New Year's Resolutions

boobar · 31-12-2011 6:32pm #1

With a new year just around the corner, I started thinking about resolutions for the new year.

Here are some of mine:

Do more things together as a family - my daughter is still young so I want her to remember good times.

Learn to swim and help my daughter learn to swim as well.

Have a proper holiday (to hell with the finances) only had a 3 day break last year, and the Mrs works in a high pressure area, so want to surprise here by having a holiday booked by the end of January.

Look after the health - had some health problems a few years back which really knocked me, so going to continue focussing on the health, weight and fitness.

Try and gain some certifications for professional development and to look seriously at finishing my masters.

Switch off from the bad news - turn on a good comedy instead of the constant onslaught of bad news that the newspapers, radio and TV deliver.

What about you guys, any resolutions?

kearney13 · 31-12-2011 6:37pm

Hope you get to stick to them OP

I'm starting a job with bord na mona this wedensday so just plan on making the best of impressions and for the first time ever I bought a diary and keep track of every single penny I earn and spend

boobar · 31-12-2011 6:39pm

kearney13 wrote: »

Hope you get to stick to them OP

I'm starting a job with bord na mona this wedensday so just plan on making the best of impressions and for the first time ever I bought a diary and keep track of every single penny I earn and spend

Best of luck with the new job kearney13, hope it works out well for you.:)

redcortina · 31-12-2011 6:40pm

Best of luck, Yea i'm hoping to get through my masters too. January exams in lest than two weeks. Being on this probably isn't helping, But maybe in the new year ill be better. ha

Saila · 31-12-2011 6:42pm

to get into an open relationship. sounds like fun

Dravokivich · 31-12-2011 6:44pm

Read more
Spend less time on my ass
Get back into running / hill walking
Cut out procastinating (maybe this should be first :pac: )

amacachi · 31-12-2011 6:45pm

Dravokivich wrote: »

Read more
Spend less time on my ass

Can't beat a bit of jog-reading. :pac:

Dravokivich · 31-12-2011 7:06pm

amacachi wrote: »

Can't beat a bit of jog-reading. :pac:

A bit of HIIT Jogging / Running / Reading :cool:

Samich · 31-12-2011 7:10pm

Spend less time online.
Lose weight
Able to grow a moustache (hair on my face still isn't growing like a proper fella) :pac:

Agent Smith · 31-12-2011 7:19pm

Katy perry

Pembily · 31-12-2011 7:45pm

Relax and realise I'm good at what I do

Break no more bones!
Excel at work.
Make more of an effort to skype friends abroad.
Lose 20kg!

G-Money · 31-12-2011 7:59pm

I have a few but I'm not going to say what they are unless/until I actually achieve them.

That's my new years resolution!

Larianne · 31-12-2011 8:26pm

Learn to drive.. before I'm 30. I encourage people to annoy me about this. Thanks!

Daisies · 31-12-2011 8:26pm

Tone up (not necessarily lose weight but less flab)
Put myself out there more and say yes to more things
Take more weekend trips

Larianne · 31-12-2011 8:27pm

Daisies wrote: »

Put myself out there more and say yes to more things

I decided to do this a few years back. One of the best things I ever did.

G-Money · 31-12-2011 8:32pm

Daisies wrote: »

Put myself out there more and say yes to more things

Wasn't there someone in the papers or the media over the last few years who did something like that, where they basically decided to say yes to anything that people suggested to him.

Well he said yes within reason I think!

Larianne · 31-12-2011 8:32pm

G-Money wrote: »

Wasn't there someone in the papers or the media over the last few years who did something like that, where they basically decided to say yes to anything that people suggested to him.

Well he said yes within reason I think!

Made a film and all!

Dravokivich · 31-12-2011 9:04pm

Larianne wrote: »

Learn to drive.. before I'm 30. I encourage people to annoy me about this. Thanks!

Learn to drive!

Daisies · 31-12-2011 9:58pm

Larianne wrote: »

I decided to do this a few years back. One of the best things I ever did.

