Aims for 2013?

knucklehead6

So lads (& lassies who frequent here) what are your aims for 2013?

Mine..

1) Finish redecorating my house (again)
2) Maintain my ongoing battle with the evil tobacco genies!
3) Put a few more manners on my dogs... Especially the puppy!!
4) Get back into running. Start off in the mornings with the mutts, work from there.
5) Find a woman who appreciates you for who you are, and you appreciate for who she is, not just how she looks! (Even though the looks are kinda slightly important-ish!! )
6) Stop letting the ironing pile up. Little bits at a time keep it under control.
7) Keep on enjoying work. Keep asking the boss to give you more responsibility. You know you are good enough.
8) Try to work on that shyness thing.
9) Save some fecking money. You haven't had a holiday in 4 years. I know you said you don't want to do the single guy on hols thing again, but, you might just have to.

_Kaiser_

Good thread.. must remember to check this out again next year.

Let's see..

- Get the finances in order and start putting some aside (rough few years but starting to come together)

- More money in work. I had a good year last year and need to get more for it.
Otherwise there's always plan B

- Change the car would be nice (06 Passat with 233,000 km on it. No problems with it as such, but I'd like an A6)

- Find some way to control my sweet tooth and start looking after myself a bit better. Getting older now after all. Can't just live like I'm 20 anymore

Fox_In_Socks

Travel to Scandenavia again, along with taking in a few concerts in different cities.

Get my finances in order...I have savings but I waste a lot.

Get fitter.

Keep going with my very basic drawing/art (hey, it's a start!)

I want to learn how to play music. At least using an instrument that I can work (keyboard and guitar are out)

Liam McPoyle

Pass my driving test.

Take up and stick to yoga.

Go on at least 1 decent holiday.

Learn to play the guitar.

Hermione*

Necronos wrote: »

Take up and stick to yoga.

I approve muchly :pac: Honestly, though, you won't regret it

My aims:

- progress professionally
- revisit my marathon ambitions. I did a half last year and would like to build on that.
- become a morning runner. It appeals so much to me, but I am not a morning person. I want to be.
- develop a more regulated yoga practice. I need to push myself more in it, instead of always doing my favourites.
- save more

CastorTroy

-Become less single.
-Get fit and keep fit. Started near the end of last year but didn't last long
-Teach myself to cook
-Become more sociable by joining a class of some sort. So similar to knuckle's number 8

Liam McPoyle

Hermione* wrote: »

I approve muchly :pac: Honestly, though, you won't regret it

Hope not,going to a beginners class on Thursday evening to check it out!

JessePinkman

Back playing football
No more fags
Nail the promotion in work
Learn and use more as gaeilge
Do something for "The Gathering"

Sleepy

Good idea for a thread.

Get married and give ourselves and our guests a day to enjoy (47 days to go!)
Do well in my new role and earn a decent amount of commission.
Use the extra finances I'll have this year (thanks to improved tax position of a married man and recent promotion) to save and get ahead of my debt repayment schedule instead of increasing my spending.
Start a rainy day fund so the unexpected events of this year don't cause as much hassle for me as last years ones did.
Get enough money into that account so I can take my soon-to-be wife on honeymoon during the summer.
Take up some form of exercise and get out on a surfboard a lot more than the once I managed this year.

EdenHazard

1.Spend the summer in Spain
2.Become fluent
3.Learn another language(German maybe, but more than likely Italian
4.Put on some muscle mass
5.Pass all my exams
6.Get a girl(maybe in Spain )

Dravokivich

- Play through as much games as I possibly can in my backlog.
- Get back into mucking about on music production software.
- Strecth dammit! Your back and right leg can do with it.
- Get on a plane FOOL! Go somewhere even if it is only to England.
- Books, you've books, collecting dust. Dust'em off, read the feckers. It's only words.
- Spoil her rotten.

D'Agger

Nice thread

- Be the best damn moderator I can be :pac:
- Play an entire season of football without sustaining an major injury
- Keep up gym sessions throughout the football season
- Get two or three IT certifications
- Go on a sun holiday to get a break
- Head over to a Liverpool game and take a few other weekend trips
- Pay off the car loan early and start saving.

ToxicPaddy

Great idea for a thread.

Mine are simple:

- Lose a little more weight
Lost 8kgs between Nov and middle of December, but put a few on over Xmas. However, I'm back on track now. Only about 8 kgs off my ideal weight, so nearly there

- Get back playing more basketball.
Damaged my shoulder 6 years ago when I was playing a fairly decent competitive level, back playing once a week since last May but want to be back on court at least 3-4 times week this year to get my skills back and get back in shape.

- Certifications, I need to update mine and get more.
Have 4 in mind and maybe start that degree I've been putting off for the last few years.

- Finally, the most important one.. make it to a tGc beers night
Despite being a member of boards.ie for a lonnnng time, I never once made it to a beers..

knucklehead6

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

- Finally, the most important one.. make it to a tGc beers night
Despite being a member of boards.ie for a lonnnng time, I never once made it to a beers..

they'll take your moddy hat off you if you don't attend!!

