Hi everyone - hope you're not too worst for wear after last night!
Just wondering what everyones resolutions are?
I have made a few, the main one is to keep in contact with my friends and family a bit better. A dear friend of mine died just before Christmas and I totally regret that I didn't visit her as often as I could have. She was a wonderful lady and I miss her loads. It was all very sudden so we didn't know she was going to die, but it still doesn't stop my regret. I won't let that happen again!
Friends and family are the most important things in our lives so we shouldn't neglet them.
Emmalou, that's so sad, and hindsight is a wonderful thing, I'm sure your friend knew how much she meant to you......you can't go forward looking backward, so feel regret and remember your friendship cos I'm sure she did, I really feel for you, and hope 2006 brings you many smiles and happier memories...
My New Year Resolution....don't really have one!! I never stick to them anyway, though I intend to really pull my finger out and build my little business into a multi million pound operation, sell it on and buy an Island for all those who wish too, to join the A4A commune....Delilah is sailing us there, apparently..... :o ;D ;)
I didn't see my friend as often as I would have liked before he was killed and I deeply regretted it but I spoke to his sister and she told me that was just the nature of our relationship and that I was still his closest friend - we just didn't need to keep proving it to ouselves. Anyway, I still miss him loads but now just regret that I am not going to see him again - the immense hurth does get better though.
I am like lottie in that I do not do resolutions. If I want to change somethig I can try and fail at anytime of the year e.g. gave up smoking in September and had a ciggie last night ???
I fall into the camp of not doing resolutions for the new year either.
Quote from: redclanger on January 01, 2006, 19:04:19
I am like lottie in that I do not do resolutions. If I want to change somethig I can try and fail at anytime of the year e.g. gave up smoking in September and had a ciggie last night ???
Agreed but sometimes it's good to have a date to psych yourself up for and what better than the start of a new year?Â
I've made about 2,000 of them this year, that way I know I'll stick to at least one <g>
Just a side note guys. There is something special about this new year. They said on the TV last night that for the first time in a very long time that there was no moon on new year eve night, There fore if you make a resolution this year you must stick to it and it will come true because of the lack of the moon. :)
Joji xx
Well at the stroke of midnight last night I put my smokes up in smoke
no back..... chewing gum or patches...just sheer bloody mindedness
someone did say I would fall at the first hurdle because its the stables
party tommorow night...but I am over 21 hours in and heeeeey its not as
bad as I thought !!!! :o :o....this is the first year I have done something like
this let me tell you..... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Jags, me ol matey, whehay!!! ;D ;D ;D Well done you, and if you need a f*g, just go chew cardboard, it's very similar.......really..... ;D
Good luck mate.
OK....if you need a ciggie ::), wonder what that'll be turned into...this censor thingies mind is in the gutter!!!
Land Ahoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regrets I had a few, but try to put things right whenever I can especially New Year!
Go for it Jags, can't remember how long it is since I stopped smoking , but well done you adnGood Luck from another ex-smoker ;D
Clang why did you have a f*g mate if you'd not had one since Sept? If you're going to give up then you have to really give it up and not succumb. You have to be tough with yourself. You'll not regret it :)
My new years resolution is not to neglect my wife and family and look after them, and I am so sorry
Don't really make them....but once again, as every year, I plan to exercise more, so more time spent gardening and allotmenteering, and eating healthier, so more home grown fruit and veggies on the plate! Can't get fairer than that.
And this is the year of economising in this household....grrr.... one day Rodney, we will be millionaires.... ;D
Cant say i need to make any- couple of months ago i had a complete turnaround on my life after i nearly lost it, long story with a 4x4 versus my bike- i lost.
Jags- good luck, you realise you cant smoke again or we will all nag you.
For all of you who make new year resolutions good luck, i never do, i just cannot get past the first week. One year i made one to say no when i did not want to do something instead of being a yes girl and wearing myself out, i lasted for a whole 2 days ::) He he!!.
Jaggy go for it, my husband went cold turkey, 17 years ago and never looked back, good luck do your best. ;D
I gave up fags 3 days before Christmas hope to stay off them as i found that they were costing me £74.00 a month phew! what a shock that revelation was, hope to save up the cash and put it towards a greenhouse.
On the grounds that I always break my resolutions asap, I am making a resolution to be celibate in 2006 ... ;) [oooops did I just say that!]
To make this year less crappy than last. ::)
To do more Gardening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ALSO the good old one not too much Chocolate and caffeine!
Funny how New Year Resolutions usually involve giving up something we enjoy (eg fags and alcohol) or having to do something we don't enjoy (eg exercising)!! :) Not fun eh!
Good luck to those giving up smoking! I managed it 7 years ago and it wasn't easy. I had tried several times before and failed. The reason I managed it this time was because I avoided the things I associated with smoking. I avoided meeting friends at the pub as it was much too tempting. I also kept myself occupied during work breaks and avoided going outside. Sounds drastic, but it was the only way for me. I did use a Nicorette Inhalator for the first few weeks which helped take the edge off. Never used it in public as it looked ridiculous having something that looked like a cross between a tampon applicator and a pen lid hanging out of my mouth! ;D Not sure if they still sell them?
Don't be tempted to say "Just one won't hurt", as I can guarantee it will end up with you going back to smoking. Also if you OH still smokes it will be much harder for you - get them to give up too!
I have to say I felt so much healthier for giving up. I even started to enjoy foods that I never used to - I guess my tastebuds had been dulled by the smoking.
You can even treat yourself to something nice with the money you will save - I bought myself a car!
Anyway - again Good Luck!
(Us ex smokers do go on eh!)Â :)
Didn't make any as I knew I would break them. I have a particularly stressful time coming up and need all the comfort food, booze, late nights, lay-ins etc I can get.
I resolve to:-
stop drinking, get thin, get fit, dig my allotment and ooh there's just one more ......
stop telling lies ::)
I'm going to learn how to spell and not to get locked in sheds.... ::)
Dagnabbit! It's only the 2nd day of the new year and already my healthy eating has gone out of the window! Had a packet of Minstrels in my afternoon break and .... couldn't be a*sed to go to the gym after work, hahahaha! Good start, Sam ::)
I have a few aims for this year...
1. Get a new job
2. Make my garden more productive and more pretty
3. I will shortly be starting a riding course, which I aim to do my best at
4. stop stressing about things
5. be more patient
I think that's it really.
I made 10 for last year, must look back at them to see how well I did (or not!)
my new years resolutions is to chuck son off laptop so i can get online more ,to talk to all you lovely peeps , and my matey lottie ;) ;) ;) ;)
;D ;D ;D Cheers Dibs!! Shall I come and sort him out? Wards, will lend me Russ.......
he is all yours lottie will need a chain saw to separate son and laptop
.....and not to be so afraid of the dentist :'(
1. Lose weight. OH wants to as well so he wants soup and salad all week. Grrr, what with salad ingredients travelling half round the world and all that....
2. Improve fitness
3. Give up chocolate. Divine (sold in Oxfam shops) is simply divine, and imho, better than Green & Blacks.
4. Drink more water (well, at the mo, cooled boiled water or bottled), she types while drinking coke.
5. Write diary more regularly
6. Read more (got a library. Mimi - want to borrow any books!!!?)
7. Manage time more efficiently...