New Years Resolutions -- What does 2005 hold for you?

[Blue_Kryptonite]

- I want to get back to my fresh-from-boot-camp Navy Fighting Weight of 225. That's 50 pounds, and half of it is due to heart medicine, which is almost ready to drop off again. 25 pounds in a year shouldn't be too hard.

- I will complete and send in my continually revised novel to at least three publishers. Wizards opening the new line is a good incentive.

- I will complete the other two novels that are sort of half-finished. Same deal as above.

- I will eat out less. Its where all our spare budget ends up.

- I will procrastinte less about minutia, and I will not allow the resolution of that procrastination as an excuse to not finish my novels.

- I will finally, after two years, buy that darn Total Gym. I had one in the cart at least twice, didn't go through with it.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

(1) Take control of my bi-polar through whatever treatment works best so that it no longer controls me.

(2) Make new friends.

(3) Get all A's for the whole year.

(4) Eat steak... often.

(5) Read at least 1 non-school book per month (I'm starting with Wicked, I really like it).

(6) Learn to knit.

(7) Create no new credit card debt (confound you VISA!).

 

[Turanil]

1) Must exercise and workout almost 1 hour per day, 3 to 5/week. I want a good looking physique to help with resolution #2. (Note that I was at 220 pounds one year ago, in stopping eating all junk food and bread-pizza, etc., and milk-based food I easily lost 50 lb! But now I need exercise to lose what remains and get a good shape)

2) Want to find a girlfriend (my age, brunette, and who loves sex...)

3) Finish my sci-fi campaign setting book, the one I have been working on for years, always rewriting everything before completing anything... Then, I must begin the novel based on that setting.

4) Do what I must do to become financially secure. That clearly wasn't the case this year of 2004!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

1) Getting my butt back to school.

2) Save for GenCon/Get a job.

3) Losing weight. Got to be able to fit into a tux and look good in it for my sister's wedding.

4) Organize, organize, organize. Got too much stuff and not enough space to fit it all. I'll most likely make electronic copies of all my old but important info then shred the original.

5) Learn how to build a computer.

 

[EricNoah]

Simplify. Cut out some of the clutter. This means cleaning out my office and getting rid of a bunch of RPG and other stuff I'm not using, or at least box it up and store it somewhere. (Mrs. Noah and I are making a good start on some pre-spring cleaning -- need to keep it up! Lots of stuff to toss or donate or otherwise get rid of.)

Diet and exercise. Perhaps I should be more specific. I started keeping a journal about 10 years ago and every other entry since then mentions diet and exercise. Fortunately I'm at a pretty stable weight and a good starting place right now; and fortunately I am eating more healthily than I have in years. Unfortunately I am not increasing my exercise efforts. My mini-goal is to make sure I get my bike up on my trainer down in the basement so I can "go for a ride" when the urge strikes. But exercise, for me, needs to be more of a habit than "when the urge strikes." In the summer it's easy -- I bike or hike every day or every other day. In the winter it's harder, for a variety of reasons. Yet if I don't, I lose ground for the next summer; too much of next summer will be spent huffing and puffing to get into shape so I can enjoy riding and hiking. It's a vicious circle. I have a job where I get home about 4pm almost every day. I have aerobic videos and some weights and my bike and an exercise area and a nice neighborhood where I could go walking or jogging (even when it's cold). There is no reason in the world why I can't use 45 min to 1 hour between 4 and 6 pm to do some kind of exercise. The key to this will be saying "no" to the computer between 4 and 6. Hopping on the computer right after work is what kills the momentum.

Related to the above: cook/shop more and eat out less. Part of this depends on Mrs. Noah's schedule -- I have no desire to cook for myself. But when I know she's going to be home, cooking and eating at home saves money, time, and calories.

RPG Related: I am starting to get "campaign-itis" -- I'm getting tired of long-running campaigns. Maybe it's because I'm realizing all of the stuff I'll never get to do if all I do is run the same character for 3 years (or run the same campaign). I am going to continue my current campaign but I'm also going to seek out some folks who want to be in a more "round robin" style group where each person will take responsibility for running one-shots or mini-campaigns (2-3 adventures tops). I have tons of Dungeon mags and other modules I'd love to run (or play in).

 

[Captain Loincloth]

For my very first post:

QUIT SMOKING!!!

 

[Turanil]

1) Must exercise and workout almost 1 hour per day, 3 to 5/week. I want a good looking physique to help with resolution #2. (Note that I was at 220 pounds one year ago, in stopping eating all junk food and bread-pizza, etc., and milk-based food I easily lost 50 lb! But now I need exercise to lose what remains and get a good shape)

2) Want to find a girlfriend (my age, brunette, and who loves sex...)

3) Finish my sci-fi campaign setting book, the one I have been working on for years, always rewriting everything before completing anything... Then, I must begin the novel based on that setting.

4) Do what I must do to become financially secure. That clearly wasn't the case this year of 2004!

In fact, I also had a fifth new year's resolution. However, thinking a little bit more about it, i came to the conclusion it was unrealistic, and so must abandon it:

5) Post 100 times per day for each day of the year so by the end of 2005 I will beat Crothian's posts count...

 

[Angcuru]

Well, by the summer I'll have finished two years of college, gotten my Associates Degree (Psychology), and have no debt whatsoever, so that's good.

I'm never, EVER going to buy junk food ever again, and once I finish off what I've got, doing the same but with eating instead of buying. Both actually.

The previous works into this one. I need to get into shape. I'm not in terrible shape, just average, but I need a better physique, as that brings with it better stamina and more overall energy. The last time I was in really good shape was when I was 12. NO LONGER! Despite the physical demand of my job, I don't get much of a work out, but it still tires me out, so I can't work out after work. On weekends I'm just plain tired and sleepy, so can't do it then. BUT I have lots of time after classes in in the upcoming semester, so I can get some in then.

Also, I must find the source of the curse I seem to be under. I'm a good looking guy, so I find a good deal of girls are attracted to me, and most girls I talk to end up telling me that I'm 'a great guy', 'one in a million', that sort of thing. BUT all of the girls I find my self attracted to either happen to be in a relationship already, or only want meaningless sex. This may come as a shock, but I'm not interested in the latter. I could get plenty of it if I wanted, but I don't want it. DAMN IT!

 

[Turanil]

<...>[girl who] only want meaningless sex.

Such a thing does indeed exist? For me, and despite living in France (and what it's supposed to mean), this only belongs to science-fiction. (I.e.: space-opera, not hard sci-fi of course...)

 

[Zappo]

I'm going to get my degree, and then start making some money. In order of decreasing likelyhood but increasing enjoyment, I may find a job as a programmer, or work with my dad, or make a big gamble and see if I can sell a few videoconferencing ideas I have. I'd love to make videogames, but that's not gonna happen for a while.

I'm going to open the Planescape Ultima Online Italia game server.

I'm going to complete the Abyssal Campaign.

I'm going to keep up my quest for either true love, or meaningless sex. For some reason, I keep finding stuff which lies somewhere in-between.