# What are your New years resolutions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904 "2003-12-31T06:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/21 "2004-01-01T21:09:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by madline \* > \*\* > New Years Resolutions > > 1. Quit smoking January 10, 2004 (going to the Mad Russian) > 2. Lose 85 pounds by August 31st 2004 (Gym in my new job) > 3. No boyfriends until New Years 2004 (Take up too much time) > 4. Get my house looking it’s best (Fun) > 5. Save some of that money coming in (New kitchen, New widescreen TV, New car next year) > 6. Make some female friends close by to hang out with > 7. Stop making excuses and start living for myself! > > It is very ambitious, but it will be the best year I have ever had. I bought a new toy, so sex won’ be much of a problem. This is do-able people! \*\* Yes, you can! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/22 "2004-01-01T21:12:02Z")
An inspiring list, **madline**! Go for it! ---
**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, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/23 "2004-01-01T21:13:18Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by AnimistDragon \* I live in a freakin’ bachelor pad, and I’m a girl. We have collapsable chairs, for godssake. There’s a lot to be said for lawn furniture in the living room: visitors who return more than once probably really like you. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/24 "2004-01-01T21:16:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vibrotronica \* > \*\*I have one resolution. > > I’ve put the wheels in motion to start making a movie (feature length, ultra low budget, shot on mini-DV). I will have a rough cut of the movie ready for the August deadline of the biggest local film festival. \*\* Now there’s a bandwagon I can jump on. This is the year that, one way or another, the movie is getting done. I’ve also resolved to take an active interest in trying to sell my writing, instead of letting it sit around taking up space on my hard drive. If it doesn’t work, I’ll start thinking about my “real job” options, but it’s no point giving up before I’ve ever started trying. ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/25 "2004-01-01T21:20:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maxxxie \* > \*\*1. I must knuckle down and actually study. It was hard enough getting into this damn masters program, the last thing I need is to flunk out! > > \*\* True words, there. Awhile back I stopped telling folks that I had spent three semesters and two summers in a Ph.D program and never completed the degree. Puzzled looks and derision were the most common reactions. 'Course I did learn lots of useful stuff you cannot learn anywhere else. YMMV ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/26 "2004-01-01T21:23:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by clayton\_e \* > \*\*I have this problem with rambling on and on… Sometimes I go off on other topics… Like this one time I was talking to someone about what my dog did to some guy’s leg on the street… I was so embarassed… Anyway… > > What were we talking about? \*\* Let’s ride our bikes! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/28 "2004-01-01T22:09:11Z")
Welcome to the boards, **combover**! You’ll find gardening threads here, in IMHO, and in GQ with increasing regularity as spring draws nigh… ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/29 "2004-01-01T22:25:39Z")
I resolve to be divorced by summer. I resolve to quit smoking. Again. I resolve to ask for help when I need it. And losing a few pounds probably wouldn’t be a bad idea, either. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/30 "2004-01-01T23:17:07Z")
Get my lazy butt in gear and send out law school applications this month. ---
**Author:** ![Snuggles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Snuggles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snuggles)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/31 "2004-01-02T02:29:26Z")
I want to lose the weight I put on in the last year cuz it’s pretty depressing, and try to manage the way I channel my frustration during stressful times, because being a grump gets old. ---
**Author:** ![Sethra-chan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Sethra-chan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sethra-chan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/32 "2004-01-02T03:41:12Z")
1. Eat properly. Granted, I’ve been eating much better this past year, due to the influence of Sethra-san, my fantabulous and caring BF. And as a result, my health is so much better than last year, there’s just no comparision. (Cliff Notes version, for anybody with medical expertise: My reg. doc was sufficiently alarmed to refer me to a gastroenterologist, who in turn felt sufficent alarm to put me through an EGD endoscopic exam… ::shudder:: Everybody else, just say “Ewwwww” and don’t ask.) I’ve even cut back significantly on my consumption of soda. But, my health could still stand improvement, as could my weight. So I’m making this resolution in the hopes it produces changes at the end of 2004 as significant as those I’m seeing now. 1. Exercise more. Reasons related to those for one. I’m a lil thing, and since I want kids someday, it’d be kinda nice if I had the strength to tote them around on my hip without getting exhausted - any quicker than is normal for parents. 😉 The energy to chase around after them when they’re in the stage of poinging off the walls and ceilings. The speed to outrun a toddler who is determined to play in traffic. Extra flexibility would be nice for other reasons… ::grin, cough:: 1. Read books other than sci fi and fantasy fiction. Nothing _wrong_ with those genres. But excessive reading of them leads to brain stagnation. I’ve already begun on this one; bought a copy of ‘Theodore Rex’, by Edmund Morris, just before Christmas. First took a glance at it last summer, when waiting for Sethra-san to get done interviewing somebody or other at a historical society shindig he’d been assigned to cover. It gripped my attention rather thoroughly, and ever since I’ve been looking for the paperback version. I plot to continue on with other historical and possibly political science books. 1. Plot to take over the world, Pinky! 😃 With my temple of Kawaii Shrine Maiden Ninjas™… Don’t ask. 🙂 Just… _don’t_ ask… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/33 "2004-01-02T07:01:16Z")
