New Years Resolutions

Zyordius

The time of the New Year is swiftly approaching. Every year, as tradition, we celebrate the coming of a new year with personal resolutions. Whether it be trying to smile more or quitting a bad habit, it's a way to change and evolve oneself for the better. This is a place to post your resolutions and check back on them to see if you followed through.

My resolutions for 2009-

1)Make sure i don't pick up smoking as a regular habit.
I'm off and on with it but sometimes i'll smoke cigarettes for a few months until the taste is so bad i stop. This year, i'm going to stop way before that happens.

Try to actually write some stories.
I have so many ideas and yet i can never bring myself to sit down and concentrate. This year, i'm going to make sure i at least write down my ideas and expand on the ones i'm feeling the most.
Keep seeking truth and wisdom.
I always try to not be content with what i know and learn new things as much as possible to help better myself as a human being.

If i think of more i'll add them later.

Now it's your turn.

0_0_Spider

woot good thread..
1. start a diary
2. get a part time job
3. become a better person

TakinawaTonfa

lower my cholesterol…............

Kaizoku Luffy

Resolutions:
1. Start drawing regularly.
I keep slacking off.
2. Have a summer road trip.
Gotta get friends to join me.
3. Maybe lose some weight.
I probably won't do it.

I would try to become a better person, but I have no idea how to accomplish that. I'm pretty happy the way I am.

Airflow101

1. Stick with a job

2. Arrange trip to America with friends

3. Study like a madman

Chrissie

Really nice thread Zyordius~! ^^
1. Draw more. O:
2. Learn more about the guy I like and come closer to him if possible and try my best to make him laugh! ^^
3. Eat more healthy stuff and less crap (aka cut down the chocolate and cookies D;) and exercise more.:ninja:
4. Read more! O:

Cream-of-Chicken

1. Draw/write more
2. All A's and B's in school
3. Sleep more than six hours a night

fedcom

Start running regularly again so I can compete in the upcoming track season

Start playing the piano again (haven't touched it since my last exam in August…I feel horrible)

Keep up with my homework daily (I've made this resolution hundreds of times before...not gonna happen :sad:)

Crickeylynn

1. Get a second Job
2. Pay off all my credit cards
3. Go back to school in August.

MiniLuffy

1. Be a little more happy about life as a whole.
2. Get better grades.
3. Get a girlfriend.

I hate how I'm able to solve other people's problems, yet I fail to solve my own.
Fuckity, fuck-fuck.

Friend of Luffy and Gon

I see what you are saying MiniLuffy, but the way I see it solving other people's problems is quite often putting a mirror to them to reflect what they already know deep inside. It is hard to do that with yourself. However if you can reach your 1st resolution the rest should sort itself out! ^_^

My resolutions nearly always stay the same and just like promises I have never broke one yet. They tend to be along the lines of keep trying hard, learn more things, get closer to my goal and so on.

This year is special though since it the year I intend to go to Japan. I have a bit of kanji, 2 new essays and my dissertation to make it through before I can finish uni and leave England. I'm gonna get there though.

Shounen manga determination ftw!

Shandian

Experience has teached me to be sceptical about my resolution to keep my grand New Year promises.

I strive to be more positive and open minded and stick to some minor plans.

Friend of Luffy and Gon

I make promises like a hunter can place conditions on nen, very tightly. I never make a promise I cannot keep, but I take promises very seriously. I tend not to be too specific with resolutions since I would hate to break a promise for the first time, especially over a technicality like buying X number of whatever or not buying X number of whatever for example.

IrishLuigi

Give up smoking.

I've done it for the past 14 years, so it'll be a breeze this time.

Silent K

1. Actually make homework on a daily basis
2. Get better grades and stay in my current school
3. Draw more
4. Socialize more with people

Flux

Eat Healthier.

Continue Working Out until I get a six pack.

Be more assertive.

Really try hard to improve my marks in school, especially tests.

MiniLuffy

@IrishLuigi:

Give up smoking.

I've done it for the past 14 years, so it'll be a breeze this time.

Wait, how old are you again? :wassat:

IrishLuigi

I actually don't smoke, I just saw a good chance to insert a joke.

