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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ħ on December 03, 2012, 12:39:00 PM
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Thought I'd get this thread started. Less than a month away, the year will end. But another will begin. If today was your last day, and tomorrow was too late, would you wave goodbye to yesterday?
From Wikipedia:
A 2007 study by Richard Wisemen from the University of Bristol (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Bristol)]involving 3,000 people showed that 88% of those who set New Year resolutions fail,despite the fact that 52% of the study's participants were confident of success at the beginning. Men achieved their goal 22% more often when they engaged in goal setting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal_setting), (a system where small measurable goals are being set; such as, a pound a week, instead of saying "lose weight"), while women succeeded 10% more when they made their goals public and got support from their friends. Quoting Frank Ra (author of the new year's resolution book "A course in happiness" : "Resolutions are more sustainable when shared, both in terms of with whom you share the benefits of your resolution, and with whom you share the path of maintaining your resolution. Peer-support makes a difference in success rate with new year's resolutions".
Let's get this started, people!
Three goals for me:
-run a marathon (achieved by building running stamina weekly)
-less time on electronics (including DTF... :( ) (achieved by limiting time to four hours max per week)
-be more generous (achieved by doing 1 nice, out-of-the-way thing for a person once a week)
-cut junk food (....maybe)
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I'll let you know next september.
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I'm part of the 22%? Yay!
Continue losing weight, that is all.
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Stop working so hard and relax from time to time.
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Not die.
*edit*
I hope I didn't just jinx myself.
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Stop working so hard and relax from time to time.
-insert avatar pic here-
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Same resolution as this year: 1920 x 1080.
No but seriously, I'll try to think more about my health and exercise more. God knows I need it.
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I wondered how many posts until someone made that joke.
7. The answer is 7.
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To live in accordance with the demands and opportunities of the new baktun, including cultivation of the imagination, using/appreciating more of what I already have, achieving a more yang orientation (without a concomitant increase in anxiety) and continuing to participate in hobbies centered around cooking, health, white magic and herbalism.
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Same resolution as this year: 1920 x 1080.
Damn. Beat me to it.
I wondered how many posts until someone made that joke.
7. The answer is 7.
It was made in 2 posts by me last year.
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Show resolve
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Simple, 4 things;
- Don't wreck my body as much
- Get my band back on track
- Get a girlfriend
- Do better at college
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My new year's resolution for like the 15th time in a row is to lose weight and tone up. My deadline is May.
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I try to avoid New Year's Resolutions. Goal setting always stresses me out, and I find myself happier when I just live day to day, trying to be the best that I can be each day.
Now, with that being said, I would like to...
- Continue to stay in good shape.
- Be more open and carefree. Take myself, and others, a little less seriously.
- Be kind and generous to others, and myself.
- Find new music (this is almost too easy to list, but still something I'd like to do).
- Be honest with myself and others whenever possible.
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touch a :JayOctavarium:
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Kicking SUGAR- It is my nemesis.
Jay may be Pre Pre Diabetic, But I'm Pre- losing that extra pre was enough of a kick in the butt to cut sugars out of my beverages and my kick daily baby bottle pop. It's tough though, there is sugar in nearly every sauce I grab, and any juice or fruit beverage/snack :( I suppose it'd be a lot tougher if I had diabetes!
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Talk the wife into one more time a week ;D
Since that is probably not going to happen:
Increase my gym time and decrease the sugars and carbs.
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Talk the wife into one more time a week ;D
Hehe, I'll take that challenge with you, only mine would be *Jay* (not wife) hahahahaha
Or we could just cut out the middle men and solve the problem together!
:omg:
J/K, of course *waits for Jay to kill her*
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Kill more people.
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woah
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Have a "genetic engineer" title, damn university policy at Turkey.
Continue to graduate school with no excuse. (I was ill last year so I couldn't continue)
More sports and social activity.
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In all seriousness my resolution will be to get myself stable financially and -hopefully- start going to school, even if it is one or two classes a semester
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In all seriousness my resolution will be to get myself stable financially and -hopefully- start going to school, even if it is one or two classes a semester
And do your girlfriend an extra time a week?
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:blush
:hat
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Avoid behavior modification because it results in arrogance.
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I don't normally go for them, but this year I have two goals:
1. Reduce my body fat percentage by a significant degree, and tone up in general.
2. Be fluent in conversational swedish by the end of the year.
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I don't normally go for them, but this year I have two goals:
1. Reduce my body fat percentage by a significant degree, and tone up in general.
2. Be fluent in conversational swedish by the end of the year.
I guess being a Doctor just isn't enough for some people :lol
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He's not really a doctor. I know this because his username is still XJDenton and not Dr. X.
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Just want to have 365 more one day at a times. That is all.
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To find a job that is baseball related.
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I'm part of the 22%? Yay!
Continue losing weight, that is all.
Maybe you should change it to improving math skills. :neverusethis: Jokes.
To be honest, I have no resolution. To not totally fuck up in college I guess. Should be starting next year.
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Here's mine:
- I'd like to lose 10-15 lbs before the start of the 2013 collegiate cycling season in February.
- My goal is to finish in the top 25 individually in every race and 1st in the team standings.
- Improve my GPA next semester by at least 0.25 points and then again for fall semester.
- Meet more new people
- Eat healthier, drink less soda, etc.
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I resolved some 20 years ago not to make New Years Resolutions. It's been the easiest resolution to keep.