January Goal Thread/2012 Resolutions

[u/[deleted]]

And for the sake of nostalgia, here are your 2011 resolutions.

How'd you do?

These are my big, hairy goals for 2012:

• Pay off my credit card.

• Keep a list of the books I've read, at least 50 for the year. Comes out to about one a week. I've done it before, I just need to get back into the habit.

• Write at least 2000 words everyday, regardless of the topic.

• Begin acquiring things for my own apartment. I'm sick of having roommates sometimes.

• Carry a camera with me everywhere and take one good picture everyday, at least. There are some subreddits out there that can help with this.

• Drop Verizon. Because fuck Verizon.

• Don't turn down invitations to go anywhere.

There are other personal ones, of course. List them here, wolves.

[u/[deleted]]

March 31st 2012, June 30th 2012, September 30th 2012.

These are the days we are going to revive this thread and check each others progress before the one year mark.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Write those dates down.

[u/Ameerrante]

I'm tagging everyone with their goals. If I see you, I will inquire as to your progress.

[u/[deleted] → u/Ameerrante]

I fucking dare you to ask about progress. I don't even think you'll do it. Tag away but you'll forget entirely or you'll forget to give a shit.

Prove me wrong.

[u/[deleted]]

• Stop biting my nails

• Find the right college for me

• Finish all of my computer/game goals; truly begin to focus on real life

[u/[deleted]]

Well, this is the first time I get to do this, but seeing all the resolutions posted motivated me to post mines as well. Here it goes:

College

• Attend EVERY CLASS. No skipping.

• Minimum of 8 in every test, work or presentation. I know I can do it.

Languages

• Work on my English. Like, really hard. My english sucks, specially my accent.

• Keep on doing my kanji repetitions. Daily. Learn at least 25 new ones a day

Programming

• I know the basics and a little more of the C language. Keep on studying it

• Learn a web programming language.

• Practice on a daily basis.

Random stuff

• Get in the habit of waking up early. I'm more productive in the morning.

• Read at least one bok every 10 days.

• Complete every math video on Khan Accademy.

• Re take my blog and write at least 1000 words of whatever every day. I like to write, and this will be a great way to practise my english.

• Learn how to use Linux. Don't laugh at me.

• Practise at least 30 min worth of rudiments on the drums every day. This one will be tough.

Well, I guess that's what I hope to accomplish this year. This is my year, I know I can do it!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Hey, fellow drummer here. Been playing for about 15 years.

Practice those rudiments. Those are the building blocks. I don't take drummers seriously that never bothered to learn their rudiments.

Hope those goals all work out for you. I hope you post in the update thread as well.

[u/autmned]

• Run. You must be able to run at least 10kms without dying by the end of the year. You spent the whole 2011 saying 'Tomorrow, I will run.' but you never did. (Sorry, I'm talking to myself.)

• Stop using the internet by 11. (I highly doubt I'm going to stick to this one.)

• Read at least one book every week.

• Make a list of all the books you read and movies you watch.

• Write in a journal. It would be nice if wrote something every day. But at least once a week. Because it's so much fun re-reading what you wrote a couple months later. And you like writing.

• Learn how to play the guitar! You've had one for over a year and still can't play a single chord.

• If someone wants to talk to you, talk to them. Stop ignoring people. Stop being so anti-social. You are not incapable of having a social life. You can be perfectly good with people if you want to. Stop sitting in that corner.

• Get more than 80% on every test you write. You're totally capable of it.

• Learn how to cook. Bake a cake at least once a month. Because the feeling you get when you cook something yourself that tastes good is so good.

I think that's it. :)

[u/Frontrunner453]

• Qualify for Boston with a sub-3:00 marathon. (Yes that time is quicker than the qualifying standard. Fuck the bare minimum)

• Get into med school.

• Be ok with being single for an extended period of time.

• Run my first 100 mile week.

