Oh Go On Then.... Your New Years Resolutions!

[Si Hunt]

What are they?

What do you aim to improve about yourself in the year 2008 in the timescale you call anno domini?

Si.

[Simon R]

Mine is to dress how I want, be who I want...and to live life...in a happy way.

[Si Hunt]

- To be less stressed
- To work out more intensely/be more disciplined
- Not to swear
- Not to say anything negative about someone when they arn't there
- To concentrate on what/who is most important

Si.

[Paul Clement]

Too lose a couple of stone in weight.

[Pip Madeley]

In order of importance:

1. Lose weight
2. Get a new job
3. Finish the house

All three would be nice, but I plan to keep (at minimum) two of these resolutions.

[Zbigniev Hamson]

Hmm, I would have thought the priorities of 1 and 2 would be the other way round. Unless you're not too bothered about getting a new job really, or are wanting to get a job as a trapeze artist

[Pip Madeley]

I'd say they were about equal. But yes, I want one a teeny bit more than t'other.

[Alex]

1) To lose weight.
2) To do the online dating thing again now that I'm almost back to normal legwise.
3) Find work - & thankfully it looks like I'm going to stage manage another play quite soon which should be quite cool.
4) Do more unusual and fun things that I haven't so far done in my life. I'd love to travel abroad at least once this year for one thing, though that'll depend on how no.3 goes I guess.

[Pip Madeley]

2) To do the online dating thing again now that I'm almost back to normal legwise.

I would've put

4. Stop being single

but I'll leave that to chance.

[Anthony Williams]

to lose weight... primarily by eating more healthily, going to the gym, and cutting down on booze!

Ant x

[Zbigniev Hamson]

There seem to be a lot of porkers* about










*said in a not-really-trying-to-cause-offence sort of way

[Alex]

but I'll leave that to chance.

Ah, I tried that, now I'm gonna step things up a gear!

[SiHart]

I'm not a great one for resolutions, as they're rarely kept to, but I had such a great time last night without drinking more than a couple of sips of champagne, that I think I'm going to limit my drinking a little more (not that i drink a great deal), if only to avoid the viscious hangovers I tend to get after a long drinking session these days.

Oh and I AM going to learn to drive this year too. Eventually.

Si xx

[WhiteCrow]

Mrs Crow is resolved that we move this year!

We're planning on up and moving areas sometime this year, before Cameron goes to big school. We have a couple of areas in mind, but we'll see. Ironically the last 12 months I've felt the most settled down I've ever felt. That said, sentiment aside, there are a lot of good reasons to try something new.

[cullsoft]

So far, I've got two going...

- At work, at the end of last year, we were asked to come up with new years resolutions to both help ourselves and help improving/redeveloping the business. Mine was to "improve my expanded role" - i.e. improve my skills beyond the general techy/web admin stuff, notably in Flash development, creative skills/Photoshop knowledge, and some of my more "businessy" skills such as my telephone and client-facing manner (at least to the point where the managers are happy to take/send me to client meetings).

- At home, a rather simple one - break cleaning my teeth every day into my daily routine. I'm sure I've said before about trying to improve my poor dental hygiene, and whilst it had improved a little, I was brushing very infrequently and only mouthwashing every couple of days or so. Part of the problem is that things like that are very "routine-based" for me (i.e. if it's part of my routine I seem to do it semi-automatically, but if it isn't I easily forget about it), so if I spend at least all of January consciously remembering to brush them every night, hopefully it'll become second nature to do so.

[Rob McCow]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarlings,

This year I am UTTERLY RESOLVED to make sure that I don't stop being totally gorgeous and wonderful, even for a second! Mwah!

[Si Hunt]

Don't let this thread flop a second year!

Reading back, did you keep yours?

Si.

[SiHart]

Oh and I AM going to learn to drive this year too. Eventually.

YES! Hooray!

Si xx

[Captain Tancredi]

I tend to pick about ten goals that I want to achieve by the end of the year and see how I get on- this year I've achieved two, possibly three.

I wasn't really thinking about it much this year, but the other day somebody in work suggested a weight-losing competition over the first three months of the year to raise funds (through an entry fee) for the local hospice, so I'm up for that.

[Rob McCow]

Ooo - sounds interesting, Ian.

Looks like last year's resolution was kept with aplomb!

In 2009 I am resolved to write a book.


THEN MAKE PEOPLE READ IT! HAHAHAHAHAHASHAHHAHAHAH!!!!!!

[cullsoft]

Well, I've already done a short workout with a pair of dumbbells I picked up in the sales yesterday, so there's a stereotypical resolution being put into practice.

"Proper" resolutions are:
- Improve my people skills (something I say all the time, not just new year...) and try to get to the root of why work has been pissing me off more than being enjoyable lately;
- Try to build up some "sell-able skills" that could be used at work and help drag me out of the rut my current skills seem to have got me stuck in;
- Learn to drive (more of a resolution my Mum made for me);
- Read more, write more, and spend fewer days "dossing around" on the computer rather than doing something useful

[Anthony Williams]

My 2009 resolution - to lose the weight that I failed to lose in 2008!

Ant x

[Si Hunt]

Time for this ever-popular thread to be dug back up. Are the four of you that replied happy you kept your resolutions for this year?

Si.

[Rob McCow]

Well, I've done my one for 2009 in 2010, so I suppose that's something.

Does Ant still need to lose weight? Will Alex get his leg fixed in 2011? Does Pip have a girlfriend (suppose we won't know the answer to that one)? I think everyone has learned to drive now though!

[Dino]

Pretty much given up alcohol when I didn't even make it a resolution.
My New Year's Resolution is to see Paul McCartney live.
That'll do.