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Do you have any new years resolutions you want to share?

I'm still figuring mine out. They're the pretty general "be healthier" at the moment. I need to make it more specific so it's more achievable I think.

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- Lose weight. I managed to lose eight kilo over the last two months, I need to keep doing that now.

- Cycle more. I started cycling to work again a few weeks back.

- Do my two research projects. I've been sitting on them for months and made zero progress. That changes this month.

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I have 2:

-Have a "clean" year. No drugs, (not even weed, as much as I see it as not really harmful) not too much alcohol (aka, no drinking until I'm black out drunk, anymore)

 

-try and have motivation to do more things. Stop my anxiety being so bad, perhaps.

 

I'm hoping that I can at least partly stick to this, no more cocaine, or drinking myself into passing out, anyway. (luckily I do have a high alcohol intolerance xd.png)

And maybe I'll try some fun things this year, I kind of want to try snowboarding or skiing.

 

Also, does getting married this year count? 5 months to go, happy.gif I'm so excited.

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Improvement, effort, understanding, growth and balance.

I usually go for concepts rather than resolutions per se. Last year I picked just one: Satisfaction. It's more like using a word in order to reflect upon yourself and your past actions under the tint of its meaning. I always pick one concept, but now? There's many I want to go for, but I'm unsure if I should chase them all at once or little by little. Maybe it's time to try something different.

When it comes to goals themselves, I'm more of a milestone person and I set them randomly throughout the year as I see fit.

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Get all scripting and designing on my pet project complete. So no more procrastinating.

 

... I'm breaking it already.

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all I can think of doing now is to improve my art. i haven't other ideas..

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Also, does getting married this year count? 5 months to go,  happy.gif I'm so excited.

congrats !! i've seen you around and you seem like a really thoughtful person, i hope this year & your marriage brings happiness!

 

~

 

in general, i want to work towards self-improvement and for my future goals in 2017. i still need to narrow down my resolutions, but one thing i need to improve on for sure is being effective and maintaining a good work ethic, since i get sidetracked so easily.

 

i want to travel more this year, and get out and meet new people. i absolutely thrive off social interaction, whether online or in real life, and as a whole i want to interact with the communities i'm a part of a whole lot more.

 

i also want to teach myself to think more positively, so instead of berating myself for what i can't do i want to see what i can and work towards improvement, especially in the fields of art and languages.

 

a happy 2017 to you all. <3

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I think people will think I'm really gross for not doing this already, but I've settled on my new years resolution. I'm keeping it simple and very doable.

 

Brush my teeth every day.

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I don't usually do the whole New Year's Resolution thing but if I did, I'd like to lose some weight this year. Just so I am more comfortable with my body.

Also, to possibly find a love to heal my broken heart. A long term relationship ended last year that I really believed was going somewhere.

What can I say? I'm a hopeless romantic

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Gain confidence and be more positive, so that I can lose weight and get a job.

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Let's see now...

1. Gain muscles and weight

--> I am a hundred pounds (45 kilograms) and I need 20-25 pounds worth of weight.

 

2. Gain more confidence; improve my posture and gestures.

 

3. Continue living up my Personal Constitution (December 2016)

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Brush my teeth every day.

I think I need to copy this one xd.png

 

My dad installed a chin-up bar above the door to the living room. The rule is: If you pass through the doorway and you aren't carrying anything, you do a chin-up.

 

I can't do a chin-up. xd.png We have a little stool so that I (and mum) can use legs to assist. My brother has managed to do a chin-up above the stool, but I can't xd.png

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1. Get better grade. In last semester, I studied that only I wanted. It resulted half of them are A and another half are C.

 

2. Lose weight. I have to lose weight at least 5kg. My current weight influence bad way in my legs.

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I don't really make new years resolutions, nothing against them though. But I do have some things I need to work on. In a literal sense, like actual paid work, I have a lot of wizards to draw. So many wizards. After the wizards there are the other tabletop rpg core classes...rogues, fighters...etc.

 

So much work to do. But lately all I want to do with my free time is knit. Which is still progress, and worthwhile, because I'm making a blanket. And blankets, especially homemade blankets, are very nice to have and sometimes treasured as nostalgic items which are also useful.

 

As useful as the blanket is, I really need to work on those wizards. Paid work is important. We're not doing so great financially right now.

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I don't really do resolutions, mostly because I don't have the passion or patience or commitment but also because I never really feel like I have anything worthy of making a resolution.

 

I do have some things that either need to get done this year or that I want to do this year, though.

 

The one thing that really has to get done is my thesis. My goal is to finish it within a month, but the final deadline is the end of the semester.

The other thing that also needs to happen this year is to get a job. I'm not even really sure if I want to try to pursue a job in my major after the crapshow of how my thesis has gone. Although it's more like I'm not sure I can get a job in my major. I cannot count on good recs from my committee.

 

The one thing I really want to do is travel. My grandparents gave me $1000 for Christmas (ridiculous!!!), and with my in between state of needing to finish my thesis and my mom being happy to support my lazy, jobless self until I finish my thesis, this might be the only chance I actually take to travel. I found some cool trip ideas I can do, I just have to decide on a date and plan things out a little.

My top two choices are Japan or climbing Kilimanjaro. Not sure which one yet because apparently the cheap season for Japan isn't the season I will be able to go but my asthma is going to make Kilimanjaro... interesting.

 

Other things I want to pursue:

- Learn more ASL and regularly practice

- Learn Spanish (I have a lot of native-Spanish speaking friends now, learning their language in kind seems like the least I could do)

- Get certified as a gym instructor

- Continue HIIT and weighted workout training as I have been

- Start reading again

- Get back into writing

I'm not committed to any of these, though, so I doubt they'll happen. I'm really lazy and spend most of my time doing nothing on the internet.

