Fri, 24 May 2013 13:49:44 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319969#Comment_319969 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319969#Comment_319969 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:23:34 -0800 razrangel Woody Guthrie's "New Year's Rulin's" and the idea finally made a little bit of sense. Though, I guess, only a little bit.

How do people turn resolutions into more of a plan and less than a vague wish? How is structure ever applied? Where are the consequences for failure?

(An old friend commented on facebook where I first opened this line of questioning that he should look into a business venture he would hire himself out as a resolution enforcer, offering packages of consequences scaled to mild, moderate and catastrophic.)

But anyway... Resolutions aren't exactly something my people do, for whatever value of my people you want to figure, I encountered them first in movies and then after college. I don't get how they're supposed to actually work.

My people...we're more likely to do things as a Lenten sacrifice (priests have tried to get us to take on extra actions rather than give things up but...old habits...) Maybe I should think of this as a sacrifice to myself? It would require giving myself some authority as well as respect.

How do you make a good resolution? How do you keep to it so it's not just an idea you had this one time? 12 months is a really long time to go without fucking up, how do you check in/keep yourself on the right track?

Got any good resolutions to share? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319975#Comment_319975 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319975#Comment_319975 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:44:05 -0800 flecky
I love what you say about giving yourself authority and respect. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319979#Comment_319979 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319979#Comment_319979 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:28:52 -0800 Warped Savant -Usually they're something that you want to change about yourself (or your Self). Some people try to get rid of unhealthy habits (or start a healthy habit) such as quitting smoking, jogging 3 times a week, going to the gym, etc. Some people decide they want to try to watch less T.V., cuss less, learn a new talent, etc, etc, etc.

How do you keep to it so it's not just an idea you had this one time?
-And herein lies the main problem. Most people I know that make a resolution have forgotten about it by the end of January. Resolutions are something that, if you want to maintain them, they have to be something that you really want to change / get into the habit of doing. When you see an psychologist (or some such person) talking about making resolutions like quitting smoking they generally suggest starting it at the end of January or some other random time because people tend to give up on what they consider a resolution because, well, we all know that people almost never keep them anyways so it doesn't seem as important to hold yourself to them.

12 months is a really long time to go without fucking up, how do you check in/keep yourself on the right track?
-Again, it usually depends on what you want to change. If you're "never going to swear again" then you're likely to fail a just give up after a little while. If, however, you're "not going to swear as much as you usually do" it's easier to stick to it because if you swear sometimes it's okay because, so long as you're swearing less, you're sticking to what you wanted to do and if you stick to it long enough you'll find yourself swearing less and less. (I use swearing as an example because it's an easy habit that I think a lot of people can identify with.)

But that's just my thoughts on the topic. Others might have completely different ideas.
PS: I plan on learning how to play the guitar. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319986#Comment_319986 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319986#Comment_319986 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:49:19 -0800 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319987#Comment_319987 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319987#Comment_319987 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:12:40 -0800 Bankara
That being said, you don't need a new year as an excuse, any day will do to start something. I recommend writing it down and referring back to it to keep yourself honest and also writing to yourself WHY you wanted to do these things in the first place. We would all like to do so much more with ourselves but it is important to recognize it as part of a larger process of self-realization and progress by having an understanding of your own motivations, aspirations, and the like. Seeing it as part of something larger than just wishing for it.

I for one cannot wait for this nightmarish category 5 shitstorm of a year to end and the next to begin. It has been one of the most difficult and yet the most productive years of my life to date. Largely this is due to a resolution made more than a year ago to write 3 pages every morning on waking up in order to be more conscious of my own desires, thoughts, failings, and successes. That discipline has seeped into every aspect of my life by forcing me to be more attentive to what I am doing and how large the gap is between ambition and action.

I bought a fucking guitar a couple of weeks back just because I got tired of promising myself that I would do it 'someday' and I have been teaching myself a little bit every day. I still suck but I suck considerably less than a few weeks ago. I hope to suck far less in 6 months time and if I keep at it I will not only have taught my self something that i do strictly for the sheer enjoyment of it but I will be that much further down the line of re-wiring my brain and keeping it nice and plastic. Every new thing you do physically alters your brain and creates new neural pathways which force you to think differently and in ways previously unimaginable.