G-Money wrote: »

Wasn't there someone in the papers or the media over the last few years who did something like that, where they basically decided to say yes to anything that people suggested to him.

Well he said yes within reason I think!

I can imagine the hilarious consequences that would ensue. Well I need to get myself out there after being away. Need more friends :P

parker kent · 31-12-2011 10:22pm

To get as fit as possible(fitness not fatness in 2012

). I'm going to start going to the gym before work.

Take up an evening class

Play football one evening a week.

I'm not making a resolution to learn to drive...it is a possible thing this year though.

This is not a proper resolution but I hope to continue as I ended 2011. This year has been very good to me and I'm in a much better place than I was last year.

myflipflops · 31-12-2011 11:03pm

Learn to play the mandolin.

Seriously.

The Black Oil · 31-12-2011 11:53pm

Larianne wrote: »

Learn to drive.. before I'm 30. I encourage people to annoy me about this. Thanks!

Race ya. :pac: I'm starting lessons soon...passed the theory in November (aged 29).

Generally not a fan of resolutions, but I'll say completing my MA and keeping up running.

claire983 · 01-01-2012 12:06am

I never make any new years resolutions but this year i am and i'm sticking to them ALL.
Get more active, jogging roller blading, camoige
Spend more quality time with my little one.
Learn how to drive, pass my theory test first
Be more positive about life
Learn to let go of the past, be happy and find love

Larianne · 01-01-2012 1:23am

Black Oil wrote: »

Race ya. :pac: I'm starting lessons soon...passed the theory in November (aged 29).

You're on. I have till October. :cool:

The Black Oil · 01-01-2012 1:33am

Snaparoo. :cool:

Larianne · 01-01-2012 1:35am

You're on so! :pac:

damnit

Dravokivich · 01-01-2012 1:45am

I've till august 2014 so

LaHaine · 01-01-2012 2:56am

For once, im not going to tell everyone my big plans and end up not doing them.

This year I have my goals and ill just shut up and achieve them. Fingers crossed.

Maybe I might even get over my ex!

Lavezzi · 01-01-2012 3:15am

My plan is to earn 10 million peso (176,247 euro) this year. That's if total tyranny hasn't already been unleashed by then.

ToxicPaddy · 01-01-2012 3:19am

Get fit, lose some weight and tone up a little. Injured myself fairly badly a few years ago and even though I'm still not 100% I've been using it as an excuse stopping me getting back into sports again. Need to get off my ass and do it.

Clear the rest of my debts, 60% gone in the last 18 months, so the remaining 40% to go. Hopefully by the end the year.. I hope

Last and not least, enjoy the year ahead, continue spending time with family and friends and try and improve myself in some way to make myself a better person

myflipflops · 01-01-2012 3:50am

Lavezzi wrote: »

My plan is to earn 10 million peso (176,247 euro) this year. That's if total tyranny hasn't already been unleashed by then.

Phillipines? Doing what?

TheUsual · 01-01-2012 3:55am

Take up smoking.

Start random fights on the internet under a secret identity.

mud · 01-01-2012 4:34am

I've made my resolutions for January, that seems a bit more manageable than the whole year. Although, I do hope to keep these up beyond that . . .

For the month of January I will:

Walk everyday for at least 40 mins.

Eat no fried food.

Take a spoon of fish oil and a b vitamin every morning.

Open all the windows to let in some fresh air for at least an hour every day.

Do one house-hold job per day like cleaning windows or de-cluttering, should have a very pleasant house by the time February comes along!

There are two resolutions that I hope to continue for the year:

1: Put €10 in the post office every week.

2: Take at least one photograph every day. I got the idea from a friend, she did this project last year and it turned out really nicely.

There you have it!

Kya1976 · 01-01-2012 12:33pm

I'm giving up smoking, it's not a new years resolution as such, it just needs to be done.

HOS 1997 · 01-01-2012 12:42pm

Have a few but the main one is to learn to drive and pass my test. Did lessons and bought a car last year but haven't had the motivation to keep up driving and use to walking/buses/taxis etc.

02-01-2012 1:08am

I don't really have any resolutions as such, perhaps just to try and be more content with what I have.

