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New Year's Eve: Your plans and resolutions?

hana said:
One of my resolutions this year will definately be taking better care of my teeth (got some fillings refilled this year and a crown... $$$). Besides brushing and flossing twice a day, I wasn't sure what other steps to take towards that resolution... what do you think?
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Try some listerine :) And if you get some sugarfree, good-for-teeth gum that might help kinda clean them during the day when you don't have a brush and toothpaste around.
 
I'm in Scotland avoiding the Edinburgh street party since they're forecasting rain and gale force winds so hanging around outside for 4 hours or so doesn't seem like a good plan. We'll head round to a local family friend and see in the New Year with a small group of people and several bottles of bubbles.

Resolutions... get back in shape, get career path mapped out more clearly, enjoy life...
 
Add me to the list of people staying home and watching the kids.

For 2007 I'd like to lose some weight and get into shape. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. :(
 
Resolutions

Feel like becoming a lab rat in the interests of science? :)


The first mass-participation experiment to unravel what makes a new year's resolution a successful step towards self-betterment — or more commonly, a dismal failure of willpower — is launched by psychologists today ...

Richard Wiseman, a professor of psychology at Hertfordshire University, hopes to enrol around 10,000 people in the online experiment.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1979625,00.html


The psychologists have identified five tips to help keep resolutions.

The first is to make only one resolution: if you are an obese, misanthropic, SUV-driving smoker, Prof Wiseman recommends picking just one aspect of life to improve, to increase your chances of success.

They also suggest planning your resolution in advance, instead of waiting until New Year's Eve. The extra time will allow you to reflect on what you really want to achieve. Another tip is to avoid repeating a previous resolution, or at least try a different technique to keep it. So if trying to lose half a stone did not work last year, plan to exercise more instead. "If people think they can do it they probably can, but if they've already tried and failed, their self-belief will be low," Prof Wiseman said. The remaining tips include keeping resolutions specific and rewarding yourself by buying a new book or CD if you manage to lose a few pounds or cut down on smoking.
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http://www.psy.herts.ac.uk/wiseman/resolutions/opening.html




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Markleshark said:
*Groan*
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[x] Make completely unfunny joke everybody already knew.

See, that was my resolution for 2006. Mission completed. :cool: I will spend New Year's Eve with my wife and a good friend of ours who otherwise would be all alone that day.

(Un)fortunately, I neither smoke nor drink alcohol, so there isn't much to give up in 2007. However, losing some lbs sounds good.


[edit] Oh, and finally getting 500 posts so I can have my own avatar. ;)
 
I really hate New Year's Eve and Day. So many seem to approach the coming year with optimism -- all I feel is dread crossed with some vague fear of my inability to archive what's passing.

This is a source of tension between myself and my wife as she wants to go to one of several parties and I want to sit at home, alone, in the dark, and drink myself into oblivion. Better to be numb than watch people celebrate an absolute refusal of self-reflection. Though odds are I'll be going to one of the parties and be starring as "miserable SOB." :(
 
thedude110 said:
I really hate New Year's Eve and Day. So many seem to approach the coming year with optimism -- all I feel is dread crossed with some vague fear of my inability to archive what's passing.

This is a source of tension between myself and my wife as she wants to go to one of several parties and I want to sit at home, alone, in the dark, and drink myself into oblivion. Better to be numb than watch people celebrate an absolute refusal of self-reflection. Though odds are I'll be going to one of the parties and be starring as "miserable SOB." :(
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No need to stay at home and be miserable. Go to the pub, get pissed, and be miserable and moan there. That's what pubs were invented for :eek:

And yes, I share your dislike of New Years.
 
I think the Babylonians had the best idea: 360 days followed by 5 or 6 to bury the Old Year. Just rushing into a new one when the old one's not even cold seems inadequate, really.
 
Or, to look at it another way, it's just another arbitrarily numbered Earth rotation. Revert to the Julian calendar if you aren't happy with it.
 
I don't know what I'm doing NYE but I'll be doing something.