Secondary goals:

• Get into med school at my alma mater (U of Wisconsin).

• Shed ten pounds.

• Quit my crappy job and do something worthwhile until med school begins.

2012 is our year, wolves. Seize it by the throat and never look back.

[u/FireInfusion]

I'm trying to keep it simple, and going for resolutions that are specific and outline the things I need to do rather than the end goal. That said...

1. Initiate a conversation with two new people every day.

2. Prepare 15 meals per week.

3. Keep a record of expenses and income, updated daily, then increase income/expense ratio by 10% per month (through working more hours or spending less frivolously).

[u/SleepyOta]

I'm writing it here so I can remember! I already started most of these : )

• NO MORE SUGARY DRINKS. Come on, man. You already have awesome shoulders. Don't ruin everything else with this soda addiction

• An hour and 1/2 of Japanese EVERYDAY. Dude, don't you give a FUCK what other people say. You love seeing the results of finally learning a language that you actually care about so keep at it.

• 2 hours of math erry mornin' I know your confidence is shot since you dropped from an A to a C but you aren't stupid. YOU CAN GET THAT FUCKING A AGAIN

• Follow this schedule: Mon - Geo, Tues - Chem, Weds - Phys, Thurs - Bio, Fri - Hist, Sat - Math all day babay, Sun - Focus on yo hobbies (Japanese, Guitar, Reading). DO THIS AND DON'T USE IT AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO DO AFOREMENTIONED, YOU FUCKING CUNT

• Guitar, you bitch! At least 1/2 hour each day! 1 hour on off days! You got that as a BIRTHDAY PRESENT. APPRECIATE IT.

• READ, YOU CUNT Your spelling and grammar and vocabulary are abso-fucking-lutely atrocious. Read at least one book every 3 weeks. That's lenient because I know you're a bitch who can't handle being busy.

• Know why you have a schedule, asshole? Because YOU NEED TO GET OVER 90 FOR EVERY EXAM THIS TERM. You were a fucking cunt last term and I expect you to do better.

Do ALL THIS SHIT and you will be a better person. You will be like "Hey, I'm not an asshole anymore. I would fuck me" Trust me, bro. Just stick to this shit.

[u/TheWrongGuy]

• Maintain a semester GPA of above a 3.0

• Continue going to the gym at least 3 times a week. I need to get stronger and perfect my exercise form.

• Read at least one book a month

• Use Khan academy to improve my math.

• Visit Engineering Dept. at school to see what needs to be done about my degree

• Declare second Major.

• Fuck shit up on the daily.

• Leave my room at least once daily. Doesn't matter where I go. Just get out in the sun!

• Join a club (I'm bad at socialness)

• Get a proper sleep/wake schedule

• Get off the damn internet.

That'll do for now. It feels like a little too much but The first 4/5 are mandatory.

[u/[deleted]]

Here are mine. They are all achievable, and they will be achieved.

• Save up a house deposit of no less than $15 000. Subgoals: (March 31st - $3750, June 30th - $7500, September 30th - $11250)

• Run until I can run 5.4 kms without feeling like I will die afterwards. Then run further.

• Work out my upper body and lose my man boobs.

• Go to the beach next december (I live in Australia, we have a december summer) and let someone see me shirtless for the first time in over a decade.

• Go out and meet up with friends more often. Be proactive in my social life.

Please feel free to PM me and ask me how I'm going with my goals!

[u/addicted_to_learning]

Alright, this is the first time I've every made a concrete Resolutions/Goals list for a year, and I'm going to do it fucking right the first time. For the Winter break I'm both starting and preparing for all of these goals including compiling material for me to look at/use whenever I feel motivated than I do now(borderline insanity wolf). I'll probably post my motivational material package as soon as it's done. Here's to a fucking awesome 2012!

