Resolutions...

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Registered: 09-01-2005
Resolutions...
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Sun, 01-01-2006 - 11:14am

Happy 2006, everyone!!

So, here it is, the question everyone will be asked at one time or another in the coming weeks: Does anyone have a New Year's resolution? How about goals for 2006?

I really don't. I've never made resolutions this time of year... I usually wait until something strikes me in say, June, and then go with that! Thankfully though, life has changed quite enough on it's own lately so I'm off the hook for now. :-)

As far as goals, I just registered for a marathon so I'd say that is the biggest one as of today. However, like the resolutions, I'm sure a variety of other things will come up in the next 364 days :-)

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Registered: 09-01-2004
In reply to: lesleylou
Mon, 01-02-2006 - 12:24pm

You can bug me about it if you like, but it won't help. I don't set resolutions for the 1st of the year per se, just things that I would like to accomplish within the coming year. I am having oral surgery in a couple of weeks and that's when I will quit. But I won't share my smoking struggles with anyone because it actually makes it worse to talk about it.

Not that I don't appreciate the concern - I do - but having other people's expectations in addition to my own is too much pressure.

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In reply to: lesleylou
Mon, 01-02-2006 - 12:26pm

Thanks. :-)

I am a little worried about what will happen this year. My mother wants me to quit more than anyone and even she suggested I wait until the summer when my traveling is over. Because I suffer from the occasional panic attack, I really have to pick my battles sometimes.

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Registered: 09-01-2005
In reply to: lesleylou
Mon, 01-02-2006 - 10:33pm

Yeah, I know what you mean. I guess just one day at a time. One off day isn't failure, it just is what it is.
That's sort of how I approach my race training. Some days, I just don't want to run. You could offer me a million dollars and my butt wouldn't move off the couch- I just don't feel like it. But I had to get used to accepting that. Once I didn't get hung up on the bad days, it made it a lot easier to see the end goal. Instead of seeing it as a set up for failure, I just accepted it and let it go. (I tend to be a little hard on myself- I'm sure you can identify :-) ) I don't know if that's the best analogy but just one thing at a time.

(I guess that's AA's mantra, too but I can see why it would be effective.)

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In reply to: lesleylou
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 7:39am

I was just trying to offer support.

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Registered: 11-21-2005
In reply to: lesleylou
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 11:24am
I'd like to keep losing some weight, and better manage my finances.
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In reply to: lesleylou
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 11:58am
Shy, I am sorry if it sounded like I don't appreciate your support - I really do! It's jsut such a sensitive issue with me - I did not mean to come off badly and I am sorry if I did!
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Registered: 02-05-2005
In reply to: lesleylou
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 4:24pm

mine is very simple. stay out of commited relationships unless they involve my children.
I am working on repairing a lost relationship between my kids and me. I was dumb and stupid to pick a man over them. I bagan to rectify that mistake in 2005 and i plan to continue rebuilding what seems to be a gread relationship with my kids even though i no longer have them full time. They like living with dad and their personalities show it.
I on the other hand miss them terribly when they aren't with me. Normal i guess.

I left my X-bf and moved back into my childhood home with my 80 year old mom. God bless us both. our personalities are clashy. most of you have messy homes and spend time with family enjoying what life has to offer. My moms place...is a palace and she insists on cleaning it daily and everything has to be clean before playtime(watching tv, playing piano, going grocery store, other stores, talking on phone,etc,etc). Dad died nearly a decade ago and my mom has been depressed ever since. i cant even come home from work and just plop my butt down and relax, toss my shoes in the center of the room and lay back in an easy chair.

I have to make my bed every morning before goin off to work, my toothbrush has to be placed in just the perfect spot. My shoes have to be hidden from view(even after coming home i have to take them off and place them out of sight). My coat has to be hung up, my keys have to be out of sight as does my purse. YES, my purse isnt alowwed to be draped over a chair in the dining room or kitchen or set up on a table.

YEs,,,,ok so i am venting. its so hard to live with a person who nitpicks about everylittle thing that most of you and i do not worry about. even the garbage is clean.
she doesnt have a disposal system but she saves tin cans from vegies, soups,etc and puts excess food/leftover uneaten food into them and wraps them up separately before placing them in the garbage. sure it might sound like a good cleanliness system but to not watch tv in the am or afternnon on my days off is rediculous(mom has to have complete quiet and i need noise).

ok ...solution...i resolve to find my own place. Then we each won't have to put up with each others ways. i drop everything and run. She has to have a clean palace be4 anything is done. When a person has been through what i have it seems that material possessions are meaningless as opposed to doing and being with people, friends, family,etc.

ok i have vented too much...

i guess i'll go crawl in my widdle bytecorner and widdle my life away cleaning up the internet for my mom. oh yappers, i forgot to mention..no swearing/cursing/burping or farting in moms house.(mom even says the word fart is a foul word).
When i get my place Ya'll peeps are invited to my house to swear/curse/burp n fart.

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