My resolutions are to continue to do more, work harder, create ever better things, love deeper, be smarter and more foolish at the same time, fuck up in new and astonishingly novel ways, and learn from it all. Both the good and bad. I plan on scaring the shit out of myself as frequently as possible. If I fuck up on a particular resolution it doesn't mean I cannot just start again. It is only failure when you stop trying. Fuck 2011, bring on 2012! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319988#Comment_319988 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319988#Comment_319988 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:14:31 -0800 Rachæl Tyrell
When I first read it a few months ago, I thought it was stupid. I thought of how the brain develops lifelong associations and scars from an early age, of the crippling fear and issues that build upon one another to form a personality, and ailments that make brain function erratic. I'd even driven myself to tears when I was trying to change my twitter name, because I couldn't think of anything that wasn't either my name, or something that referenced one of my illnesses.

But then... recently... I've started to realize that I am more than a sum of my ailments and horror stories. The idea that someone might enjoy my company and find me interesting without knowing about my wonky eyes, crooked spine, brain of abnormality, and the darkly amusing life of unfortunate happenings is... fucking astounding to me. I forgot that there's some me underneath it all.

So, my New Years Resolution is to try and fully internalize the idea that: I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become or what I always was all along, but forgot. Which, if you want to take it to an Eastern philosophic frame of mind, means I've got to try and remember that I'm god underneath all this broken flesh, and that I can still find the god in others. Which I rather dig, from an abstract and non-religious standpoint.

(time to go and listen to some Alan Watts lectures) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319990#Comment_319990 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319990#Comment_319990 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:21:16 -0800 Purple Wyrm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319994#Comment_319994 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319994#Comment_319994 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:31:46 -0800 glukkake
There's such a special balance between knowing what you're going to do & plotting out all your benchmarks to see that it gets done combined with Just Fucking Do It-ness. Because I feel like the thing to do is spend time up until New Year's thinking about what you want to see happen (within reason) and then making a plan and then hit the ground running as soon as you feel ready. Whether this is on Dec 25th or Feb 27th doesn't really matter so long as you know what you're doing and just get right down to it. And again, as I've mentioned in the past, being patient with yourself & not stressing out that it isn't happening fast enough for you. Because most people base their timelines on wunderkinds or people with way more money or connections and feel that if they haven't put out a best selling novel in 6 months then they're a failure. And that's just ridiculous & doesn't account for SO MUCH.

So yea, sort something out, get a plan, forgive yourself if you're slightly undisciplined and just fucking do it.


My resolution is the same as my every year resolution, which is to do the things I want to do until they get done. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319998#Comment_319998 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=319998#Comment_319998 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:56:09 -0800 Jay Kay http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320009#Comment_320009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320009#Comment_320009 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:26:45 -0800 Aurora Borealis
In fact, I think it's about time to challenge my 2008 "hi-score" of 129 pages.

I even have the right project to do that. Right now I'm writing out bits and pieces of lore, bridging chunks of previously written scripts, figuring out the characters and locations and "looking for useful visual reference"* that will help me draw better noses, eyes, mouths (faces in general).

*translation: looking through mine and my friends' comics collections for artists whose nose-drawing and eye-simplifying skills I can appropriate and mold into part of my style, heh ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320010#Comment_320010 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320010#Comment_320010 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:39:19 -0800 Vornaskotti
My manifesto for next year:

1) Rewrite the novel according to the feedback and start whoring it around to publishers.
2) Finish at least one damn IF game project.
3) Pick up the exercise regimen which the mental fatigue and financial shit destroyed in the end of this year. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320014#Comment_320014 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320014#Comment_320014 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:32:46 -0800 Bankara
@Rachael, all of what you are saying sounds dead on to me. I believe that we are nothing less than the invention of ourselves and so that chestnut from Jung is cheesy, yes, but true. Everything true sounds trite until you discover it for yourself. Allen Watts is a good one to listen to for thinking about eastern philosophy without all of the attendant dogma. I also always come back to Bill Hicks, the unlikeliest of philosophers, and his bit about how we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively in millions of different parts.

You cannot escape being a product of your past but you can transcend it and become something greater than the just the sum of its parts. What Glu said. think about it, don't overthink it, and just do something.

Now I am going to the Central Park Zoo with my friend and his two year old daughter to take pictures and relive my own childhood before this year gets underway.