Arei

1. Be successful in school
2. Lose weight and get into shape
3. Draw more
4. Be more outgoing and sociable
5. Get lots of cosplay done ;D

Wagomu

Same as usual:

1. To think of a New Years resolution for next year.

Buuhan1

None. I'm sick of New Years Resolutions. You don't need them to convince you to do something, if you're gonna do something, you're gonna do it. Simple as that.

Friend of Luffy and Gon

I've pretty much made my resolutions anyway. As for my policy of making promises, this holds true to things that actually matter to me. If I know in my heart that I cannot or shouldn't make a promise then if I make it, I won't reallty mean it. I will negate the promise (a bit like Orihime's I reject power) if I have no real principle behind it.

Corson D. Burley

Like many of you, I'd like to draw more.

I'm also looking to up my game on the ol' six string.

Kaze

To go to an Art School!

Yoska

No more sweeties, or soft drinks. :sick:

And a better sleep pattern.

Hiroy

Let's see….

Die of natural causes
Ace College Algebra
Make at least 100 character designs
Blog more... to reflect my own life.
Take over the world

CoralSnake

I don't even know where to BEGIN so I'll just list a few things x__x; I never EVER keep to my lists but I NEED TO SO BAD Dx

1. EXERCISE and eat better (GOD I failed at this this year >>. This includes me not eating ANY SUGAR AT ALL )
2. Never eat at SONIC again (once I started working there… gained weight =_= )
3. Draw everyday I can/work on backgrounds/DRAW THEM ALL THE TIME even if they look horrible
4. Work on the many many MANY costumes my sis and I have planned and HAVE FUN with cosplay n____n
5. Try to be more possitive... this year I've been nothing but sad and UGH I'm tired of it Dx
6. Draw and finish and color something EVERY SINGLE MONTH VOWS
7. Collect more OP toys... wait... I already did that this year xD fffff
8. Save money back for when my sis and I move out ... eventually. (i have also been bad at this ;___; )

I'm sure there's a TON MORE seriously x___x; but losing weight and working on art and cosplay is my main goals. I would LOVE a different job, but it's not going on my list cause I'm happy that I at LEAST have a job. You guys make me feel SO OLD ... hoping that you get A's and B's... xDDD omg I wish you guys luck!

Captain Shmeckie

I am GOING to get published this year, fuck-dammit! You hear me, world?! I'm GETTING a comic published this year!

Also, I'd like to get my build back… I could bench 200lbs back in high school. Now? I'm a total marshmallow. Sucks... Hopefully these doo-hickies I'm getting help me...

Wagomu

@CoralSnake:

This includes me not eating ANY SUGAR AT ALL

That's less than healthy.

I hope to go vegetarian when I enter college. By that, I mean to imply smoking a shitload of weed.

lelandlancaster

1. Buy more stuff.
2. Read more books, that aren't textbooks. I miss that.
3. Cloud/star gaze more often.

CoralSnake

@Captain:

I am GOING to get published this year, fuck-dammit! You hear me, world?! I'm GETTING a comic published this year!

Also, I'd like to get my build back… I could bench 200lbs back in high school. Now? I'm a total marshmallow. Sucks... Hopefully these doo-hickies I'm getting help me...

I used to be able to bench press 100 lbs which is totally crappy compared to 200 lbs xD but now I sure can't do that x__x; damn myself! I'm glad I'm not the only person vowing to lose weight xD if I could turn most of it into muscle I'd be happy xD

good luck getting published __ I'd love that to happen to me too xD but I can't draw backgrounds well so I gotta work on it xD
@Wagomu:

That's less than healthy.

I hope to go vegetarian when I enter college. By that, I mean to imply smoking a shitload of weed.

I just mean I need to cut out like.. the Java Chiller I just ate… drinking diet sprite x__x; eating... candy ... xD I don't mean the delicious sugar in apples or bananas xD I just mean... JUNK FOOD xD

and I'm SO glad I don't smoke xD

CoralSnake

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Dervish

Let's see…

1. Improve my drawing ability & draw something every day. Also improve my CS4 skills.
2. Drink less soda and more water, and eat more salads. :getlost:
3. Bring my GPA up from 3.6 to 4.0 (scholarship, grr)
4. Learn more Japanese
5. Try to be less busy to devote more time to my friends & boyfriend(s)
6. Save more money
7. Be more patient
8. Improve math skills snarl
9. Do something about my insomnia
10. Blog more

That's all I can think of. Yeah, that works.