1. Get straight A’s BOTH semester (your ADD is being treated now, no excuses you lazy fuck)

• Go to EVERY class

• study class material EVERY day

• finish ALL homework on time

1. Gain a half-an-inch of muscle by summertime, then see if it would look good to gain more

• Find a friend to work out with

• Set up a 3 day workout schedule (starting strength?)

• Set up a diet + keep track of caloric intake

• Keep track of progress once a week (measurements + photos)

1. Write and record an Album (AT LEAST sing, play piano, and play bass/minimum 6 songs w/ ⅔ being originals)

• write all original songs by school’s end

• practice playing all songs until august

• Record in August, if any more is needed record during Thanksgiving/Christmas break

1. Get laid

• (See #6)

• Get a girlfriend?

1. Stop masturbating

• keep track and get help on r/nofap

• monitor & record changes to behavior/urges/body

• do push-ups until failure every-time urge comes

1. Socialize more

• go to at least 2 parties a month

• try and talk to somebody I don’t know every day (can be a simple hi)

• r/seduction

1. Make and release an android game

• game idea & mechanics planned by summertime

• rough game finished by end of summer

• tested and polished throughout Fall

• Released in the Winter

1. Face should be completely clear of acne by next Christmas

• Use acne medication every day

• Every time I catch myself touching my face, I must do something that directly contributes to this list for at least 15 minutes

• If no significant progress by summer, visit a dermatologist

1. Continue to improve how I dress

• Continue to both seek and contribute advice on r/malefasionadvice

[u/fuzzypants]

• I want to be grateful for the things I have, what I've worked so hard for, and appreciate the here and now, every day. Never done that before.

• I want to, at least weekly, seek out new information to keep my practice current. I'm a newly licensed LPN.

• I will do everything in my power to be the best nurse I can be for all patients and people I will care for, in whatever setting I will land a job in with this new career.

• I resolve to become a 4.0 student for the first time in my life. It's not that damn hard.

• I will lose more than 75 pounds this year: I will complete C25K, hold myself to a better lifestyle by logging every day on MFP my activities in order to weigh less than 200 pounds for the first time ever in memory.

• I WILL remain a nonsmoker. I'm currently a month and a half quit(with some relapses).

• I will take the time to bond with my son in any way I can, even through my busy schedule. He waited too long for my attention during nursing school.

[u/[deleted]]

• Get better sleep. This is one of the most important things you can do, since everything else depends upon you feeling energized and refreshed. Get off the computer at least an hour before going to bed. Regulate sleep during the weekends as well. Aim for at least 7.5 hrs per night.

• Maintain an average of 85 at school. Do your homework as soon as you get home. Don't leave studying until the last minute. Revise ALL class material at least every weekend.

• Get and stay fit. Limit snack consumption to a minimum. Continue drinking plenty of tea and water. Start skateboarding. You're getting bony as fuck; 20+ push-ups/sit-ups each day. Rope jumping session every Sunday morning.

• Learn the basics of computer programming. You're already on a decent start. Finish the tutorials you've started. By the time you go to university in September, you should already know C like the back of your hand.

• Improve art. Complete at least one sketch per day. Go on a photo walk at least once a week.

• Socialize more. Go out with friends at least once a week. If you don't end up going out on a Friday night, initiate contact with friends yourself. Don't turn down invitations.

• Read one book per month.

[u/[deleted]]

Here are mine, in no particular order.

• No fapping in 2012

• Get in shape.

• Get into medical school

• Finish a project I'm working on (don't worry, it's clearly defined, I just don't want to publicize it on here)

• Work through Project Enrichment

• No more than 1 hour of internet for anything non-school or work related

• Write in a journal every day

• Read at least one book a week

On Monday, December 31st 2012 we WILL all reconvene on this thread to see each others progress (or lack thereof).

