# How are you doing on your New Year's Resolution? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908 "2006-04-09T02:15:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/1 "2006-04-09T02:15:02Z")
I started [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351532) thread at the beginning of the year, and this thread is a follow-up. Have you been faithful to your resolution? Sadly, I haven’t. I just can’t help but kill hookers. I mean, I’m in Vegas now so they are everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/2 "2006-04-09T03:32:52Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I started [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351532) thread at the beginning of the year, and this thread is a follow-up. > > Have you been faithful to your resolution? > > Sadly, I haven’t. I just can’t help but kill hookers. I mean, I’m in Vegas now so they are everywhere. My resolution was to work out with weights three times a week. And now I’m FRICKIN HUGE. My complaint is not enough others have bagged on their resolutions, so I still have to share the weight machines…but most have dropped out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/3 "2006-04-09T09:33:45Z")
My resolution was to not tell anyone what my resolution was. And I was doing JUST FINE until you came along! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/4 "2006-04-09T12:17:40Z")
1. Get a new job – check, I start tomorrow 2. Lose 20 pounds – I’m about halfway there; slow but steady wins the race 3. Not get my heart broken – so far, so good ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/5 "2006-04-09T12:21:03Z")
Not sure I made any resolutions. Reckon I’m doing okay, though. Once the evidence is shredded … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/6 "2006-04-09T12:49:52Z")
Since I got laid off on 12/31, my only resolution was to have actual clothing on by 10 ayem. I’ve only slipped three times! ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/7 "2006-04-09T14:53:13Z")
My resolution was to stop bringing work home over the weekends (my bosses threw so many extra chores at me last year that I never had time to do my actual “work” during the week). So far I’ve kept it up. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/8 "2006-04-09T15:23:11Z")
I only made one resolution: to get into grad school. [I DID IT.](http://www.studeren.uva.nl/msc_theoretical_physics/object.cfm/objectid=7378BA23-DBBC-4CEB-8F63A1F3A039F6C6) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/9 "2006-04-09T15:37:53Z")
My resolution was to remind my friend L\*\*\* how gorgeous she is once a week, and so far I haven’t missed a week yet. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/10 "2006-04-09T17:09:41Z")
I’ve been losing weight steadily so I guess I’m still sticking to it. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/11 "2006-04-09T17:39:45Z")
Mine were: - to lose weight - to get into the play - to sleep more - to take care that I don’t get sick and don’t have to miss class. I’ve lost weight, although I need to lose more. I’ve got the lead role in the play. I sleep about as much as usual (that is, very little.) and I’ve only missed class once this semester (I passed out at school and they made me leave early. I was FINE, damnit!) ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/12 "2006-04-09T21:03:40Z")
Excellent. My sole resolution was to incorporate more garlic into my life. I have done so. This weekend I baked up 12 heads of garlic, smashed them up with olive oil, added kosher salt and fresh ground pepper, and now I have a jar full of delicious garlic spread, good for anything. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-doing-on-your-new-years-resolution/351908/13 "2006-04-09T21:10:06Z")
Well, my resolution was to take the time to sit down and think seriously about what I wanted to acomplish this year instead of just forgetting about . . . _Aw shit._