Resolutions for 2009

[crazylegs]

So, now that the New Year is upon us what resolutions have people made?

Mine is rather simple, to rebuild the shattered remains of my social life, to go out and enjoy the company of people rather than sit at home all the time.

Your turn guys and girls! :)

[persephone]

To have a healthy baby girl come April and to enjoy the new adventure that is moving! :p

[Greenday]

Stop lying to my closest friend just to make things easier for her. She has a right to know how I truly feel about things, even if I know she doesn't feel the same way about things.

[RetailWorkhorse]

I'm going to strive towards something akin to Happiness by my Birthday.



I don't do "Happy".

[SengaKitty]

A: Get my divorce finalized by March, april at the latest
B: Get my weight down to one-sixty-five by June
C: Start school sometime this year
D: Save money for a January wedding :D

[AnaKhouri]

Do everything I can to make sure my August baby is healthy.

Work my ass off on my new novel, because after August there will be a 6-8 week period where I'm sure I won't get much writing done at all, and it kills me to lose that much time.

That's about it really, I can't resolve to lose weight or anything...:p

[Shards]

To make squad leader and finish boot camp before my grandfather deteriorates beyond being able to make the trip down to see my graduation.

To visit my other grandfather's grave, in uniform, and leave a picture of myself at my graduation next to the tombstone.

To graduate MOS school first in my class (or at least get as close as I possibly can to doing so.)

[BookstoreEscapee]

Get out of the house more.

Eat better and go to the gym.

Waste less time surfing the web and spend it more productively.

[edible_hat]

My goal is to lose just over an inch off my waist by March 14th, so that I'll look better for my wedding and be able to wear a certain pair of jeans (that I got on clearance, $15 for a designer label, but they're one size too small) on my honeymoon.

[Pony_Boy]

to not have to resolve to quit smoking lol

[the_std]

To find a better day-job, travel as much as possible while I'm not tied down, and to let go of the negativity of 2008.

[AdminAssistant]

I'm going to try to lose weight...again....

I did keep some of the weight I lost last year (Best Life Diet - Bob Greene) off, but I have to get some of this weight off. I'm 25 and already have stretch marks and varicose veins....this has to stop.

[Jester]

I have some actual resolutions, for once. In no particular order:

First, to cycle more. Not only to get into better shape, but just because it's good for me and I really do love it. And since I have a sprint triathlon coming up in March, I need to get off my ass and start training!.

Secondly, to start making my own sushi rice so I can start making my own sushi rolls, rather than just sashimi platters that I have made so often for my friends.

Third, to save up money and move back to Phoenix, or at least save up money TOWARDS a move back to Phoenix at some point.

Fourth, to meet more women but stop taking them so seriously, and just have fun being a goofy flirt, so that whatever happens, happens, for good or bad.

Fifth, and the one I make every year that I always don't follow through on, learn Spanish.

Yeah, we'll stick to the first four! :lol:

[Der Cute]

First - Pay down my credit card balance.
Second - Get some counseling and work on my emo baggage I've got.
Third - Get laid more often.

(no, I'm not kidding.)

Cutenoob

[boringscreenname]

Things to Purchase:

Haircut, it's been 2 years since the last one and that was only a trim
New glasses, my current pair are 4 years old and starting to break.
Khakis
Dress shoes, probably Doc Martens.
Short sleeved dress shirts
Necklace representing Spencer, and future kids. http://www.etsy.com
New digital camera
Bed frame with headboard and footboard
Art for the walls http://www.art.com
Photos for our photo collage frame
Bookcase for all our books in boxes

Self Improvement:

Spend less time online
Make more time for David and I.
Read my unread books.
Learn a language http://www.livemocha.com
Keep the house cleaner, by tidying up throughout the week and doing simple chores immediately instead of letting things pile up.
Enjoy every moment with my family, make new memories and take lots of pictures.

[iradney]

Lose weight (duh)
Find a better, more fun, more FULFILLING job where they treat me as a valued employee instead of just mouthing the words
get engaged (hopefully)
start the process for moving to Canuckistan
Save enough money to visit the parentals in Canuckistan!

[Jester]

Fifth, and the one I make every year that I always don't follow through on, learn Spanish.

Learn a language http://www.livemocha.com

Interesting site. Thanks for the heads up on it--you may actually help me get my fifth (and most unlikely) resolution come to pass.

Awesome! :bounce:

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

A) Lose 10 lbs
B) Get back to drawing my comic
C) Get a better job
D) Move into my own place

[McGoddess09]

1.Graduate (Pretty much in the bag. I have 43 credits,when I need 44 and I'm taking all seven classes, so I will have a total of 58 credits, which will probaly make me the person graduating with the most credits.)

