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Old 30-12-2016, 21:00
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I think it is a way of doing something you were meant to do last year but never got around to doing it. But why should a new year make you want to do something when you could have done it months ago
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:05
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I thought it was a pretty widely known fact that people make new years resolutions? Strange question. Of course I believe in them.
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:08
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Strange question...
Not for the OP ..
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:08
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I do.

The end of the year might just be a number, but mentally, I find it useful to try and think of ways I could do better next year, I think it can give you a boost- some incentive to work towards, even if I do only end up keeping it up for a couple of months. I always tell myself, next year, it'll be a change for good!
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:17
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Don't really go in for them myself.

I do see how they could help some people with whatever they've vowed to do or not do from a psychological viewpoint. On the flipside I could see how they might even hinder others. It would depend on the person.
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:17
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New year, new start.
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:18
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not anymore, I used to but realised I am just setting myself up for a new year fail
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:22
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Not really resolutions but obviously 1st January is a neat interlude into starting a goal.

My goal from the 1st this year is to cut out the junk food and hit the gym for a wedding I have and also to ebay or throw out all the junk I've collected in my room.
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:51
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For the last few years, my resolution has been to become a vegetarian but I've failed miserably each time. 😒

So this year I'm setting my sights lower and I'm going to try to become a pescatarian. 🐟
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:57
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For the last few years, my resolution has been to become a vegetarian but I've failed miserably each time. 😒

So this year I'm setting my sights lower and I'm going to try to become a pescatarian. 🐟

Watch Finding Nemo on repeat and it'll help you go full hog . Good luck either way
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Old 30-12-2016, 22:00
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For 2017 I aiming to change my job and get paid a lot more and enjoy what I do.
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Old 30-12-2016, 22:22
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I think the very point of New Year is that it's used as an opportunity to celebrate a turning point - yes, it's an arbritrary one but I think pretty much everyone takes at least a moment or so to reflect on their lives at New Year. For many it's far more than a moment and it's a highly emotional few days. My mum for example absolutely hates New Year as she thinks about the years when her parents were alive and gets upset about it.

So given that it's a time of reflection it does make sense to use this moment to resolve to improve your life in some way. I'm not sure it's a good idea to do something drastic like quit your job or give up a major addiction or anything like that, as these are big challenges that shouldn't be taken on during drunken emotional impulse. However, if it's something like "exercise more", "learn French this year", "make contact with X person at least once a week" etc, that can only be a good thing if they stick to it.

I don't think it should be expected of you though - some of my work colleagues tend to ask "what was your resolution" as if everyone should take something on. Last year I ended the year very well and didn't really have many ideas for how I should improve my life. This year there are challenges I should address and I do intend to make a couple of resolutions, but I don't think people should feel the need to do it for the sake of it - as I say, for me it's about capitalising on a fixed moment in which you are likely to think seriously about your life, and do something good with that moment.
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Old 30-12-2016, 22:37
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I'm split between starting a Kickstarter to create a time machine or Death Stars. The latter I'm hoping to sell to Trump to protect the US-Mexico border in case the former is impractical. I might as well make some money during the dystopian future if I can't go back and change it.

I'm thinking of just making lots of balloons and painting them to look like Death Stars in order to save money. They'll be manned by eager volunteers who'll no doubt already have sniper rifles.

I'm also going to make sure there's a tiny vent that people can attack with darts fired from remote-controlled drones just to be authentic. I'm also planning on selling those drones.

I'm already on a diet, so I thought I'd make a different resolution this year. I think this is probably my first realistic resolution. After 2016, anything feels possible.
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Old 30-12-2016, 23:07
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I've never been able to create lasting change by making a New Year's resolution. I don't think they really work a lot of the time, unless there's another kind of change in your life to aid it - for instance a friend of mine broke up with a long term boyfriend in December some years ago and resolved to spend more time with friends in the new year, which was obviously easier now that she was newly single and didn't want to stay cooped up in the house by herself watching Netflix. I'd assume it would have happened anyway whether it was a New year's resolution or not, and the timing of the breakup just made it quite convenient.

Although I guess I'm planning on not slipping with my exercise and keep it as a priority the way I have been doing since November, whilst also increasing my hours at work, but that's because my husband is going to have more time at home so he can cook dinner and I can be in the gym. Again, it's just coincidence that this shift happens in January, and both of these changes happen for us at the same time.
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Old 31-12-2016, 04:35
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Marian Keyes retweeted someone who said that in their family they all make a resolution for someone else which I thought was quite cute
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Old 31-12-2016, 07:56
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I gave up resolutions a very long time ago because I started making "To Do" lists instead. I'll list 30 different things i'd ideally want to do and if i can achieve a third of that then i'll consider it a decent year.

Not been so great the past couple of years because it's been less than 10 each time, but onwards and upwards and all that
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:11
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Personally, I believe that the type of people who need to use a date as an incentive to achieve a goal (e.g. to start losing weight) are the type of folk who are more likely to fail in achieving the said goal. Making changes requires full on commitment that goes beyond silly start and end dates. That's my opinion anyway.

So to answer the question; no, I don't believe in making new year resolutions for myself. However, throughout the year I am constantly evaluating my life choices and set myself new targets etc.
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:26
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Personally, I believe that the type of people who need to use a date as an incentive to achieve a goal (e.g. to start losing weight) are the type of folk who are more likely to fail in achieving the said goal. Making changes requires full on commitment that goes beyond silly start and end dates. That's my opinion anyway.

So to answer the question; no, I don't believe in making new year resolutions for myself. However, throughout the year I am constantly evaluating my life choices and set myself new targets etc.
This for me

I understand for others who live different lifestyles to myself see this time of year as a time to change

But I live differently to that mentality, I evaluate my life regularly throughout the year, things I've done, decisions I've made, targets I've reached or yet to reach etc

I don't need a new start to change anything in my life really

For me it pointless

For that reason, I'm out
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Old 31-12-2016, 10:49
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The mods could have a New Year resolution to ban some of the joke posters.
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Old 31-12-2016, 11:02
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My resolution this year is to give up using aerosol deodorant. Roll on 2017.
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Old 01-01-2017, 21:50
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Depends whether I can think of any. One resolution I have made is to have my flat as tidy as I can, at least at the end of as many weekends as possible. I took a lot of recycling out yesterday and have plenty more tonight!
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Old 02-01-2017, 03:24
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The last one I made was to stop eating citrus fruit flavour crisps and it went really well. I've never been able to think of another as good though.
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Old 02-01-2017, 04:06
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I don't make resolutions as such, or I don't look at them that way. I kind of use it to look back on my year, and what I'd like to change about it. This year I'm going to work on my health, and try to actually address my problems rather than put everyone and everything else in front of them. That, for me, will also involve losing some more weight, and hopefully building some more muscle (cos I'm convinced if I'm stronger I'll find coping with my health problems easier!).
For 2014, I decided to rid myself of things that made me unhappy and be a more positive person. That actually lead to me to stop drinking alcohol. In 2015, I decided to find myself a hobby or something just for me, which led me to start my architecture degree. During 2015 I was really suffering with my head, but did nothing about it. So as 2016 approached I planned to get to the bottom of it. It's took me a year, but I got a proper, set in stone diagnosis just before Christmas.
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