Pawwed Rig

1. Go to Old Trafford for a PL match.
2. Run outside rather than on a treadmill (it's cheaper for a start and probably healthier).
3. Pass the exams again this year.
4. Investigate whether a new job would be better than this one.
5. Be more patient and nicer to people.
6. Socialise more.
7. Read more sci fi books.

Dewey collins

1. get back fit for football and get back into the team
2. pass exams in college
3. learn how to drive
4. get a job so i can stop asking my parents for money
5. try to cut down on drinking so much

ToxicPaddy

knucklehead6 wrote: »

they'll take your moddy hat off you if you don't attend!!

Do I get a hat????

Hey, wheres my hat??? I never got a hat!!!!! :mad:

kevthegaff

1. Be better to people
2. Train 3-4 times a week- weights running and soccer
3. Build on my business-infrastructure
4. Spend more time with the girlfriend
5. Keep renovating the house and garden
6. keep a diary/log

um7y1h83ge06nx

So far I have in no particular order:

1. Start exercising regularly again - running and weights. Try to focus on my tummy for a little while (I was very fit in 2011 but early last year I knackered a knee and it set me back hugely).

2. Take better care of my teeth - flossing, and better brushing.

3. Look for more responsibility in work.

4. Investigate further education.

miamee

I did a list with my best friend before Christmas, we kind of witnessed each others. This was mine:

• Trip to London, to New York, to Dubrovnik & Plovdiv. Add to this that I will go away as much as possible and say YES to any travel opportunities that come my way.
• Volunteer with a children's or homeless charity
• Move to city centre to be closer to work and social life and to save money for trips.
• Get a payrise
• Look into new job opportunities whether in current company or a new one
• Do some creative writing. Or just writing
• Meet someone special to share life with

Jimmy Iovine

Hopefully I'll stick to these:

- give my absolute best on teaching practice. Don't just try to skate by.
- get a job.
- cook more and eat less pizzas, especially when on teaching practice.
- read more.
- spend less time arsing around on the internet and go out and achieve something.
- get fit(ter).
- learn the basics about money, taxes and all that over the summer, just in case I get that job in September.
- start saving.

karaokeman

Good thread OP, my top in order of importance;

1. Grow closer to the friends I've made over the last few months, because I've made a lot
2. Stop wasting so much time on the internet/ reading AH
3. Start doing my reading well in advance for college assignments/exams
4. Do a better job planning my career/ learning about other job areas
5. Look after myself more, cook more of my own dinners etc.
6. Find a girlfriend, I know if I have this attitude it won't happen, that's why its last even though the rewards would exceed the other 5

seachto7

1. Fix between my ears
2. Do more regular exercise than I have been doing
3. Ditch freelance work, and go back to full time work.
4. Move abroad
5. I can't really say "find a woman". I've had ample golden opportunities in 2012, and f*cked them up. (See aim no. 1)

d-gal

Great thread

- go on 4 holidays of some sort this (can even be 3 days away)
- save €2000 in coins in a year (that's a fun one!)
- make more money (solution below)
- get up and running my online business for weight loss programs. Already run a successful private gym so want to try it, have 280 people signed up for free 2 week trial so it's a start

boobar

Sort out my weight, general health.
Improve my finances - pay off some loans, reduce credit card balance.
Spend more time with family.
Get more time to enjoy hobbies - squash, reading, movies, photography.
Take some time out over the Summer for a family break.
Concentrate on succeeding in my new job.
Appreciate the simple things.

wha

-do well in my masters, make the most of the opportunities it brings (and ENJOY it!)

-get even a little bit of paid work with my fancy new camera

-do as much as I can with said fancy new camera!

-get a job ASAP! Preferably not a call centre as I have served my time...

-get fitter, tone up a bit

-drink less, stop wasting time being hungover! (think I wrote this last year... woops!)

-see lots of films!

sam34

My main aim is to learn 3 new recipes a week, from straight forward dinners to soups/starter/canapes/baking/desserts/dinner-party-suitable food etc.

I'm hoping this will help with further weight loss and money saving as I will be getting less take-aways.

helimachoptor

2012 was a good but pretty busy year work wise also got married.

2013 I want to do the following.

- Get the promotion...
- Get to Seattle to see the Seahawks Vs Titans (my 2 teams)
- Start a Masters (have been faffing about on this for a while)

Finally.. go see the inlaws more. They live the other side of the country and after a week of work, I dont want to be driving out West... but its part of the deal i suppose :pac:

ToxicPaddy

d-gal wrote: »

Great thread
- save €2000 in coins in a year (that's a fun one!)

Oh its fun alright.. Used to do it every year, not quite 2000 euro but a decent amount. The pain was counting it at the end and getting it to the bank.

Used to bribe my little sis that I'd give her 10% of the total amount if she did it for me. Always worked a treat

velosolex

Drink more
Go out more drinking
Rob a fence
Eat more steak
Put on more weight
Me first
Not be "nice but dumb"
Save a slug
Don't post on Boards
Change my underwear

Peanut Butter Jelly

Lose weight
Get back to GAA
Win a trophy for the club
Get into college
Start YouTube and get 100 views. I know. High target.