2. Start up a new life with the SO. (Again,pretty much in the bag. He has an apartment lined up that will be just a temporary thing)

3. Go to college (I just have to fill in the housing paperwork and take my placement test.)


So, I'm going pretty much easy on myself, since this is a huge year for me and I don't want to worry about small things.

[blas]

1) Quit Smoking....so far not working...even though cigarettes have reached over $5 a pack, cheaper brands are $4-$5

2) Try to find a better department or shift to work at my current job if the market stays this bad and finding a new job completely is still impossible

3) Try to keep this current relationship going and see if it can outlast the others and actually be meaningful.

4) Try to make up my mind as to what I want to go to school for.

[ShinyGreenApple]

Finally go to college and start working on some certifications, if not degrees (Haven't decided if I'll stop at Patient Care tech/Phlebotomist or if I want to go the whole way and get my LPN)

Be back down to a size 10 or 12 by December, and generally take better care of myself.

I was also going to stop swearing so much, but that one's not doing that well so far, thanks to my brother :rolleyes:

[Xarlaxas]

1) Get my degree changed to History and Sociology to continue my master plan to move to America when I graduate

2) Save more money and not spend it all on tech and clothes....

3) Join the gym and get some muscle on my arms!

4) Eat more so going to the gym won't kill me *pokes his ribs*

5) Go to America over the summer and actually talk to my grandparents lots more while there and learn about them as much as possible.

[Bella_Vixen]

Hang out with Bella_Vixen, because she's the awesomeist!!!!!


Edited for my much-needed amusement.

:lol:

[Xarlaxas]

Hehe, you are indeed! I plan to eventually travel around America (probably in a year or two) though if you happen to appear in Florida this summer.....

[Bella_Vixen]

No can do.

This pasty Irish girl avoids the sun at all costs.

But if you want to make a trip to *lovely* Green Bay, WI...

:wave:

[JoitheArtist]

1. To open up to people about why I think and feel the way I do, i.e., why i'm so messed up in the head. :) Yeah...after 26 years of assuming that none of it is serious enough to need help with...I say, screw that. If it's pain, it's pain, and I don't have to live with all of it, and I might just be able to FIX some of it if I talk about it. This is going to be insanely hard (I really have never talked to anyone about the things I really think, deep down), but this is the year that things finally change.

2. To get some writing published, apart from work stuff. Or at least get a draft of one of my novels cleaned out and sent out to friends for review.

3. To read some more classics. I've been reading way too much fun stuff lately, need to stretch those mental muscles again!

[Mr. Rager!]

Be ready in April to golf (it'll be a stretch. Doctors say July-August, we'll see about that)

Make up for some much needed cuddle time with my girlfriend.

Destroy Sprint for my girlfriend.

Network+ Cert

Continue with being on Dean's List

[ShadedWings]

Lose some weight, damnit. :cry:

Start paying off some of my (our) debt.

Start saving for a potential move sometime in the near future.

Start saving for a baby... 26 and I want to have one before 30 ideally. God that's scary.

[derangedperson]

I only have one: Write a book.

So far I have the outline written.

[Nyoibo]

Loose about 50 lbs
Get back to martial arts training (I've really been missing it)
Go travelling around the world, starting in the US then going from there.

[Jester]

I have heard good things about the BBC's language sites, too

Thanks. I'll check it out.

I no longer truly believe that being able to order beer, ask where the washrooms are, and announce a party in my pants are all I need to cope with any situation. LOL ..but I maintain that it would be fun to try.

Fun, nothing. That could be a party in itself? :D

I plan to eventually travel around America (probably in a year or two) though if you happen to appear in Florida this summer.....

I happen to BE in Florida....though admittedly, not nearly as cute as the lovely Miss Bella.....

This pasty Irish girl avoids the sun at all costs.

Well, there goes THAT wedding!

1. To open up to people about why I think and feel the way I do, i.e., why i'm so messed up in the head.

...this is the year that things finally change.

If you ever need to talk, my PM is very open.....

[Bella_Vixen]

I happen to BE in Florida....though admittedly, not nearly as cute as the lovely Miss Bella.....

That's the nicest thing I've heard in a while.


Well, there goes THAT wedding!


I can always change my mind with the right inducement...

[Greenday]

Stop lying to my closest friend just to make things easier for her. She has a right to know how I truly feel about things, even if I know she doesn't feel the same way about things.

Well, that blew. Still screwed. Damnit. What a waste of a resolution.

[JoitheArtist]

If you ever need to talk, my PM is very open.....

I may take you up on that sometime, thank you! :)

[blas]

Hey GreenDay, don't beat yourself up! I'm still standing here puffing away like a fiend.

And I pass the postings at work every night and don't even apply for any of them, just keep telling myself oooh things will get better, la la la....

[Xarlaxas]

I happen to BE in Florida....though admittedly, not nearly as cute as the lovely Miss Bella.....

