I resolve to
- Have lots of fun
- Surf the web more
- Start saying hi to Opal
Hey, why make promises I can’t keep.
Damn! $3500.00?! Sorry to hear that Tymp.
Nymysys, I think I can assist with that resolution. 
Okay, I don’t do resolutions for the New Year–I try to resolve when things need to be resolved rather than selecting an arbitrary date. However, I do have a few resolutions which will roughly coincide with that date:
- Quit smoking…again, and for good
- Write more poetry
- Get my ass in academic mode so I can graduate
- Laugh at Tymp more often
- Listen
Get down to 112 pounds or at least not go above the 116-117 I am right now.
Work out on a more regular basis.
Not spend money on frivilous things.
Apply myself at school.
Michi
Okay, this is a big-‘un. For the past several years, my New Years’ Resolutions – when I’ve made any at all – have been pretty small. Things like “Add a multiengine rating to my private pilot certificate by the end of the year” (I already had a single-engine rating). I also made a May 6th Resolution this year (2000) to limit my saturated fat and to stick with this “diet” for at least 10 months (7 and a half months, and going strong! Lost 35 lbs. so far, but I seem to have stabilized).
This year, though, I’m making a really really vastly hugely mindbogglingly big resolution for me. And it’s gonna be hard to accomplish. You see, I’ve been living in the Silicon Valley as a computer geek since 1993. And, well, the Silicon Valley isn’t exactly bulging at the seams with available women. The only girlfriend I’ve had since I’ve lived here – if you don’t count that flaky hermaphrodite, which I don’t – lasted all of 3 months, from November 1996 to February 1997. And she wasn’t even in the Silicon Valley. She was in Berkeley, which is technically the East Bay and is a pretty long drive for me (I live in Morgan Hill, about 10 miles south of the southernmost tip of San Jose).
Thus, my New Years’ Resolution for the year 2001 is:
[li]Get a local (within 50 miles) girlfriend by the end of the year.[/li]
Damn, I hope I’m up to the task. I don’t even know where to begin looking. (The only idea that comes to mind is going to dance bars, and they tend to play the music so loud it literally damages my hearing, so I avoid them.) I’ve started training to run a 10K long-distance race in February, having run my first-ever 5K less than a month ago, and I have a feeling that training for and running in a 10K is nothing compared to how hard it’s going to be to find a woman who is (A) local, (B) unattached, © interested in me, and (D) not repulsed when she discovers how geeky I am. (“Q. What do engineers use for contraceptives? A. Their personalities.”)
Tymp, I’m not sure how I feel about being a “fly honey,” but not getting in a car with you is not the kiss of death for a…er…“relationship.” There are many, many other places to cement a friendship. 
And Nen, you’re ON, dude.
- Learn Photoshop
- Hike to the Goat Canyon Tressle Bridge in Anza Borrego (16 miles round trip and I’ve never done a hike more than 10 in a day)
- Remove some of the clutter from my life
- Learn how to do my own brake work on my car
Fortunately, my bad brakes and a good friend who knows a lot about cars is going to make #4 come true right away!
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Stop the “grazing” - take the time for three meals a day plus decent, planned snacks if I need them. Sub-resolution: do my damnedest to get at least one fruit or veggie into each of those meals.
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Cut down on the soda. Start drinking tea instead of Coke when I need the caffeine.
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Start exercising again - once a week to begin with.
I need to do a lot more to get my life to where I want it to be, but I need to take care of myself first. I can feel that I am teetering close to the edge of depression, again, and if I fall in, it’ll be my kids who are really in trouble 
So for January I’ll focus on self-care so I have more to give to my family, and re-evaluate these resolutions as the month comes to a close.
Get back in shape.
I was in probably the best shape of my life around August, but have pretty much been a slug since then. Problem is, it is a lot of work to be in good shape, and it is so much easier being lazy. I love to eat and drink so much, that I really need to work out like nuts to keep my metabolism high enough to burn all that off. Back in Aug I was complaining about being unable to put on enough weight. Believe me, I have taken care of that problem. Unfortunately, at the time I was interested in muscle mass, which is not exactly what I have gotten.
On the general topic of resolutions, I remember reading somewhere that the reason so few resolutions are kept, is that if you were the type of person who would actually change your life, you wouldn’t have to wait around until NY to do it.
Cyndar - definitely lose those 4 pounds. You’re such a lard ass! (I know the problem tho. You can say, heck, I only gained 4 pounds. I still look pretty good. Then you gain 4 more pounds this year and the next. In 10 years you weigh 150#! Gotta draw the line somewhere. Or not.)
I’ve never made New Years Resolutions. I, like WickedAngel, tend to make my resolutions as needed. This year, I’ve made two that I’m calling my New Years Resolutions:
- I don’t tell my friends that I love them, enough. I don’t think they realize how much they mean to me, and how much the friendships I have with them help me. This year, I want to let them know how much I thank them, and how much I care for them, not only in words, but in actions.
- This year, I’m finally going to do it. I’m unhappy, and unsatisfied. I’m going to exercise, and watch what I eat, and lose all the weight I need to lose.
~Lisa