Arei

I've only benched like, 45 pounds. Upper body strength is non-existent DX

@Wagomu:

I hope to go vegetarian when I enter college. By that, I mean to imply smoking a shitload of weed.

I like this one.

Insider2000

-Solve world hunger.
-Tell no one of your solution.

@Buuhan1:

None. I'm sick of New Years Resolutions. You don't need them to convince you to do something, if you're gonna do something, you're gonna do it. Simple as that.

So in other words….

!

I can agree with this idealogy.

Navo

-Do more extra-curriculars.
-Draw. A lot. Also, draw for other fandoms more often.
-Finish that doujin I kept putting off for months.
-Be more social.
-Study hard.
-Develop better sleeping habits.
-Should probably stop neglecting my blog too…
-Start doing Taekwondo again... Maybe I can finally get my 2nd degree. :(

Captain Shmeckie

@CoralSnake:

I used to be able to bench press 100 lbs which is totally crappy compared to 200 lbs xD but now I sure can't do that x__x; damn myself! I'm glad I'm not the only person vowing to lose weight xD if I could turn most of it into muscle I'd be happy xD

Ah, 100lbs ain't that bad. Don't beat yerself up! :)

My problem is I have an unnaturally strong metabolism. Like, two steps from diabetes, so it's really hard to actually get and retain muscle. I had to drink this HORRIBLE weight gain formula when I was working out, and I really hope I don't need to start drinking it again… DX

Weider Weight Gain: It's not colored brown because it tastes like chocolate…!

Dervish

@Captain:

Weider Weight Gain: It's not colored brown because it tastes like chocolate…!

Lol, I've tried that stuff when I was running track my first few years of college. The taste is really gnarly; I had to put copious amounts of Splenda in mine just to make it marginally palatable.

Renegadesoul

I gonna try my best to avoid reading spoiler threads next year. XD

Smigu

I'm gonna enter university

LightningAce

1. Improve my my writing skills
2. Get fit & into shape
3. Learn how to drive (seriously, i'm 23 now…i shoulda done it years ago)
4. Move outta my parents house by the end of the year.
5. Make sure i actually achieve my goals.

The key is to write them out...in a detailed fashion, so you know exactly what u want.

@Buuhan1:

None. I'm sick of New Years Resolutions. You don't need them to convince you to do something, if you're gonna do something, you're gonna do it. Simple as that.

Of course you do. Everyone needs to set themselves goals, otherwise u'll just drift through life not gettin much done. Every successful person sets goals for themselves.

Sesshy

I make too many resolutions to myself, and so it always turns into, I'll start on it next week, so I don't really like making New Year's resolutions. Not thinking about it and just going out and doing it is working out for me more right now.

DartG

Get bulk,
Draw better,
Get into Ringling College

SympathyX

Lose a bit of the flab. Not that im particularly FAT but I desperately need to lose some
Get the band going a bit further
Get to more gigs and festivals

puffin

1. Draw more, so I can get better.
2. Start writing comics again.
3. Write a Daily Journal.
4. Improve in math.
5. Have an awesome 2010

Hiroy

@Captain:

My problem is I have an unnaturally strong metabolism. Like, two steps from diabetes, so it's really hard to actually get and retain muscle. I had to drink this HORRIBLE weight gain formula when I was working out, and I really hope I don't need to start drinking it again… DX

Weider Weight Gain: It's not colored brown because it tastes like chocolate…!

I should try that stuff. I could eat plates of the most fattening junk ever and gain a pound that eventually diminishes overnight. I use to have a wieght lifter schedule too, but I stopped… for some reason.

Having a fast metabolism is too much of an expensive lifestyle. Same days I rather go hungry.

Squandergoose

1. To get a summer job.
2. Learn to drive.
3. Improve my drawing skills.
4. Actually complete/remember my resolutions. I swear, every year I make a resolution and the next day I forget it. :/

GrizzlayLeslay

Lose a minimum of 60 pounds. Should be fun.
Finish editing the short film and TV episode that my friends and I filmed 3 years ago.
Have $5000 saved up by year's end.
Go to PAX in Boston.

Friend of Luffy and Gon

1. Get to Japan- but that's something I vowed when I was 14.

2. Develop an acceptable level of Japanese literacy.

3. Expand manga and anime I watch and read- this is like the safest vow I could ever make.

square giraffe

lose 10 pounds or so.
stop procrastinating.
improve in art.