That is true, I should be lurking around Sarasota for a few months over the summer with family so you know, drop me a line or something! ^.^


This pasty Irish girl avoids the sun at all costs.

I do my best to avoid the sun too, I'm nice and vampiricy pale but I've never actually gotten a tan in all the times I've been to Florida....

[Jester]

I should be lurking around Sarasota for a few months over the summer with family so you know, drop me a line or something!

Um, you should know that Sarasota is about 375 miles from Key West, driving distance. (Closer as the crow flies, but the Jestermobile is not a crow.)

Though of course I could drop you a line, and vice versa.....just saying, it's almost halfway across the state from me.

I do my best to avoid the sun too, I'm nice and vampiricy pale but I've never actually gotten a tan in all the times I've been to Florida....

Me, I am a sun worshipper, and miss the clothing optional pier/pool deck I used to lay out at, which is no longer in existence. Tan lines suck!

[blas]

Jester, my boyfriend loves my tanlines. Yes, I'm one of those tanning bed people.

And having an ample behind and using laydown beds, it's impossible to not get tan lines.

He says the tan lines on my butt look like an upside down heart.

[Xarlaxas]

Um, you should know that Sarasota is about 375 miles from Key West, driving distance. (Closer as the crow flies, but the Jestermobile is not a crow.)

Heh, yeah, I was going to add something about the distances but forgot, everything in the UK is smaller. ^^;;

[Jester]

Jester, my boyfriend loves my tanlines. Yes, I'm one of those tanning bed people.

And I'm one of those people that lives in a place that, while we do HAVE tanning beds, we don't NEED them.

I myself have never bothered with one.

Heh, yeah, I was going to add something about the distances but forgot, everything in the UK is smaller.

I'm gonna call shennanigans on this one, as Florida and the U.K. are roughly the same size.

From a little research, I found that Great Britain is approximately 700 miles in length (north to south) and approximately 300 miles wide (east to west), with a total area of 94,526 square miles.

Florida, by comparison, is 447 miles long and 361 miles wide, with a total area of 65,795 square miles. Keeping in mind also that the 361 distance is at its longest point on the panhandle....most of the state is not nearly that wide.

So in actuality, while Florida is often compared to the UK, Florida is significantly smaller. So your excuse of the UK being smaller just is not going to fly.

(Yes, my google fu is strong.)

[Evil Queen]

Not strong enough. Xarlaxas is confusing the converstion from kilometers to miles. A kilometer is shorter then a mile, not the other way around (I did this for years, thinking I was right and I was terribly wrong! :lol: )

1 mile = 5280 feet
1 kilometer = 3,280.8399 feet
kilometers to miles .6214
1 mile = 1.609344 kilometers

My New Years Resolutions:
--Finish editing my book and get started on that ending! (chapter 22, 4 years later)
--Save money.
--Move to New Mexico.
--Get a dog.

[Xarlaxas]

Well, when talking about America as a whole the UK is a lot smaller I think you will find. :P I'm afraid I know very little about the size of the individual states of America, in fact I never even knew the actual size of the UK as in Geography at High School we weren't taught anything like reading maps.... T_T

Also: I live in Scotland (30,414 square miles) and have only been down to England 5 times in my life so my home is a lot smaller than Florida in that respect. ;)

[malmalthekiller]

-Obligatory lose weight that piled on during winter.
-Get a job that requires my degree
-Try not to quit my current shitty job, as much as possible.
-Try not to be so anxious all the time
-Get a great apartment lined up after this lease runs out.

[Becks]

My resolutions are (mostly) the same as they ever are:

Lose weight
Cut down/quit smoking
Learn at least one new language (Does learning how to say "hello" and "I'm good" and understanding "how are you?" in Serbian count as learning a new language? If so, I did that last year.)


New one:

Look for a new job in the spring.

[protege]

Let's see now...

1. Get the MG mostly finished before July. Considering that it runs, and that the interior and some minor trim items are all that's left, I'm making good progress.

2. Finish that damn 1958 Chevy model. (Shut up, Dale :p) Has it been 16 years since I started this one? Holy crap, that's half of my life :eek: and it's still unfinished!

[gunsage]

1. Get down to 200 lbs. This goal should be a lot easier than it has in the past with my new schedule.
2. Make significant progress on my game. I probably hadn't referenced it here, but I've been working on a game in RPG Maker XP. I was doing pretty good in the development of it, then I got sidetracked. On top of that, I still have the CCNA to trudge through after failing the test once, but I want to get a couple of chapters knocked out before next year.
3. Get a new job. Don't get me wrong...I like what I do. However, I know I could be making a lot more. That and with a new baby coming any day now, our living situation not being all that great, and the bills piling up, I'd BETTER get a new job.

There are other resolutions I probably could've chosen, but these three, I felt, were definitely the most important.