2008 resolutions....share yours

[greenbriar]

1. Quit smoking!!! yes I have tried before...this time I WILL succeed

2. Pay off all my debt...student loans and house and medical *gonna take a 2nd job* to pay off in 3 years what should take 26 more years to pay off...

I highly recommend looking at the total money makeover plan some good stuff

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Seriously look at retiring

I resolve to look at my budget and if at all possible, retire. Then go work at Sears or somewhere I don't have to test any kids. LOL

[greenbriar]

2. sounds nice

I have too long to retire :(

[Horse with no Name]

18. What a terrible loss to the teaching profession

But I totally understand!
Happy New Year my friend!

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. Oh what a nice thing to say

And don't fret; I might not be able to afford to retire. LOL

Happy New Year to you and yours too, my friend!! :toast:

[dsc]

3. Here are mine

Get my weight to a good level.

Find someone or at least put in a great effort toward doing so.

Get my school's GSA off the ground and give my gay students the safe place I didn't have.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. My 2008 resolution is to live through it. n/t

[noiretextatique]

7. ditto eom

[Blue_In_AK]

9. I'm hoping for more celebration

next New Year's Eve -- a Democratic president waiting in the wings and Ted Stevens and Don Young gone. This year I feel kind of in limbo.

[noiretextatique]

13. likewise, but for an extra reason

dealing with breast cancer right now. luckily it is an early stage, so i will beat it and celebrate my 50th bday next Xmas Eve.
and it certainly will be nice to see the criminal squatter vacate the white house too :nuke: yeah...it will be a major celebration!!!

[Blue_In_AK]

27. We will celebrate together. :-)

Best of luck with your treatments.

[noiretextatique]

28. we will!!!! and thank you eom

[NeedleCast]

5. Learn Spanish

Sooner or later I'm going to say fuck it, move to San Juan, and open a bar. Spanish will come in handy.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

6. To better think things through before I speak out loud

To continue working with my doctors to gain better control over my medical conditions

To come back to DU, and my family here- from my hiatus of months. I've been missing this place more and more lately... and I'm back now.

[malaise]

8. Finishing my book

One chapter and references to go (well to check).
Running three miles a week - by May.

[The Straight Story]

10. Good luck on your book

Keep us updated on it. I hope to write one myself soon, been working on it in my head for years and am finally ready to start writing it.

If you need proof-reading/et al let me know, would be happy to assist.

[malaise]

36. Thanks

Happy New Year.

[WilliamPitt]

11. 1. Write another book.

[Sugar Smack]

OH, STFU.

Answer me tomorrow.:evilgrin:

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

12. Put me money where me mouth is

and be ready for the most important Protest Rally of our lives. I can feel it's coming, and we are going to need a MASSIVE mobilization.

[Ishoutandscream2]

14. Gotta stop gambling

I'm looking at tomorrow's lines, and the temptation is there.

[dsc]

16. visit the recovery forum

it isn't just for alchies like me.

[Mike03]

15. X posted from Lounge, but with revisions

I'm always trying to improve myself, year round, but my resolutions for 2008 are:

1) Quit chewing nicotine gum (!! - Hardest)
2) Eat broccoli every single day (with tomatoes, which I already eat in abundance)
3) Read and understand medical textbooks about anatomy, physiology and all aspects of disease.

The thing I'm always working towards is to master a certain form of meditation (Buddhist) called Dzogchen and to make the experience of emptiness a permanent part of my life rather than something I only experience in concentrated bursts. That is so much a priority in my life that I forgot to even mention it in the post in the lounge--like forgetting that you see the nose on your own face. If I could accomplish this, none of the other resolutions would matter.

[blues90]

17. I just want to live through 2008

I want to quit smoking and get some sort of a life back together where there is a point to it all . Right at this moment 2008 is just a number rolling over .

[IDemo]

19. 1280 x 960, same as 2007

[Firespirit]

20. Actually WRITE the first part of a three-part novel

that I've been avoiding writing for eight years.

[sutz12]

21. About five years ago, I resolved not to make any more NY resolutions...

Only one I've ever kept. :)

[noiretextatique]

22. first and foremost: to stay alive

change my diet (75% raw vegan)
exercise 3x per week
quit smoking cigarettes (with the help of wellbutrin)
develop some more meaningful friendships
start a new career
finish my poetry cd
publish a book of poems
start drinking non-alcohol wine
fall in love with a sane person :7

[Sugar Smack]

23. Like I said in another thread:

Stop reacting, start acting.

[greenbriar]

29. I am acting

you watch

200,000 gone in 3 years

[Horse with no Name]

24. I have several

but will be happy with the completion of one or two.
1. Knock out a couple more semesters towards my goal of obtaining a minor in Women's Studies/Sociocultural Anthropology and start on my to obtaining a Masters in Global Poverty.
2. Be more tolerant.
3. Work to get GOOD SOLID Democrats elected.
4. Lose some weight.

A hefty list, for sure, but will give me wiggle room.:D

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

26. Here's mine:

1) Quit smoking (already achieved, thank God)

2) Use money previously spent on aforementioned habit to buy new clothes... from Italy.

3) Begin running again so as to fit into aforementioned clothes.

4) Make use all of aforementioned endeavors in finding a new girlfriend.

Sound good?

[greenbriar]

30. sounds great

Good Luck

[Skittles]

32. change number one

to "Stay smoke-free". Yes INDEED

[dpbrown]

31. I resolve to call Bush's catastrophe what it is - a failed occupation, not a "war"

Sign the resolution here!

[gulliver]

33. Mine

1. Work harder.
2. Be myself.
3. Make some things better.
4. Avoid making some things worse.

[Skittles]

34. cut out my nicotine gum habit

I hit it whenever I have a crisis which is.....too often :o

[Fading Captain]

35. Lose all the weight

I gained quitting smoking last year!