Mine is to continue with the health and fitness plan I began last May. I want to lose another 20-25lbs by the summer and improve my stamina and speed in my running.

I am going to go for a walk (minimum of 20 minutes) every single day this year.

Oddly, the other one is to make crepes well.

I like the idea of thinking of them as goals rather than resolutions. I'm not sure why it does, but it works better for me.

I have a number of things that I'm working towards changing in my life, but I haven't defined the answers yet enough to state them as resolutions. So there: crepes and walks.

Senyar, you are keeping me honest with running, by the way. I was running four or five times per week and a good distance (about 5k) but I lost my stamina while I traveled in Europe this summer and have struggled to get it back, mostly because I can't run during the day right now. I have a 2 or so hour commute right now which is horrible and makes it harder to get running done. So you and gaspode are inspiring me to keep at it with all the great runs you've been posting.

1. Eat better
2. Exercise more
3. Spend less time online

I fail miserably with resolutions but these are things I've been thinking about in the past couple months and I have made some movement on already (e.g., signed up for weekly yoga classes, signed up for the new employer's fitness center). So I have a little bit of momentum going. I need to break them into a small set of yes/no activities to track (e.g., meal plan on Fridays, no more than two pieces of chocolate at work each day).

I've resolved to get back into my photography in 2012- I really let it slide toward the end of 2010, and just basically dropped it altogether in 2011. I used to ALWAYS carry a camera when I left the house, not counting the cell phone, and I'm going to start doing that again this year. I'm also going to attempt "Project 365" this year- take a pic every day and upload it to Flickr. (Realistically, a lot if not most of those will be cellphone pics, especially on workdays.)

I eat to fill life's voids so this year will see me work towards sitting at the table and not snacking while sitting on the sofa.
To encourage this improvement I am going to splurge in creating decorative table arrangements that delight me. I have no idea how difficult this will be to continue but it's an immediate visual/sensual reward to create something purely for decoration.

As for me, I started playing health month, so I guess my resolutions/goals are tied up in there. But the big one is running a half marathon sometime in May-ish.

(ooh and I think that's a great one, mightshould.)

decorative table arrangements that delight me - I don't know why, but I immediately imagined a dollhouse sitting on a dining room table and my getting so carried away with it that I ignored the meal sitting in front of me.

: )

OK. I promise to try and take pics. When I run out of ideas I'm coming to the bunnies for inspiration and suggestions.

Obviously there should be a bunny-themed arrangement.

Figure out how to do my job better. I got a new boss and a new boss's boss in the last year and I've really been struggling to figure out how to work for them. I actually like my boss quite a bit but she's brand new (one month) and doesn't know what we do and we're so overloaded with work that it's really really hard to work out a balance between the competing needs of the job. They're starting to implement a worker evaluation system this year so people are actually going to be paying attention to how I do and I don't want to suck.

My resolutions are:

1. 2-3 days of strength training each week.
2. Stick to my low-carb eating plan better.
3. Make routines and stick to them for work.

1) Be kinder, more forgiving, less judgmental.
2) Try harder, in everything.
3) Buy less. Stay on top of clutter.
4) Do more for other people.
5) Let the little stuff go.

Do more yoga and let some people into my life

Reach out and say yes to people and things; carry a real camera more often (hi, BP!); consume fewer things, and better things, more slowly; spend more time on a bike.

Last year I made three resolutions: To work on flexibility (the literal stretching and bending kind), to learn how to play chess (beyond just knowing the rules), and to resume some kind of language study.

I did pretty well on 2/3.

I haven't thought through this year's yet.

Stop smoking.

Live in a house.

Still working on the first and been working hard on the second - spent 15 hours a day for the past week while I was on holidays (except Christmas day) working towards getting the place finished. Back at work for four days, then two weeks off during which time we will move in. It won't be completely finished, but we will finally live in a house after three years living in a shed trying to build a house while working full-time.

Write.
Take things in stride.
Cook more.

I fail miserably on all counts daily.

Oh yes. I love them. They are mostly encapsulated in my Health Month rules.

Resolutions, when combined with a plan, journaling, and group support, have been life changing for me.

For all resolution makers, guess what? Health Month folks have put up a sweet little site called "Gonna Try."

Here is the link.