TL;DR: They got filthy monkeys there! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320039#Comment_320039 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320039#Comment_320039 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:40:49 -0800 Fishelle
For me, it is necessary to have something specific in a specific time frame. If I were to try an abstract resolution like "exercise more" or "eat better" or "stop swearing" I would fail. My resolutions are assignments for myself, and I either pass or I fail. I do well as a student, so having my personal goals mimic homework is helpful. I also don't do anything too big or that seems impossible. Just things like making blogs about my art or doing a comic diary. Those resolutions helped me to feel better about the work I'm producing and to more easily find ideas to work with, which helped my mental health at least. I probably should resolve to eat better, but I don't really know how I'd go about it.

My resolution for 2012 is to draw something every single day. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320042#Comment_320042 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320042#Comment_320042 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:57:29 -0800 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320043#Comment_320043 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320043#Comment_320043 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:13:13 -0800 ScottBieser
For Xmas I asked family to send me books on the Primal Diet, including a cook-book and an "easy meals" book, and I'm gonna learn this stuff and apply it. Because what I've read of it already makes a good bit of sense to me.

So, if I'm 50 pounds lighter this time next year, we'll know I succeeded, and if not, we'll know I blew another one. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320044#Comment_320044 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320044#Comment_320044 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:18:00 -0800 razrangel (*dodges falling anvils*)

I dunno...I never think about things that I can't over think so maybe that's my problem. But 2011 has been the year where I realized I'm becoming me. Not necessarily the person I've always wanted to be, but ME. I've evolved this far and so long as I'm not dead the evolution shall continue. I've also realized this year that the only way to do something _wrong_ is to give up trying to do it. So, Bankara, Rachael, totally with you.

Glukkake - patience. Hm. I need some more of that. Not sure how to resolve to find it. But I remember you advising staying busy while the cake sets, so to speak. I think if I'm honest about what I'm doing every day I'll be so friggin busy I won't have any choice but to fail to notice I'm getting to exactly where I want to be. I am darned good at MAKING plans... it's KEEPING them where I fall apart. So let's see if I can keep to my benchmarks.

Areas to work (still hammering out the details)
1. personal fitness, focus on eating habits 2. voice: more auditions & daily practice 3. read more books 4. writing 5. practice Japanese ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320046#Comment_320046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320046#Comment_320046 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:42:00 -0800 Warped Savant -Make sure that I let go of any lingering grudges / resentments. I don't forget about them, but I give people a fresh start. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320048#Comment_320048 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320048#Comment_320048 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:57:30 -0800 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320051#Comment_320051 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320051#Comment_320051 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:11:31 -0800 Paprika http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320054#Comment_320054 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320054#Comment_320054 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:57:28 -0800 JP Carpenter
This year's key ones will be:

1) Lose two stone (I lost one last year, know I can do it now, once I've stopped gorging on Christmas cheese)
2) Play the guitar at least three times a week (logistically hard, as they're down in the shed and I need to rearrange some domestic things to make that happen, but I'm so out of practice now that something needs to be done)
3) Sort my head out (at least, stick to the CBT stuff, which was helping me until I fucked it all up)
4) Sell some photography (need to get my act together on that, been meaning to for bloody years)
5) Be sociable

Possibly 'stop beating myself up' could be one as well... maybe that one should be a meta-resolution that sits above all the others. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320067#Comment_320067 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320067#Comment_320067 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:37:36 -0800 AtomicSloth Tip: Dont make Dont Do This Thing resolutions, make Things That I Can Celebrate Accomplishing ones.

I usually do a list of 10 resolutions each year and count the year as a success if I complete over half of them. 2007 I didn't bother with a list and that was one of my worst years ever. This year I didn't get round to it either, and it also ended up pretty empty. I didn't achieve much, didn't write anything, and undid some of the progress I've made in the last few years.

So I've been half-arsedly (this is a word) planning MMXII's list for the last two months, hopefully finish it today. The main points are WRITE STUFF. ANYTHING. WRITE A LOT. And to somehow get money since I've been living on £10 a week for most of this year.

One of my best resolutions was 2010's 'Be more like Nick Cave.' I need someone to emulate this year, I'm thinking a prolific writer.

