrastinating. I have already made a "to do list" of goals I want to accomplish and deadlines I need to complete so hopefully by looking it over and set daily and weekly goals on a consistent basis I will constantly remind and remotivate myself to get stuff done.

limey · 12-31-2009, 03:48 AM

Exercise.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-31-2009, 05:14 AM

Try not to die.

limey · 12-31-2009, 06:12 AM

Clutter-weeding ...
(rather than attempting to have a big clear-out, or even to clear one room, I plan to sometimes pay attention to a single shelf, or drawer, or equally manageable-sized spot and identify what I can throw out, or give to charity shop, or sell on ebay and action that decision immediately).

capnhowdy · 12-31-2009, 06:19 AM

Get rid of all the junk I've accumulated over the years and repaint my kitchen and bathroom. And get on a regular exercise program.

Trilby · 12-31-2009, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Try not to die.

ditto

Griff · 12-31-2009, 06:44 AM

Imma let you finish, but mine is to try to be more mindful.

DanaC · 12-31-2009, 07:06 AM

A similar one to Limey; also to try and work on my thesis more regularly than I have been doing.

classicman · 12-31-2009, 08:49 AM

Create the time to finish the remaining home projects that got put on hold. 2 bathrooms and new french doors to replace the old crappy slider.

Oh and if I'm really good, I'll clean the basement - Ha! (like that'll ever happen)

Yznhymr · 12-31-2009, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Imma let you finish, but mine is to try to be more mindful.

I'm with you on that one...being more mindful is my number one priority.

I am currently reading "Wherever You Go, There You Are" by Jon Kabat-zinn. If you ignore the references to buddha/buddhism, and focus on the practice of meditation, then the idea is you will be more mindful by living in the now. My yougest son calls this paying attention. Yep.

12-30-2009, 09:03 PM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	2010 New Years Resolutions Ok. I have a few private ones, but my public one is that I am going to try to read more. In the last few days I have been getting up at 445 or 5 am instead of 530 or 545, just to read one of my 3 or 4 books I have on the go. How about you? I want to keep them attainable. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

12-30-2009, 10:18 PM	#4
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Update my IT certs and get at least 1 new one...and lose some weight. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-31-2009, 02:40 AM	#6
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Be more organized and stop procrastinating. I have already made a "to do list" of goals I want to accomplish and deadlines I need to complete so hopefully by looking it over and set daily and weekly goals on a consistent basis I will constantly remind and remotivate myself to get stuff done. __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.

12-31-2009, 03:48 AM	#7
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Exercise. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

12-31-2009, 05:14 AM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Try not to die. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-30-2009, 09:19 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I have only one resolution, and it's to get a physical. I'm 42 and haven't had one in 3-4 years. They are just not convenient. But I should be getting them every year or so. That's my resolution. We just switched insurance providers too, so I have to find a new doctor, I think. Hassle.

12-30-2009, 10:10 PM	#3
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Get more exercise and keep my apartment cleaner. I've been wanting to walk more, but its difficult with all the snow and ice covered streets we have around here at the moment. I guess I could use the enforced indoor time to get into cleaning. Alas, I usually opt for a book instead.

12-30-2009, 11:00 PM	#5
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Mine is pretty generic...stop eating sweets and lose 40 lbs.

12-31-2009, 06:12 AM	#9
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Clutter-weeding ... (rather than attempting to have a big clear-out, or even to clear one room, I plan to sometimes pay attention to a single shelf, or drawer, or equally manageable-sized spot and identify what I can throw out, or give to charity shop, or sell on ebay and action that decision immediately). __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

12-31-2009, 06:19 AM	#10
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Get rid of all the junk I've accumulated over the years and repaint my kitchen and bathroom. And get on a regular exercise program. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

12-31-2009, 06:44 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Imma let you finish, but mine is to try to be more mindful. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-31-2009, 08:49 AM	#14
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Create the time to finish the remaining home projects that got put on hold. 2 bathrooms and new french doors to replace the old crappy slider. Oh and if I'm really good, I'll clean the basement - Ha! (like that'll ever happen) __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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