Sanjuro · 02-01-2012 1:31am

To volunteer somewhere. Been meaning to do it for a while and kept putting it on the long finger. Now, i just gotta find somewhere to volunteer!

lecker Hendl · 02-01-2012 2:22am

bring my own lunch to work. Seriously, the amount of money I was spending buying rolls and what not was ridiculous. About €120 a month.

Also got to cut out mid week drinking...for a while.

mainly save is the goal. My finances are in dire straits.

Sauve · 02-01-2012 3:32am

My main goal this year sounds quite selfish - it's to realise what I'm worth and what I deserve, and to accept nothing less. From myself as well as others.

My diet needs a serious overhaul, though I don't eat badly, I'm just lazy when it comes to cooking and am happy to eat the same stuff over and over and over.

There are a few more, but they're too personal to post here

ToxicPaddy · 02-01-2012 12:40pm

Sauvignon82 wrote: »

..There are a few more, but they're too personal to post here

We are all friends in here, so c'mon, tell all :pac:

The Black Oil · 02-01-2012 1:14pm

Larianne wrote: »

You're on so! :pac:

damnit

Lesson 3.

Sauve · 02-01-2012 1:16pm

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

We are all friends in here, so c'mon, tell all :pac:

Haha, I'll post about them when they're done, how's that?!

fullback4glin · 02-01-2012 5:14pm

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02-01-2012 5:33pm

I am actually a little short on ideas for new years resolutions or targets. I can not think of any at all and most of the more common ones mentioned on threads are things I am already interested in and do a lot - especially around the healthy lifestyles of eating and excercise.

The DIY projects I had in mind for the last few years have all been completed and there literally is nothing more to build in or around my land that I can think of (built a small house, an 8 person outdoor heated Jacuzzi, a herb and vegetable garden, a place for hens, and a stone BBQ with inbuilt pizza oven). All way under the budget of getting trained experts to do them and some even under the budget I set myself.

My 2011 resolution was to do a really good deed one per month and I did that. That was inspired by December 2010 when I felt really good about myself for taking 4 random people stranded by snow in Dublin airport home to share in our Christmas dinner and celebrations. Two nutter Russians and two lovely french girls it was. Seems a bit lame to do the same thing for 2012 but it is all I can think of but I am also short of ideas on good deeds to do every month for 2012 having done all the ones I could think of in 2011. I guess I could repeat them but thats a bit lame too.

So really - I am dry - No good targets or Ideas on the cards. Help.

Pembily · 02-01-2012 6:06pm

At Tax how about volunteering, another poster said it's something they want to do! I'm a scout leader and I love it, gives you a sense of giving back

Vanbis · 02-01-2012 6:10pm

Stick to a fitness plan for the next 12months.
Less surgar.
Drink more water.

Kev.OC · 02-01-2012 8:55pm

I've become quite reclusive over the past few years. Went 18 months without going to a nightclub and 6 months without going to a pub (and only turned 23 two weeks ago).

So this year I'm going to try and get out more. And if that means leaving the comfort of the couch and going to the pub more often for the odd sociable pint, well then I guess that's a sacrifice I'm just going to have to make!

HOS 1997 · 02-01-2012 10:40pm

Definitely do as you'll regret it when you are older if you don't.

den87 · 02-01-2012 11:48pm

Get fit.
Get involved in more clubs and stuff.
Start playing GAA again.
Save.
Start ignoring the ex (we work together and long story

)
Do an evening class.

13spanner · 03-01-2012 12:07am

1: Get down to some proper study for the rest of the school year.
2: Lose a stone and a half in weight between now and September (and keep it off this time :rolleyes:)
3: Enjoy the summers work while I have it, only 3 months of the year.
4: Stop biting my nails (again).
5: Try cut out the chocolate and drink more water.

Nothing life changing or impossible in there, but if I got that much done in 2012 I'd be pretty happy with myself

BunShopVoyeur · 03-01-2012 12:15am

Stop smoking.

Exercise more.

I'm only 27, these sporadic pains in my chest/lungs are not a good sign and can't continue.

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