Also consider planning 2012 as if the world really is going to end next December. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320073#Comment_320073 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320073#Comment_320073 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:28:17 -0800 taphead
]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320075#Comment_320075 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320075#Comment_320075 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:10:38 -0800 Jason A. Quest http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320082#Comment_320082 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320082#Comment_320082 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:21:53 -0800 Aurora Borealis That's a good suggestion! I'll be tweeting my daily progress :D

also, small update to my goal: 260 or more b/w comic pages.
Why so many? 2008 was 129 color pages, so it would have to be 130 at least. And since I'll be working b/w I want to double that. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320109#Comment_320109 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320109#Comment_320109 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:56:26 -0800 oldhat
For the past two years I go to a Buddhist Temple in the city for the New Years service. I can't this year due to stomach problems and my best friend who I normally go with is moving. So I'll be thinking of a few things...particularly in removing the bad memories of the year and only keeping the lessons learned. And having a marker to keep track of the progress I've made in becoming more like the person I want to be really helps as well. As a friend of mine said "Think of the person you ideally want to me and look at yourself as you are now. Remove anything that doesn't match and bring out the things that do match". Because of that, I make promises to myself every year to better myself.

So my promises for next year are:

1. lose this holiday weight
2. Lose the remaining weight to reach my goal.
3. Brew more beer. Get experimental. Go wild!
4. Learn how to sew to the point where I can make stuff.
5. Take more photos.
6. explore for inspiration. Don't be afraid to try something new.
7. Build up my bank accounts "zero point" until I have enough to last as a rainy day fund for when I do get a place of my own. The zero point is the amount that I train my brain to see as a zero and I just can't touch. Currently I've built it up to $1000 and my goal is $5000. Any bonuses I get goes in to the account and that will be my new zero point. Keep making small additions until I reach my goal.
8. Travel more. This is kind of one that I know I'll be doing, as I leave for Washington, DC next week and there's a trip to NYC, Chicago, England and possibly LA in the future.
9. Make more friends. Easily arranged by being more social. Aside from the gym, I don't go out to things where I can meet people much anymore. I'll try and go back to D&D Encounters at my local game store and hit up a few more beer events to at least talk to some brewers.
10. Be more active in maintaining current friendships. In all honesty, I haven't been too great at getting back to some people. Friendships are a two-way street and there is room for improvement in being involved with my friends more.
11. Let a lot of that baggage drop. Still holding some walls up due to the last relationship being so broken. Not fair to Alan and tiresome for me.

And...I think that's it. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320111#Comment_320111 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320111#Comment_320111 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:00:11 -0800 Alan Tyson
And not think of it as a bad thing. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320114#Comment_320114 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320114#Comment_320114 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:36:39 -0800 Darkest http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320142#Comment_320142 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320142#Comment_320142 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:50:07 -0800 government spy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320144#Comment_320144 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320144#Comment_320144 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:26:38 -0800 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320146#Comment_320146 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320146#Comment_320146 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:53:40 -0800 Fauxhammer -Write at least two hours per day
-Publish something
-Bang out twenty short stories
-Work on novel
-Get that anthology formatted and uploaded

PHYSICAL
-Work out one hour per day
-Lose as much fat as possible
-Gain as much muscle as possible
-Keep up with medicines

PERSONAL
-Chill the hell out
-Dress better
-Buy a pair of pisser boots ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320153#Comment_320153 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320153#Comment_320153 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:36:16 -0800 Darkest 2. Start running and skating again, try to actually get at least one trick down. Stick to a schedule for the running.
3. Find some places to go.
4. Sort out wardrobe. Donate old and unused clothes and get replacements.
5. Clean room. Clean floor, clean windows, throw away old boxes.
6. Stop buying magazines and not reading them.
7. Work/ life balance and free time.
8. Sort out finance/ budget. Stop excessive spending.
9. Catch up with games/ TV and reading.
10. Eat better. (Less junk food, more fruit/ vegetables. Halve portion sizes)
11. Travel/ go to events,. Try to be more active rather than waiting for things to happen.
12. Repair Hardware/ software (Ipod, hard drive)
13. Get rid of unused books/games/dvds
14. Get rid of old magazines.
15. Take Better care of my health. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320159#Comment_320159 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320159#Comment_320159 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:31:58 -0800 Suresh N
1- Get my divorce done. My marriage ended over 6 years ago. I still haven't done the paperwork to go through with it, and make it official. Which understandably has made my GF of almost 4 years very pissed at me by now. So it's time for me to make the calls to the local Legal Aid office, and see what they can do to help me.

