Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

New Years Resolutions [Merged]

  • 17-12-2006 05:49PM
    #1
    LundiMardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone have any new years resolutions to share with the board?

    Personally, i never cared much for these 'traditions', however, in the new year i do have a couple of resolutions that i want to stick to and i'm excited about what the new year holds for me.

    My resolutions so far...

    1. To get into peak physical condition, something which is very important to me
    2. To move outta the home, i haven't been in a position to do it financially for a long time until recently, i'm completely independent as i pay my own bills, rent, cook for myself etc, but i really need to get my own place, so this will be done in January and i look forward to it muchly:)
    3. Go back to college which i can't wait for!

    All this plus i'm starting the new year with a trip to somewhere i've always wanted to go. So hopefully '07 will be a good year.

    Anyone else care to share?


«1

Comments

  • #2
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    1. Go to the gym more. I managed to go fairly often this semester but I want to step it up a gear next semester.
    2. Get a first in my exams. I'm not sure how possible this is but there's no point in aiming lower imo.
    3. Write another play, a full length this time.
    4. Figure out what I want to do after the B.A. is done...


  • #3
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Same as last year and add in do more travelling, no more slaving to the man (the man being myself). :)


  • #4
    markk06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 195 ✭✭markk06


    brianthebard wrote:
    1. Go to the gym more. I managed to go fairly often this semester but I want to step it up a gear next semester.
    2. Get a first in my exams. I'm not sure how possible this is but there's no point in aiming lower imo.
    3. Write another play, a full length this time.
    4. Figure out what I want to do after the B.A. is done...


    snap!

    (Except for the play)

    (and swap BA with BSc)


  • #5
    rediguana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭rediguana


    *Switch all my writing from various message boards to my thesis.

    *Get into immaculate physical condition.

    *Get rich.


  • #6
    Backtoblack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 848 ✭✭✭Backtoblack


    Sharing is caring...

    1. I'm hoping to do some form of charity/volunteer work.
    2. I've just finished a dip by night, so I hope to start another course.
    3. Going to train myself out of talking out loud. Its annoying me!
    4. Continue on pretty much the same otherwise. :)


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    :|
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 960 ✭✭✭:|


    Go to all my lectures. Or most of them.


  • #8
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    Never understood this game. I make resolutions on a day to day basis and then immedially work to achieve them. The very notion that this process is condenced into someone elses predetermined schedule means it's already being taken out of your control before you even begin.


  • #9
    Sparky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,227 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    I had a list done up last year but unforseen things were thrown at me that defered me from doing so. Normally there is 3 important points that I try to get through. The others I forget about.
    • Try to travel abroad more
    • Get rid of my debt
    • Pass that friggen driving test!


  • #10
    Backtoblack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 848 ✭✭✭Backtoblack


    Sparky-s wrote:
    I had a list done up last year but unforseen things were thrown at me that defered me from doing so. Normally there is 3 important points that I try to get through. The others I forget about.
    • Try to travel abroad more
    • Get rid of my debt
    • Pass that friggen driving test!

    Oh that's another one of mine actually. -Travel more.
    & also to pass my driving test - I've failed 2 times now already.. I've applied though - and this time, I know how to reverse! :D
    (not that it matters anyway, i've been driving my car for 3 years now without being questioned about my licence)


  • #11
    keynesian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭keynesian


    why would i, I'm perfect in every way


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    JustCoz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 575 ✭✭✭JustCoz


    1. Get really fit by going to the gym more
    2. Turn over a new leaf in college and get my grades up
    3. Take up some sort of new class like dance or self-defence
    4.Finally apply for my provisional driving licence! Been meaning to do that for aaaaaages


  • #13
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I'm going to go out and start a fight with a total stranger... and I'm going to lose.


  • #14
    bluto63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭bluto63


    1) Keep up the gym with a little more effort
    2) Get 600 in my leaving :rolleyes:
    3) Make an album
    4) Go interrailing


  • #15
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    I've nothing that will come into effect bang on midnight on December 31st, but some things I'm going to put my effort into in the new year are:

    -Rejoin a gym and get fit once again.
    -Quit smoking fully
    -Travel, at least two holidays
    -Buy my first car
    -Complete my Certificate in Business Administration and move on to a degree in a different college

    Have probably a few more that could be added to the list, though some are very much dependant on other factors so can't really put them down as a resolution.


