2006 Resolutions

Tomorrow is the last day of 2005. Have any of you made any New Year's resolutions or are you the type that doesn't make them? Here are a few of my own personal resolutions for 2006:

1) Work hard on my offsite shyness
2) Travel
3) Meet a good woman who isn't already in a relationship
4) See my family more often
5) Try not to let other people's racist attitudes get me down
6) Do at least 300 push-ups daily
7) Do at least 200 sit-ups daily
8. Continue my strong work ethic
9) Become a better writer
10) Learn to play an instrument

Peace.
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She got nailed by the carpenters, laid by the carpet layers and got real turned on by the electricians.

 

You have already achieved No.5 and 9 to me.

I usually don't make any, since I'll either forget (because I don't have anyone else around to nag me into keeping MY resolutions) or I will decide to break it because I may be lacking in will power.

I guess THIS should be MY resolution:

Develop more will-power. :lol:

 

1. To study harder at my degree and not give in to distractions.
2. To be more outgoing and make more friends on my course.
3. To love my man like he deserves.
4. To visit the gym more regularly.
5. To learn to cook! and waste less money on pre-cooked prepackaged food.

 

Your man is one lucky guy.

 

1. To stay in shape
2. To learn more about myself (which will ultimately help me become a much better person)
3. To become less shy
4. To participate only in activities that I find enjoyable
5. To travel a little more than I have in the past
6. To fall heads over heels in love (I am not looking for it. It is more fun when it happen unexpectedly)
7. To do something great for my mother.

 

Hhmm none really for me. Maybe less yellow card for my soccer team, nothing that is interesting to this forum though :lol:

 

You know, I didn't have any resolutions until this morning. I woke up, looked in the mirror and just hated everything that I saw.

Then I went to check my email and write a letter back to the man that I had been seeing. I found out that he lied about something pretty important. I'm disappointed because I know I won't be able to look at him the same way again. Then I sat wondering if I would ever find someone that I could love who would love me back. It occurred to me that I didn't even love me. How could anyone else love me if I didn't?

Now, I know this sounds trite and everyone has heard it before, but today is suddenly the first time I truly understood what it meant. How can anyone else find me lovable and how can I love them if I hate myself? If I look at myself each day and think what a huge failure I am, how will anyone else see anything differently from me? I can keep faking it everyday the way I always do, but that's obviously not working. I make the same mistakes each day, despite the hundreds of times that I promise myself that I won't. Sometimes I almost make it to the end of the day, but I still manage to screw it all up.

So, I wrote this message on my palm to remember to love myself. I put it on my right hand so that I have to see it each time I decide to do anything. I'm hoping it will make me think about whether I'm making that decision because I love myself or because I hate myself.

I'm not sure if anything I'm saying makes any sense, lol! The important thing is that it makes sense to me and maybe one other person will get it too.

 

Makes perfect sense to me honey, sorry you felt it was all that serious :? although I've been there myself, believe you me! At least you know that there is a problem though, and that you have to consciously fix it...to work towards a feeling of calm and being comfortable in your own skin. Bad luck about the man but take strength from it, and hope you get yourself sorted. x

 

Yeah, I guess that was too heavy for a resolution, but it's still my resolution. I just thought maybe it could help someone besides me.

 

sorry to hear that sabinne, why do you think of yourself that way. you always seem so well put together and sure of yourself. and you are not a failure, look at the accomplishment of getting to graduate school, only a small percentage of this country ever does that.

we all get down on ourselves, ask yourself, what are my expectations for me and what are the special things about myself

cheers, we all love ya!!

 

It's just how I feel sometimes. I guess it doesn't matter what you do, it's never enough, you're never good enough.

 

you are pretty good enough, self esteem is earned by getting out and doing things for others, it really makes one feel good about oneself.

mirrors can suck sometimes ya know, so dont pay attention to them




to Mosiah: why in the cartoon does the guy say," I resolve to not call you honey"? where I come from honey is a term of endearment and everyone uses it--this must be a hippie feminist cartoon

 

It sounds less like your problem is to do with disliking yourself, as it is to do with perfectionism, which might be easier to fix: less a case of learning to love yourself but instead going easier on yourself, seeing your achievements in the light that other people do instead of striving for the next thing, and the next... if you see what I mean. Enjoy the moment!