New Years Resolutions

Anyone doing any New Years resolutions this year? If so, what are they?

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Normally, I set forth to work on yearly 'resolution' on or around my birthday. The last two years I resolved to loss weight, eat right, and get fit. I've done fairly well and for the most part stayed on track.

But this year, I'm going to do something a little more fun... well, at least fun to me.

I'm going to be keeping a tarot journal this year. I've collected tarot decks for years now, I have five different decks I use regularly, and have kept such a journal in the past. Basically the idea behind it is to do a spread everyday or nearly everyday and journal about what you think the cards mean/reflect. It's a sort of prop meditation and really allows you to explore the things that are on your mind but might not be at the forefront of you mind.

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Well, that's what I'm doing? What about you guys?

I'm going to quit smoking! I did manage it to stop smoking when I was in college. I stopped for more then a year, but when the final exams arrived, I started smoking again. I sometimes smoke close to 20 cigarettes a day, and let me say, they ain't even tasty. The best cigarette is right after a good meal, but I just can't stand the first cigarette in the day. Nasty, just nasty!

I also want to lose some weight. I started a couple month ago, but somehow it just won't click in my head. I don't know why it is so hard for me to turn my brain to it. I know I have to, I know I'd feel better with less weight, so why is it so hard? But I definitely will give it another try!

Those are really good ones. Good luck!

Only got one right now.

Eat better foods.

Not so much a "loose weight diet" but a "Eat less crap diet" I have no intentions of eating less food per say, just less junk foods.

Not so much a New Year resolution, just a promise that I hope to keep - Maintain What I Have. I have a good relationship with my children. I have a little respect from those around me. I am going to keep plugging away at trying to make things better, but I don't want to risk what I already have.

I have two this year because both are pretty broad.

One is to be proactive on becoming the person I want to be. I've been going with the flow of things, but now it's time to make some of those big life decisions. While I'm far from a procrastinator on an academic and professional level, I am one when it comes to self-improvement.

Urs wrote:

Not so much a "loose weight diet" but a "Eat less crap diet" I have no intentions of eating less food per say, just less junk foods.

I'll be interested to know if you lose weight anyway, if indeed you have any extra weight to loss, because a big misconception a lot of folks have about weight loss diets is that they mean having to eat less food when really any good weight loss diet is about eating less crap and replacing it with good stuff.

HYdraMStar wrote:

I'll be interested to know if you lose weight anyway, if indeed you have any extra weight to loss, because a big misconception a lot of folks have about weight loss diets is that they mean having to eat less food when really any good weight loss diet is about eating less crap and replacing it with good stuff.

Oh make no mistake, I tip the scales well over where I should be, I have weight to loose, and then some.

Anyway, and I plan to buy a bike.

Again, this is not some weight loss plan, but since I am in Florida now, and the roads are almost entirely flat, a bike will help me save money on gas and my world will not end if my truck needs repairs (Like it does now), so I plan to buy one of those 3 wheeled bikes with the crate in the back for short trips to the store and things like that, gives me distance with out the need for gas stops.

Heard someone joke about bikes getting something like 5 miles to the cheeseburger and I thought that funny.

Like someone has already mentioned, I'm not making resolutions but working towards creating a better life for myself and my family. In the past years, I've given a lot to other leaving myself uncared for. So my first promise would have to be, to be a little more selfish and love myself a little more.

Like most people I would like to lose some weight as well but I always make this promise to myself and end up at the same weight or a few pounds shy of whatever goal I've set.

Another is to get back to Arizona and spend some time on the red rocks, although this goes back to my first wish for the year, and I have no doubt that we will be doing this, this year.

As far as writing goes, I hope that I'll be able to stick to the schedules I've set for myself and continue juggling 'Scribbles' which basically takes care of itself and my writing, which requires a lot of editing and writing, and reading and a lot of attention and development that takes time and patience.

Either way I'm sure I can continue to set and reach my goals this year. The only one that I had last year that I didn't expect to reach was, no drinking for the entire year, and luckily the first drink I've had since January 1st, 2007 was January 1st, 2008. So I made it and it was lovely.