  • #16
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    biko wrote:
    I'm going to go out and start a fight with a total stranger... and I'm going to lose.

    Watching Fight Club? :)


  • #17
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    No more beer.
    Gym 3 times a week.


  • #18
    senordingdong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Hmmmm...cut out the chronic masturbation?


  • #19
    Killaqueen!!!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,026 ✭✭✭Killaqueen!!!


    A bit early for thinking about the new year for me but I shall make up a list which should be easy to keep to and then totally go off track mid-January.


  • #20
    Backtoblack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 848 ✭✭✭Backtoblack


    Ruu wrote:
    Watching Fight Club? :)

    I was going to ask if he was a Brad Pitt wannabe!
    ;)


  • #21
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Pigman II wrote:
    Never understood this game. I make resolutions on a day to day basis and then immedially work to achieve them. The very notion that this process is condenced into someone elses predetermined schedule means it's already being taken out of your control before you even begin.
    not really, negative nelly.
    my decision to try to quit smoking in the new year is not predetermined by anyone, nor is it influenced by anyone. i just find it a good time to quit.


  • Advertisement
  • #22
    Kojak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,801 ✭✭✭✭Kojak


    1. Try and become a Mod to see do they actually get paid as much as the legends say.

    2. Run away with Gráinne Seoige.


  • #23
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Kojak wrote:
    1. Try and become a Mod to see do they actually get paid as much as the legends say.
    Shhhut up.
    We don't get paid and I certainly didn't get a rise after becoming mod of another forum, and AH mods definitely don't get paid more than the other mods and sjones didn't come back as an AH mod because he missed the extra cash and we certainly don't get a bonus every time we ban someone. honestly.


  • #24
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    I became an AH mod again because I missed all the hotties sending me horny PMs.


  • #25
    Red Hand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,986 ✭✭✭Red Hand


    I shall aspire to

    become fit

    become intelligent

    and embrace my becoming.:)

    (and improve my sewing.)


  • #26
    Kur4mA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Kur4mA


    No more alcohol.
    Start training 4 days a week and start eating right aka lose weight and tone up.


  • #27
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Go to all my lectures.
    Write up my notes for lectures each day.
    Learn my notes on a regular basis.
    Pass exams.


  • #28
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,830 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    To creatively write that first novel with my co-author.


  • #29
    the Shades
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭the Shades


    I have plans (resolutions if you will) for the New Year but i find if I keep them to myself that way I don't look like a complete idiot come February when i haven't done anything about them.


  • #30
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    sjones wrote:
    I became an AH mod again because I missed all the hotties sending me horny PMs.
    FFS. stop giving all the secrets away. i tried to dispel all the myths and there you go giving more of the AH mod perks away to the other
    members.
    with great power comes great responsibility. this credo doesn't apply to AH mods. with great power comes the ability to abuse other members and call them silly names and stuff. eg: sjones is a pig lover.


  • Advertisement
  • #31
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Ruu wrote:
    Watching Fight Club? :)
    Sorry, I can't talk about it.


  • #32
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,224 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    Study more.


  • #33
    Sparky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,227 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    sjones wrote:
    I became an AH mod again because I missed all the hotties sending me horny PMs.

    Just imagine what us Cmods get! :)


  • #34
    Mrs_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Mrs_Doyle


    2007 will be the year that I buy an apartment. (Or at least, it will be the year that I saddle myself with a 30 year mortgage for an apartment)

    Apart from that, I would like to get into shape, but I said that last year and I still haven't managed it :p


  • #35
    exCrumlinBoyo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭exCrumlinBoyo


    One resolution comes to mind…

    To punch in the head anyone who pisses me off or takes advantage of my kind nature. I am sick of people taking advantage… I am winding up the arm right now so I will be ready on Jan 1st.

    Can’t you tell I am in the Joys of Christmas?


  • #36
    Lexus1976
    Closed Accounts Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Lexus1976


    1. Give up smoking
    2. Become fit
    3. Practice more at golf
    4. Learn a musical instrument - Guitar
    5. Finish writing my Novel


  • Advertisement
  • #37
    qwertplaywert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭qwertplaywert


    1:Lose Weight
    2:Start getting serious about my upcoming Junior Cert
    3:To save enough money over year to get hd tv at end of year.....
    4:To call net 1[www.net1.ie] at least 3 times a week till i get my fecking line test!been ringing once a week since june!
    5:to get accepted into ty.............
    6:to spend at least 6 hours online a day from july onwards............requires 4 and 5 to become sucesslyful though lol


  • #38
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    You have to get accepted into transition year now??