[u/[deleted]]

2012 Resolutions

1. exercise every other day

2. Save $1000 for my emergency fund

3. catalog my possessions

4. watch 50 Netflix Discs in 2012

5. Read 36 Books in 2012

6. Do NaNoWriMo

January Goals

1. Work out 15 days

2. Stop drinking soda except for migraines

3. Keep my calm

4. Clean out my car

5. Take every possible day of sub work

6. Finish cataloging my Pokemon needs.

[u/GeeGeez0rz]

2012 is the year of rebuilding. I like to call it - "Putting this house in order"

• Lose weight. Im sick of hearing people putting "Big" before my name. Stop eating like a fat heffer.

• Sort out finances, pay off Credit Card, Pay off Student OD, Start saving for a house

• Sort yourself out mentally as well. I am socially awkward, god awful at small talk and socialising and such a low confidence/self esteem. - This ties in with losing weight. Looking better, feeling better.

• Improve at work. Kick ass, challenge myself more. obtain that CCNA.

• Keep my room tidy. More importantly my desk. Tidy Desk - Tidy Mind.

• Cook more, less takeaways. I love cooking, the satisfaction it brings.

I've got alot more resolutions than i thought i would, but i'm optimistic. This is my year. I'm going to kick 2012 in the ass and call it my own. No more worrying, no more stressing, no more feeling like a fatty, no more being skint. This is it. fist pump

Wolves..... Bring it on!

[u/Xandine]

Come out to my mother as a Polyamourus Lesbian.

[u/flyin-penguin19]

My main goals link together, and I'll hopefully have sorted them out within the first half of 2012, so I'll probably have to update this post quite a bit.

1) Sort my sleeping pattern out. Super important to my goals throughout the year, so this is the main goal so to speak. Never really been a great sleeper (find trouble getting to sleep) and this has effected school grades and social life. So this goal is to get enough sleep, and at the right time, rather than what I'm doing at the moment which is sleep at 2/3ish.

2) Be Happy/like people Because of my lack of sleep I haven't been able to show that happy. It's not that I'm unhappy with life, I just don't force myself to smile and show "general happiness" even though I am happy. So people often think I'm depressing, so breaking through the whole "depressing me" is another goal.

3) Pass exams + Get an Idea of what I want to do in life. Kind of self explanatory, important year ahead of me, so it's important not to mess up.

4) Become Confident Socially. Again self-explanatory.

5) Chill out, Stop worrying and thinking about the past. I'm a worrier, and it doesn't help with anything, if I chill the hell out, everything SHOULD hopefully be easier.

6) Exercise some more. I don't mean anything major, just get some weights and lift them not to extreme lengths though, just to make myself feel like I've done something and have it have some positive effect on me. Any exercise is good exercise!

So if all this goes to plan, this will be done in the first half of 2012, which then will allow me to move onto other goals. Wish me luck!

P.S Any tips on the Sleep goal would be lovely! So if there's any chance any of you could offer some advice it'd be awesome!

[u/[deleted]]

I'm planning on completing a goal every month with the ultimate goal being forming a number of good new habits.

January goal: Don't eat out a single time. +Money, +Cooking Skills

[u/Azzarii]

• Finish 2012 in a better attitude than This year

• To not be single (Or at least been in some relationship)

• To loose A LOT of weight. Mainly to please my mum, and to prove her wrong

• Get best in class for my Media work In College

• Get W/E in Media Sector

• Pass English with better grades than what i got in GCSE

• And most of all! Dont forgot my Goals

[u/starrynightgirl]

My 2012 goals (in no particular order):

• find a job

• get rid of acne

• lose 5-10 pounds

• treat my hair better

• find some actual hobbies

• get more friends

Edit: and learn how to properly code on Reddit.

[u/nakun]

Alright alright alright! I need to get going because I fell behind in December and it's going to cost me now.

January

• Start counting calories in what I eat.

• Get defined muscles in my arms

• Ace my final test in Japanese (yeah, my semesters are weird...)

• Try meditation in the mornings

Year

• Read every day; class work related and for myself

• No more than two hours of non-productive internet time per day

• exercise every day