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Are You Making New Year Resolutions?

x Hedge — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 08:39:52 GMT

My resolution is to stop being so lazy and be more purposefully active. It's not like I don't know the pitfalls of inactivity. I need to practice what I preach in 17.

Re: Are You Making New Year Resolutions?

Carriestp — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:02:49 GMT

I never have and never will.

Re: Are You Making New Year Resolutions?

hckynut — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:14:07 GMT

(thread title)

No. I decided decades ago that my making a resolution had nothing to do with entering a new year. My resolutions were made and kept for changes in how I live my life, and were a promise to myself, no one else. If I made a resolution, it became a permanent part of my life, and is still my way of life.

hckynut(john)

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Stray — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:43:00 GMT

same one I do every year!

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meallen616 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 10:15:01 GMT

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Desertdi — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 10:31:11 GMT

If I added ANOTHER resolution to the ones from past years.........I would run out of paper..................so I am officially retiring from the resolution business.

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Nataliesgramma — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 10:46:43 GMT

yep...probably the same ones that I usually make....LOL

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Justice4all — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 10:52:33 GMT

Not to fly on a Russian plane!

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CareBears — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 15:32:23 GMT

@x Hedge The only one I am making is not to let my thoughts control my life, I can think, rethink and rethink one idea so much that I start to question what my original thought was, so in the new year, I am going to work on "Letting It Go".

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cherry — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 15:37:51 GMT

@CareBears The year ahead is always filled with promise. May it give you your hearts desire

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CareBears — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 15:39:50 GMT

@cherry Your posts always give me Warm & Fuzzy feelings, thank you!

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stevieb — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 17:08:20 GMT

Not really, but I have goals I want to put in motion once thepost holiday fatigue wears off, assuming it does...

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ShowMe — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 18:25:15 GMT

@stevieb wrote:
Not really, but I have goals I want to put in motion once thepost holiday fatigue wears off, assuming it does...

The same with me. I never make them.....because I don't want to break them. Goals are always good. It is something we have to strive for.

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qualitygal — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 18:59:40 GMT

Never kept any resolutions, so I don't set myself up for failure. Instead I make a new plan.

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Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 20:18:00 GMT

@x Hedge wrote:

My resolution is to stop being so lazy and be more purposefully active. It's not like I don't know the pitfalls of inactivity. I need to practice what I preach in 17.

@x Hedge

For the life of me, I just don't understand why people think they need to do this .... once every 365 days!

If you have a goal in August, start in August. Don't wait for January 1st.

I always wonder ..... does anyone ever actually do NY resolutions because it's part of how they run their lives .... or do they do it because they think they're supposed to?

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cherry — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 20:23:18 GMT

I have never been into making New Years resolutions. But to all who do, best of luck

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x Hedge — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 23:50:24 GMT

@CareBears thats a good goal. I was caught in the middle of one of those. I was going over and over the facts of a situation because I had to make a choice, and once done there was no changing my mind. I felt like I had to keep rechecking the same info, but couldn't move forward to a decision.

Then I just stopped, and asked "Do you trust yourself?"

I'd already gathered the information and reviewed it. I knew what I wanted to do. I answered "Yes" and never looked back.

That same question has served me well for decades of decision making.

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CareBears — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 23:52:37 GMT

@x Hedge I am going to try real hard to follow your advice, too much clutter in my mind of years of self doubt, it sure does not do a body or heart any good!

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Preds — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 00:04:46 GMT

I made a resolution years ago to never make them again and that's the only one that has ever worked. Not gonna' mess with it now.

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x Hedge — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 00:14:34 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
@x Hedge wrote:

My resolution is to stop being so lazy and be more purposefully active. It's not like I don't know the pitfalls of inactivity. I need to practice what I preach in 17.

@x Hedge

For the life of me, I just don't understand why people think they need to do this .... once every 365 days!

If you have a goal in August, start in August. Don't wait for January 1st.

I always wonder ..... does anyone ever actually do NY resolutions because it's part of how they run their lives .... or do they do it because they think they're supposed to?

Beats me @Tinkrbl44. I've never done a New Year's resolution before this. Frankly I agree, you start something because it's time to start it, you don't set a date in the future as a delaying tactic.

But when I was growing up a lot of my friends and their parents made New Year's resolutions every year so I guess it's tradition for a lot of people.

And actually I started this with three paragraphs, then came back and lopped off the first two. I couldn't leave nothing since there was a title on the top of the thread.

Merry Christmas.