# New Years Resolutions-What r they? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions-what-r-they/222067 "2004-01-01T04:23:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lillyflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@lillyflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lillyflower)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions-what-r-they/222067/1 "2004-01-01T04:23:34Z")
Ok so it is now 1 half hour before new years and I have not yet thought about what promises I will be making myself. So I decided to go to the teaming millions and ask, What are your new years resolutions??? ---
**Author:** ![sweetypie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sweetypie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweetypie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions-what-r-they/222067/2 "2004-01-01T04:56:31Z")
Mine are… Watch A Clockwork Orange daily Obsess more Blackmail someone Read less, eat more Join a moose lodge Become a rock star Teach my old dog new tricks Stop dropping ashes in my keyboard:) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions-what-r-they/222067/3 "2004-01-01T06:42:46Z")
1. Drink more beer 2. Get laid as often as possible 3. Buy new underpants at least once during 2004 4. Continue to be annoyed by people who can’t be bothered to type “are.” 5. Eat more spaghetti. Man, I love spaghetti. ---
**Author:** ![lillyflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@lillyflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lillyflower)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions-what-r-they/222067/4 "2004-01-01T17:03:40Z")
ok so now that I have time to think about it here is my list: 1. Show my friends and family how much I care about them more often 2. Exercise and eat healthier 3. spend more quaility time on studies 4. Budget money better and #5 is for friedo…write out the word “are”, I know I know I aim to please 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions-what-r-they/222067/5 "2004-01-01T17:08:40Z")
My New Year’s Resolutioin is to stop being so persnickety and telling people that [there is already a thread on this same subject](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=232294). Oops! ---
**Author:** ![sweetypie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sweetypie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweetypie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions-what-r-they/222067/6 "2004-01-01T17:49:28Z")
I am so sorry eve, next time I will do a search before replying. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions-what-r-they/222067/7 "2004-01-01T20:44:07Z")
Oh, _I’m_ sorry–I tend to bite peoples’ heads off when they do that . . . ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions-what-r-they/222067/8 "2004-01-01T21:02:31Z")
1. Show measurable improvement towards arriving at work on time. 2. Have as much fun at work as possible without getting fired. 3. Become more of a “relationships guy” at work and less task-oriented, without getting fired. 4. Spend a measurably greater amount of time with my wife without getting fired. 5. Get a performance review at work resulting in better than probation. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions-what-r-they/222067/9 "2004-01-01T21:48:49Z")
1. Find some way to forgive myself. 2. Smoke less, or not at all. 3. Get the kids involved in more extracurricular activities. 4. Meet more Dopers. 5. Get my teeth fixed up. 6. And as always, live life to it’s fullest without regrets.