New Year's Resolution Thread

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thinkreadwritecode

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I thought I'd start this off. There were years where I didn't have any resolutions because that was normie and cliche, but now I find it to be acceptable to myself to formulate a few goals and trajectories.

For myself:

Goals
- Lose 30 lbs and maintain at 170 (I've already lost 25)
- New career remote job

Trajectories
- Write more non-journal stuff
- Develop cooking skills more
- Develop reading comprehension more (I read enough but I'd like to get more out of it)
- Develop coding ability
- Understand technology better
- Develop prayer life more and church attendance
- Utilize free time for hobbies and interests more
- More involved parenting
- Natural foods
 
My biggest ones as of writing are:

- Get some lingering mental health stuff under control
- Find some like-minded people (friends)
- Transition into a career where I am around like-minded (Christian) people
- Stop wasting time and get the things I've been neglecting done
- Get some hobbies that aren't just escape mechanisms
- Find a Church where I will feel like I belong
- Improve my memory
 
Caduceus said:
Thread title should be changed to:

"New year's resolutions I have managed to keep to in the past 10 years."
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Haha...yeah. I hate New Years resolutions. Sure sign that someone's not serious about losing weight or whatever it is. Good on you if you're an exception, but for the most part if someone is serious about making some important change in their life they don't wait until an arbitrary date on the calendar to start.

I think a lot of my bitterness comes from having to skip the gym for the first two weeks of every January because it's unusable due to the hordes of new years resolutioners. By January 15th it's always back to normal.
 
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I think it's natural that after the long holiday period, there is a sense of getting back to work and making progress in life. Personally, I want to buckle down more at my job and accomplish a lot in the next weeks and months. Likewise, it's only natural to want to get in better shape, and to get some projects done in my personal life.

I expect I will eventually push through and complete the projects that are on my plate right now. They pretty much have to be done, but I want to double down and push through to finish them quickly.

Improving fitness is an long term challenge. It's only natural to double down on it right now.
 
thinkreadwritecode said:
I thought I'd start this off. There were years where I didn't have any resolutions because that was normie and cliche, but now I find it to be acceptable to myself to formulate a few goals and trajectories.

For myself:

Goals
- Lose 30 lbs and maintain at 170 (I've already lost 25)
- New career remote job

Trajectories
- Write more non-journal stuff
- Develop cooking skills more
- Develop reading comprehension more (I read enough but I'd like to get more out of it)
- Develop coding ability
- Understand technology better
- Develop prayer life more and church attendance
- Utilize free time for hobbies and interests more
- More involved parenting
- Natural foods
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Kek...

Well, I didn't lose the weight, I was on a roll at the beginning of the year but then life became highly chaotic and I stopped being as disciplined in my diet as I was.

No new remote job, but a new career in starting my own business.

I did develop my cooking skills, I did better with my reading, I'm understanding science and technology better, I did not work on my coding due to my new career and other interests taking over, and I have gotten a lot better at using my free time. I stopped all social media usage. My parenting is also better, I'm more engaged with my kid, particularly with school.

As for 2025, I am looking forward to a good year by growing my business and continuing my side hustles and hobbies. I am mostly looking forward to the growth I will experience that will take me in directions I cannot predict.
 
For the past almost decade I would sit and write a list of at least 10 new years resolutions down before or during new years on a piece of paper, sometimes with my wife too, then at the end of each year check it again and see what we managed to do or not.

It was quite a good thing and at least 30-50% was usually achieved, It was never my intention to get 100%, we wrote a mixture or easy, medium and then just wild almost impossible resolutions.
 
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