New Year's Resolutions

[while1]

So up until last evening at Outback with a bunch of my buddies from college their girlfriends, I hadn't give much thought to my New Year's resolution.  Sigh, but when the waitress asked how the checks should be divided, it dawned on me I was the only one paying for just themselves aka single person, and has been that way for a depressingly long time.  So I guess my New Year's resolution is to change this, even though it's not like this hasn't been a goal of mine that I haven't been trying to change =\.

So any of y'all have a New Year's resolution?

[iago]

No more awkward calls with law enforcement. :)

[Blaze]

No more awkward calls with law enforcement. :)

Same with me, but only when I'm in the bathtub.  They can call any other time!

[truste1]

adulthood.

[Blaze]

adulthood.

Why the hell would anyone want that?!

[deadly7]

I gave up doing resolutions.

[truste1]

adulthood.

Why the hell would anyone want that?!

This is a pretty big year for me. Graduating, going to S. America, the real world. Basically, life.

[Blaze]

adulthood.

Why the hell would anyone want that?!

This is a pretty big year for me. Graduating, going to S. America, the real world. Basically, life.

Well, I wish you the best of luck!

I gave up doing resolutions.

I don't think I ever did.  Resolutions are something people talk about from December 26th -> January 15thish, and then forget about until about the same date next year.

[Sidoh]

I've never done resolutions.  It's always seemed arbitrary and counterproductive to only come up with resolutions for oneself once a year.  I try to continuously identify and correct problems in my life.

[iago]

I've never done resolutions.  It's always seemed arbitrary and counterproductive to only come up with resolutions for oneself once a year.  I try to continuously identify and correct problems in my life.

Agreed. My resolution is to keep strong and carry on (to borrow from a WW2 poster, "keep calm and carry on").

In the past year, and in particular the past 6 months or so, I've tried really hard to improve myself physically. I'm going to continue eating better, exercising more, and trying to look after myself.

[Joe]

My resolution is not to make a resolution. I failed it recursively.

[Armin]

no new year's resolutions here, but a few things I do hope to accomplish or improve upon in 2011:

develop an immortal sense of humor.
base my self-worth less on other people's perception of me, and more upon my responsiveness to the moment.
release and tour on a new album.
dissolve my social-filters and guilt, perhaps even to the extreme of being absolutely intolerable and able to justify killing.

[Rule]

dissolve my social-filters and guilt, perhaps even to the extreme of being absolutely intolerable and able to justify killing.

It's a good exercise to try and see what (irrational social values) we take for granted as "normal".  It's also true that we often feel guilty when we ought not to, largely because of misplaced social values.  But guilt in itself is not a bad thing.  In fact, I believe it is an essential human response, lacking only in sociopaths.  It is part of what gives us intrinsic 'moral' values -- qualities I respect in people and without which the human race would not survive.  So I do not think dissolving your guilt (in its entirety) is a good exercise.

[Joe]

Rule, have you ever considered a career as a clinical psychologist?

@Armin, I think it's funny how you said you want to tour and be intolerable. At the same time?

[Blaze]

release and tour on a new album.

Get me a link to purchase said album when it gets released, I'll totally buy a copy.  :)