As for what I'm going to try and 'resolve' in 2007, I'm not really sure. I feel I want to change quite a lot. I know in what ways I want to change, I just don't know how to go about doing them.

* Most of the things I want to change are personality related. I want to be less short tempered, more laid back and happier. I want to be overall nicer to people. Slightly more mature and conduct myself a bit more 'properly'.

* I also want to lose 42 lbs, as I have already lost 56 lbs. I want to go to the gym.

* From now on I only want to drink bottled water. No more Pepsi and sugared, gassy drinks except on occasion.

* I want to continue to grow my hair longer. I'm very impatient so it's difficult waiting for it to grow to the length I would like!

* I want to get out of my overdraft. It's interest free, but that's not the point. I'm two thirds into it. I should have a positive balance for the last week in January.

* I want to find a hobby that isn't extremely popular. Something that when people think of it, they think of me!

* I want to change my overall image. This brings in changing my personality (from above), growing my hair longer (from above) and lose weight (from above). All of these things put together = image change :D.

I have changed some things about myself in 2006 which were not resolutions last year. For example, I stopped adding salt to dinners, whereas before I always used to, which I'm quite happy about. It's such a small change, I don't miss it much and in the long run it's going to make me heathier.
 
skunk said:
I think the Babylonians had the best idea: 360 days followed by 5 or 6 to bury the Old Year. Just rushing into a new one when the old one's not even cold seems inadequate, really.
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Maybe only use 3 or 4 "final days" and use 2 of those to get the year kicked-off:
- Need 1 to sober-up again...
- As I get older I probably will need the 2nd too.

One thing I can't remember I achieved for a long time:
Begin a year sober.

Not going to try to achieve either :D
 
What are we doing this year Brain? The same thing we do every year Pinky...

Try to take over the world!

Well, not really. Probably the same thing I did the last 2 years... dvd marathon. 2 years ago it was a Kurosawa marathon. Last year it was Farscape. This year... Battlestar? Probably not. Spent the whole first day of my vacation last week downloading and watching all the current season's episodes from iTunes.
 
I make resolutions that are easy to keep. One must be realistic, after all.
So, I have resolved that in A.D. MMVII, I will not spend a single passionate night with Halle Berry. See? Just be realistic. :rolleyes:
 
as of yet, i still have no plans for new years eve. i always find coverage of the new year on television interesting, as the clock strikes 12 all the way round. i may meet up with some friends, or just stay with my family.

resolutions:

stop worrying about trivial things
be EVEN better with money
stop taking things so seriously (kinda the same as 1)
meet new people
Swim more, eat less. start treating my body nicely; hopefully one day it will thank me. :D
travel as much as possible
make the most of the oppertunities that i am faced with

thats about it i think.

S
 
Over Achiever said:
A couple of my resolutions for next year
-Run 1,000 miles
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Wow, you must be in really good shape...

c-Row said:
Oh, and finally getting 500 posts so I can have my own avatar
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I'll second that!

As for me, my main resolutions are:
Save up for a 30D (or an upgraded model if they release one in PMA) and all the goodies: 100mm macro, 70-200 f2.8L, 10-22, flash, grip... the list goes on
Finally decide what to do with my life. Start exploring job opportunities, get my grades up, decide what my thesis will be about
And finally, a personal goal would be to get at least one of my pics published in a nature magazine. BTW, is anyone here an editor of such a magazine? ;)
 
I don't normally post in this forum but hey!

NYE: I think just spending with family.

My new year's resolution is to try and maintain a healthier work-life balance. The past 6 months or so I have been pulling 16-18 hours every day at work, and I need to try and relax more! :) So I think that's a fairly good one.
 
OK, I'll voice mine out loud: Drop my weight to 80kg. There, said it. Now it's been vocalized I have more drive to succeed.
 
The one resolution I've managed to consistently keep over time comes from the year I resolved to never make any more New Year's resolutions.
 
No plans, something will come up, if not I'm stayin' in.

Resolutions? I don't think I've ever made one and I don't plan on starting this year.
 
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