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Hmm.... Hmm... ! HMMM.. !

 

I guess if I have four, in which they are.

 

1: Care about more things, instead of cutting myself off. (Meh, this one's kind of forced, just to make myself seem edgy.)

 

2: Finish those Astronomy books, and get into college. (Already was planning to do so, but.. Meh)

 

3: Watch less Dank Memes. (Please, for both of our sakes DON'T look that up. They can BE HIGHLY offensive, in everyway possible. If I had to rate them, It'd be rated R for everything conceivable. However, I somehow find them hilarious, even though I lose brain cells every time I watch one. They're just a bunch of inside jokes really...) BUT THE POINT IS, I shall refrain from watching those hilarious masterpieces.

 

4: Expend less mercy for those who deserve to be crushed beneath my feet like the maggots they are. (Too harsh? I dun wanna be warned Q Q )

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Gain confidence and be more positive, so that I can lose weight and get a job.

^This.

 

If I can drop 20 pounds and lose the ugly stomach then I'd be happy.

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Get back into therapy and actually stick with it. Fight against systemic inequality.

 

Also pet more cats, because I needed at least one I knew I'd keep.

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@xvi

thank you! happy.gif

 

I thought of another new years resolution, and this one may seem kind of weird, but it's to hopefully go an entire year without having to spend more than a day in a hospital, of any kind. physical or mental.

 

That one is mostly up to "fate" though - I can, of course, take measures to make my mental health a lot better to not have to go in, but with physical health, I can never really be sure. But I'm hoping for a year of no negativity about hospitals, anyway. xd.png

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I finally have a few definite goals in mind (that I'll reluctantly call New Year's Resolutions). Anyways, I possess a certain amount of disdain regarding the concept of New Years resolutions, but I do love creating goals and the thrill of chasing after dreams, ambitions or ideals. My past objectives have always been incredibly vague. I thought I knew what I wanted, but in reality it was quite the opposite. I knew nothing. I still don't know anything at all, at least not nearly as much as I thought I did. At this point in time, I am sure I need to change these things about myself:

 

1.) Immature. I am so incredibly immature. I need to learn to see beyond my own nose, control my bad temper, and focus on being ready to give up certain things in exchange for pursuing and achieving other goals in my life. In my mind, I think like a teenager in more ways than I'd like to admit. Impulsiveness does nothing but feed my immaturity, so learning a bit of self-control wouldn't do me any harm.

 

2.) Start learning, start thinking. The war against my own mind has come to an end, it's time I start to work with it rather than against. I know, it sounds very strange. For a bit of a background to help you understand what this means, I've suffered from both anxiety and depression in the past. Last year I came to terms with myself and my mind, I learned to be at peace amidst the chaos. I realized there's so much more I have yet to learn, and many more ways I can think rather than attaching to my self-limiting thought patterns. I want to perceive the world with open eyes, a wider perspective than I've ever had before. I want to understand more and more with each passing day.

 

3.)Tolerance. I have not been known for being particularly tolerant in the past. My experiences in the social world have yielded me many reasons not to be. Intolerance towards who I am, for one. I gave what I received for so long. Thankfully, I've grown from what painful past events have shown me and can now interact with others with relative ease. This coming from someone who used to struggle with socializing. I can engage in meaningful conversations and connect with others once I set my mind to it. But tolerance has been such a tough aspect for me to develop. For starters, social interactions can be exhausting (typical of an introvert). Combined with a generalized lack of patience, I am annoyed with great ease. Hence, I'm intolerant when something might not suit my fancy if I'm not in the mood (awful, I know). I can be fickle, and even take things to heart when they hardly mean a thing. So, basically: I've got to relax, empathize, and simply see the best in everyone whenever the feeling of unnecessary annoyance begins to consume me, particularly within a casual social setting or stronger friendships themselves.

 

4.) Write. In writing, I'm free from my sorrows. I can express without judgement everything I have to say. I can say it all without a sound, without a scream or a single tear. Everything liberated into an abstract void where my thoughts can break their chains and run wild. For so long I stopped writing, and even reading due to many reasons. For one, I didn't want to be a nerd (thanks to negative social paradigms about being an intellectual) and also because reading and writing took up so much of my time, I didn't have enough to explore other experiences. Reading and writing feed my mind, heart and soul. Reading and writing are art forms within themselves.

 

5.) Self-love and no labels. In 2016 I started to love myself, but that's not where it ends. Self-love is a true journey, on-going and grueling at times. Self-acceptance is part of it all, to know yourself and your worth regardless of what anyone else may believe. The only thing that matters is what you think about yourself. Once you can love who you are, it's possible to see how you can evolve to become a better person. I've learned self-love is not something you attach to your physical body (which is ever-changing), but to your very essence (who you are). Who we are will never change, no matter how many times parts of ourselves transform. You can modify aspects of yourself constantly, but there is something about you that will remain the same no matter how you express your defining character traits. Call it your soul, a vibe, thought patterns, emotions, true intentions, anything if you will. Finally, no labels. I'm what you call a misfit. Label me all you want, but I never quite feel like I can comfortably fit anything in its entirety. I am nothing and everything all at once. My need for belonging within a certain category lies in not belonging to anything at all. Belonging to nothing and nowhere but myself. I am not this or that. I simply am. Sure, you can describe and define bits here and there but never completely as a whole. And that's okay. There's a certain joy in being undefinable, it certainly keeps life interesting.

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Well actually I don't really make new years resolutions, but..

  • Getting married. I have a girlfriend and we plan to get married this year.
  • Quit smoking. I'm not a heavy smoker, but I'm thinking about quitting smoking. My girlfriend is always getting at me about this

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My New Years Resolution is never make a New Years Resolution, and so far i have stuck to it for years tongue.gif

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