1. Less Anger, less Bitterness, less Sarcasm. 2. Less putting up with abusive behavior by other people. Being a nice guy doesn’t mean I have to put up with it. I just have to find ways to say no without resorting to Anger, Bitterness and Sarcasm… 3. No matter what she says later, I will have **nothing to do** with my soon to be ex-wife. She’s said too much, told too many lies, been far too nasty for me to ever trust her again, even as a “friend”. ---
**Author:** ![zephyrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zephyrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyrine)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/34 "2004-01-02T11:22:41Z")
New Year Resolutions 1-100 Get a grip. ---
**Author:** ![lovelyluka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@lovelyluka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelyluka)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/35 "2004-01-02T14:59:08Z")
Don’t mean to downplay anyone else’s resolutions, but _every year_ I plan to lose weight and _every year_ I remain the same weight or a bit more, so that’s out. Nothing wrong with trying to remain healthy and shed a few pounds, but it seems that actually resolving it at the beginning of the year jinxes it. So I’m intentionally _not_ resolving to lose weight. My one resolution this year is to work as hard as I can and do every in my power to get into a MD/PhD program. I figure if I concentrate all my energy into one thing, I’ll be most successful at it. Then again, I may get into grad school weighing 300 pounds, smoking (I don’t now), being a bitch, having no patience, rambling, and telling corny jokes. But at least I’ll have accomplished the goal! 😉 FTR, this is my last post of the morning, because my set time limit for playing on the computer is up. Time to study for the MCAT! Ahhh, self-discipline. How I loath thee! ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/36 "2004-01-02T17:12:00Z")
Quit smoking. I’ve been smoking for 10 years and it’s just time to quit. Man I’ve got a headache. This gets easier, right? ---
**Author:** ![sishoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@sishoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sishoch)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/37 "2004-01-02T18:10:12Z")
I have to admit last years resolutions rolling over to this year: 1. Run a marathon 2. Act like a human being (this is the tough one) 3. Submit a short story for publication ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/38 "2004-01-02T19:04:16Z")
I resolve not to kill anyone this year. Same resolution I have had for many year and I always seem to keep it, well except for that one year…but we won’t go into that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/39 "2004-01-02T20:43:00Z")
1. Lose weight. I’m fit - for me, it isn’t about getting fit, it’s about getting thin. Along with this I want to be able to bike 15mph, so that in 2005, I can put Ironman on my next year’s resolution list. 2. Leave the country, and Canada doesn’t count. Not permanently, but leave. It’s been a dozen years since I’ve been out of US or Canada… I need to expand my horizons. 3. Learn to play the guitar - I bought one a few years ago, took 7 group lessons, and it’s spent an inordinate amount of time in the closet. I want to be able to play at least one song. Plus, it’s black and shiny and looks cool. 4. Dance more. 5. Watch my tongue. 6. Keep a diary…I buy one every year (Letts of London), and use about 10% of it…This year, at least 2 times/week? 7. Finish Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment. 8. Go on at least one date. 9. Get the apartment clean and keep it reasonably so. 10. Write a sestina. (will take suggestions on the 6 words) ---
**Author:** ![Teegus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Teegus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teegus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/40 "2004-01-02T21:57:05Z")
1. \*\* Be less shy. \*\* I am damn near crippled by my inability to talk to people in a social setting, especially women. If I could somehow overcome this failing of mine, it would drastically reduce much of my bitterness and angst and lonelyness. Here’s hoping. 2. \*\* Excel at my schooling. \*\* Late last year I finally got off my ass and applied at U of A for a fall admission and I go back to high school next month. I know I can get high marks. I just tend to be lazy and procrastinate. I’m resolving to not waste my time and money by doing what I did in high school by not settling for mediocrity. 3. \*\* Be able to bench press my own weight. \*\* This is a concrete goal that should be within my grasp. I started weightlifting about 4 months ago and currently bench press 120-130 lbs. I intend to up that to my weight of 190. Bonus points and my own birthday present to myself if I do it by my Birthday in June, but I won’t hurt myself if thats not possible. 4. \*\* Meet the Canadian Army fitness standards \*\* [These are the standards](http://www.recruiting.forces.ca/html/careers/getting_ready/fitn_guid.html) for recruitment. I want to make the minimums at the very least. I can do most of it… except for the running. 2.4 km (1.5 mi) in 11 minutes is currently not doable for me. But I run on the treadmill at work as often as possible… I can do it in 15 minutes now, so I hope to get down to the 10 minutes mark by sometime in February. A short term goal to get me going. 🙂 So I guess I join the rest of the exercise group. If we all support each other, we could all do it, right? At least I’m not trying to give up chocolate… maybe next year. 😃 Addendum: I resolve to use preview more often. Stupid spelling mistakes… ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904/41 "2004-01-02T22:29:05Z")
For years my resolutions have been to lose weight and become fiscally responsible. I’ve never kept them so I’m going to try some reverse psychology on myself. My resolution for 2004 is to **eat more cheese** , especially **expensive cheese**. I’ll let ya know how it goes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-resolutions/221904.md?page=3)