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New Year Resolutions 2015

three said:
I've never been good at New Years resolutions. My one major goal for the year of 2015 is to spend less and save more. :)
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That's easy. Just make sure you put part of your salary in a savings account the day you get it. Set up a direct debit so you never really see that part of your salary. Also throw away any credit cards you have and never borrow any money. Right down all your expenditure in a spreadsheet each month, and look to see what is needed (rent, electric, gas etc.), and what is droppable (coffee out, dinning out, taxis instead of buses etc.). Decide what you want to do with your cash and work towards that goal. Good luck.
 
BasicGreatGuy said:
Stay focused and you can do it. :)

As to goal one...remember this and it will help you in separating the chaff from the wheat. Relationships do not make us who we are (at least they shouldn't). They should enhance who we already are as individuals. And if the gentleman that has your eye or has asked you out isn't seeking to help you be the very best lady you can be, he isn't much of a gentleman.

Don't give up or give in to mediocrity and you will see your goals achieved. :) Being patient with ourselves can be the hardest task of all. I am still working on that one. lol

I wish you well.
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Thank you so much. You made some really good advice. I'll stay focus.
 
But why confine (life-changing or life-affirming) resolutions to the New Year? Why does the stroke of midnight on the clock on the very end of December 31 lead to this angst, misery, setting of unachievable targets (followed by the inevitable self-loathing when you fall short, and the further inevitable jettisoning of the target as a result of your inability to reach the impossible aspirations you have set yourself….. )

Those sort of resolutions come best after some private or personal stock-taking, or after a personal epiphany.

I remember the day it dawned on me (almost twenty five years ago - and I was attending a wedding at the time) that I absolutely hated attending weddings. Thus, I resolved the next day, that never again, if I had anything to do with it, would I choose to attend a wedding (my own excepted, naturally enough, should such an event ever occur). And I have never attended one since. Now, of course, I still reply to invites, send gifts, or money to the Happy Couple - I just do not attend the event.
 
Working on being a more patient person. Watching a maturing parent go through physical issues and a lot of stress is unbelievably tough and all I can do is help her as much as possible while keeping myself in check.

So I am rethinking the things that get my knickers in a twist and just trying to be a better person for myself, for her and my family. The more positive I am, the more healthy I am and that can only help myself and everyone around me.
 
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