  • #39
    daiixi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭daiixi


    1. become an AH mod so I can have fit hotties message me
    2. stop lying (see 1)
    3. move home


  • #40
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,699 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    1. Figure out what I want to do with my life (been carrying this one over for about 5 years now)
    2. Start saving (again).
    3. Get a new job before I get fired from my current one


  • #41
    grimloch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭grimloch


    1. Remove college textbooks from their original packaging
    2. Read said books, no matter how boring they may be
    3. Not fail every exam I take

    On top of that, nows a good a time as any to learn to drive and not piss away all my money on alcohol.


  • Advertisement
  • #42
    Botswana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭Botswana


    Mine is simple: do one thing which will drastically change my life, for example, move to a different country, or make a total career change.

    What about you?


  • #43
    Lust4Life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,350 ✭✭✭Lust4Life


    1. Lose 5 pounds
    2. Gain back 5 pounds
    3. Resolve not to clean out the garage. It's just stuff.
    4. Be there for family.


  • #44
    R0ot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭R0ot


    Usual crap, get fit, get active etc. but also help my family out alot more :D


  • #45
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    going to try and beat the cigs once more, i was off them for 4 months this year (a new year resolution last january). but if i cant beat them im not going to try to stop again and just accept that im a smoker, and this is not a resolution but im going to give up cheffing for a while i have been doing it since i was 17 and need a break


  • #46
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    R0ot wrote:
    Usual crap, get fit, get active etc. but also help my family out alot more :D

    how about getting your sig within regulation too? :p


    me: **** i have no idea, get a few more hobbies/activities, get a bit fitter, be a bit more of a "wild" person :o:D


  • #47
    InFront
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭InFront


    I was going to do the Baz Luhrmann/ "do one thing every day that scares you" thing, but I figure that I'd probably just end up sticking a fork into an electric socket every morning at breakfast and then doing nothing productive for the rest of the day.

    I think it's a better idea just to try to be a good person pretty much all the time, the idea of a "new year" itself is such a demoralising thing, one always expects there will be another year to follow it ipso facto, whereby one can make up for broken resolutions once more, so you end up never really sticking to anything.


  • #48
    CathyMoran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    1. To get fit
    2. To start writing a book
    3. To get into my artwork again
    4. To spend more time with my family
    5. To do a LOT of travelling
    6. To learn how to cook
    7. To do more housework


  • #49
    hamster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭hamster


    Hey folks,

    A new year again....last year went so fast. January is usually a pit of despair for me. So I again I'm looking into new resolutions. Normally I don't get far with them but hey at least something gets done rather than nothing.

    This year I'm aiming at these 12 points:

    1. Keep up the daily walk/jog after work.
    2. Keep up an interest in a game and complete it.
    3. Keep reading a new book (The Dark Tower series - never read it and meant to).
    4. Try to learn, re-learn and practise IT skills. It gets tiring year after year.
    5. Focus a little harder on the day job. Avoid thinking the -ve inflexibility.
    6. Reduce the rubbish intake at weekend where possible. Counteracts the weekdays. It would be nice to have teeth for old age. :D
    7. Avoid big money spends where possible.
    8. Continue to save/invest for the future.
    9. Pay off a little extra more of the mortgage this year.
    10. Listen a bit closer to other people and their interests.
    11. Getting to bed on time (12am).
    12. Try to learn something new every day. No matter how small. Anything! A word even.

    Might even organize a schedule for this year. Generally I find very little time in the evenings and unexpected events can get in the way.

    The 1st 5 are specific points and remaining 5 are general.

    Oh well that's the theory... in practise it could be very different. I'm curious to know what other people want to improve on in the new year? :)


  • #50
    lilrayosunshine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭lilrayosunshine


    Go back to the gym
    Pass my exams
    Get a Promotion (more money)
    Not fight with the boyfriend so much
    Pay off my debts
    Go to a part of the world I have never been

    That's about it.. I'm not one for resolutions.. this is more my plan for the next few months!


  • #51
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    New Years Resolution Mega Merge


  • Advertisement
Advertisement