It’s getting to be that time of year. Time to start thinking about those resolutions. You know, the grand ones. I’ll eat only healthy. I’ll keep my bodyfat below 5% all year long. I won’t be a Troll and hijack anyone’s thread.
How about some you can keep? My resolution for 2008 was to “Eat Better Chocolate!” Now I didn’t say eat more. I figured that if I was going to continue to enjoy chocolate I would seek out the best. Dark chocolate with slivers of roasted hazelnuts and orange. Raspberry amaretto white chocolate. A friend went to Europe and I gave him some money and just said get some good stuff. He brought back some French chocolate that was unreal.
I haven’t decided mine for 2009 but I helped a friend with his. “Drink Better Beer!” He’s going to start a notebook and try every beer carried by Total Wine. He’ll list each beer and give it a grade. We figured this resolution will probably be good for a few years.
I’m with Jehova. New Years resolutions are for people that lack motivation to get up and do something now. If it is about something for a hobby, then I guess a N.Y.R. is fine, but if it is about something you really care about, you would have the motivation to work towards that goal as soon as possible, not waiting until a “new year,” a term relating to measurement created by man.
[quote]OrangeBroccoli wrote:
I’m with Jehova. New Years resolutions are for people that lack motivation to get up and do something now. If it is about something for a hobby, then I guess a N.Y.R. is fine, but if it is about something you really care about, you would have the motivation to work towards that goal as soon as possible, not waiting until a “new year,” a term of measurement created by man.[/quote]
No, New Year’s Resolutions are for people who actually vow to change themselves for the better, and come through with it. Most of the people, unfortunately, that tend to make NYRs do not follow up with them - That’s a problem with culture, not principle.
Two years ago, I made a New Year’s Resolution to “get healthier and lose 50 pounds.” 135 lbs and 12 pants sizes later…
[quote]SSC wrote:
OrangeBroccoli wrote:
I’m with Jehova. New Years resolutions are for people that lack motivation to get up and do something now. If it is about something for a hobby, then I guess a N.Y.R. is fine, but if it is about something you really care about, you would have the motivation to work towards that goal as soon as possible, not waiting until a “new year,” a term of measurement created by man.
No, New Year’s Resolutions are for people who actually vow to change themselves for the better, and come through with it. Most of the people, unfortunately, that tend to make NYRs do not follow up with them - That’s a problem with culture, not principle.
Two years ago, I made a New Year’s Resolution to “get healthier and lose 50 pounds.” 135 lbs and 12 pants sizes later…[/quote]
why wait till New Year’s though? makes no sense. I mean I guess it’s a mental thing of a fresh start, but I personally don’t see anything special from Dec. 31-Jan 1
no sense in procrastinating or waiting til “tomorrow” to do something. the time is always now, whether you do something now, or do something then, it will always be NOW when you do it. so just get it over with.
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
I don’t make resolutions. If something needs changing, it’s stupid to wait till New Year’s to make the change.[/quote]
For the most part I’m with you, but I do like it as a convenient time to reassess goals, even if I end up evaluating them on the fly and not using them for the whole “new year.” I’ll make changes based on my goals on the fly though for sure.
I’d say in general it’s just like an instinctive thing to look at the new year and use it as a point to look back/forward, whether or not you need that as a catalyst for changes is a different thing entirely.