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31 December 2007

New Year’s Resolutions—does anyone make them anymore?

post by: hadjiboy at: 00:09 | 15 comments

Hi:)

posted by hadjiboy 31 December | 00:11

Never have, never will. Why is a "new year" different than any other time?

posted by arse_hat 31 December | 00:17

I've never made them. But this week I've been thinking about making some general goals for 2008. I've not made any yet, but I've been thinking about it. Maybe that should be #1: List Out Goals For 2008.

posted by rhapsodie 31 December | 00:24

hi hadji.

I've never made them either. I do resolve to make changes all the time though. Are you making any?

posted by MonkeyButter 31 December | 00:48

I make them every year. And I actually go back and review how I've done before I make new ones.

posted by sperose 31 December | 00:51

Are you making any?

I vow to start "favouriting" more (any) stuff on Mefi;)

posted by hadjiboy 31 December | 01:09

I vow to start "favouriting" more (any) stuff on Mefi;)

That worked for me this year :-)

posted by essexjan 31 December | 06:57

I don't make new year's resolutions, I never really have. I make changes throughout the year. I'm thinking about giving up the cigs finally (I've not tried before, been smoking 20-odd years), but I'll do it in February, as I want to join the gym across the road but January is a stupid month to do so. By February most of the new year's resolvers will have given up and the gym will be quieter! I'll probably ask for Zyban as well from the smoking cessation clinic through the OHU at work.

Good luck to everybody!

posted by goo 31 December | 09:00

I make 'em, but I don't talk about 'em unless somebody asks. (I also try to spend the whole year making small steps toward being a better person, but I don't talk much about that either.)

posted by box 31 December | 09:14

I used to never make them, but I did this year. As of 1-2-2008 I will be a nonsmoker (hopefully).

(and yes, I did pick 1/2 instead of new years day so I can stress-smoke as I watch the Ice Bowl Tuesday.)

I think I may tack on a #2, though... a passport. They keep changing the border laws, I should just get one and not worry about it anymore.

posted by kellydamnit 31 December | 10:25

I do and I talk about them to try to get people to help keep me to them.

posted by drezdn 31 December | 10:27

New Years Resolutions:

1. Drink and smoke more.
2. Be less polite.
3. Do a better job alienating people.

It's good to set achievable goals.

posted by BitterOldPunk 31 December | 13:33

Lots of my friends make penitent post-holiday New Year's resolutions of self-improvement and deprivation, and some even keep them. They always urge me to join, but it's not a tradition that works for me. If anything, I find it counter-productive.

I alter my habits for the better throughout the year instead, and save New Year's for my traditional resolutions. This year, they are:

- find more occasions to drink champagne.
- sing more.
- eat more eclairs.

posted by Elsa 31 December | 16:43

Hope you have a nice time with those eclairs Elsa, and hope all of the bunnies' resolutions get fulfilled.

Especially BitterOldPunk's:p

posted by hadjiboy 01 January | 10:28

I have already fulfilled my first New Year's resolution! This morning, our brunch hosts discovered that they had too much champagne opened and too few guests, and they demanded we drink it rather than letting it go to waste. I accommodated their demands readily.

Now I just have the singing and the eclairs to tackle.

posted by Elsa 01 January | 15:12

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