2- Get back in shape. I'm fed up being tired and lethargic all the time. I need to take better care of my health. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320169#Comment_320169 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320169#Comment_320169 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:25:24 -0800 RenThing
Good luck. If the Primal Diet is anything like the Paleo Diet, which my wife and I have been on (and had some success with) let me offer some pointers:
1. Focus mostly on the fruit and veg with your meat portions being smaller. This will help with your cholesterol.
2. Exercise, even if it's just a thirty minute walk. This will help with the cholesterol issue (which can be a problem with this kind of diet).
3. You will be hungry but snacking, if the snack is appropriate, is ok. Nuts are great for this, stuff like almonds or pistachios. Peanuts, which are technically beans, are out however.
4. Do not cheat. Ever. If you cheat, make excuses to allow yourself to cheat, then it will be easier to keep doing so. It's better to just cut everything not on the diet out completely and be a stone-cold bastard about it than to let yourself have "just one" because that one often becomes more.

You can do it.

As for my own resolutions, they are:
1. Continue to do the best by my son as I can while giving myself permission to screw up in the attempt because I'm not perfect and I'm still learning this dad thing.
2. Continue to love my wife and work to better our marriage.
3. Write more. A rough count of my work for 2011 puts my word count at about 250k for the year which is slightly more than double 2010 but not what I wanted at the beginning of 2011.
4. Get published more. Two publications in 2011, so I'd like three in 2012.
5. Apply for Clarion.
6. Grow professionally by taking classes and training and getting some certifications for my Day Job that will make me more marketable in the event I decide to start looking for more work.
7. Continue diet and working out regime. Drop another ten pounds over the course of the year.
8. Enjoy the fuck out of life. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320238#Comment_320238 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320238#Comment_320238 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:31:38 -0800 Jason A. Quest http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320251#Comment_320251 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320251#Comment_320251 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:17:44 -0800 nelzbub ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320254#Comment_320254 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320254#Comment_320254 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:38:30 -0800 chiaslut "It is only failure when you stop trying."
Oh man, Bankara. This nails it for me.
I'm guilty of this in a few areas of my life. I don't make resolutions specific to a new year, but I do resolve to never to stop trying. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320255#Comment_320255 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320255#Comment_320255 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:01:10 -0800 Osmosis
This thread is very good. It's inspirational to see how many people will be making creative endeavour part of their years. I am going to do that too.

I haven't narrowed my resolutions down yet, as my process is to draw up a big long list of everything that I don't like (did that yesterday; made me unhappy, as usual), then try to winnow it into things I can actually influence, and then specific actions I can take to address those. Then I can make resolutions. Then I can pick a day in January or February when It Starts and I don't feel quite like I'm going with the figurative crowd to the gym. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320316#Comment_320316 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320316#Comment_320316 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:43:15 -0800 flecky
1.Get a electric guitar,fix my amp,turn it up loud,send waves of sonic feedback through my walls and get the neighbours to complain.
2.Keep eating really healthy food and get even more fatter round my middle body part.
3.Join a gym and burn off the fat from my middle body part.Get a instructor to yell at me as i attempt to do more than three press-ups.
4.Take more advantage of all the excellent museums in London.
5.Finish my goddamn detox.
6.Start the day programme at Munster Rd in Fulham.Create huge pieces of art by throwing loads of paint on huge pieces of paper.
5.Edit all the stories i've wrote over the past few years.Put them all together in one volume.Even if it's crap.It's called closure.
6.Go back to school.Do an access course.Brush-up on my atrocious grammar.
7.Continue doing voluntary work at the clinic i attend.Show them i mean business.
8.See about getting back into working again with young offenders.Even if voluntary.I did it before and was good at it.
9.Keep attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings and continue doing step-work.Even though i'm not too fond of it.
10.Keep questioning the existence of God whenever i hear the word.
11.Start writing new stories and finishing them this time.
12.Stop judging people by my first impression of them.Experience has shown i usually get it wrong.
13.Read more comics.I love them.Read more books.I love them.
14.Get to hospital for E.C.G's.See what the score is with my hepatitis c status.See if i can get more help with my legs.
15.Keep on laughing at the absurdity of existence and the human condition.
16.Smoke loads of tobacco.

Yeah,i'd better stop there because as we all know talk is cheap.It's the action that counts. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320339#Comment_320339 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320339#Comment_320339 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:51:27 -0800 SteadyUP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320506#Comment_320506 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320506#Comment_320506 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:15:24 -0800 Horrible Warning Si http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320534#Comment_320534 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320534#Comment_320534 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:46:06 -0800 SteadyUP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320555#Comment_320555 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320555#Comment_320555 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:49:49 -0800 D.J.
4) RUN. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320603#Comment_320603 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320603#Comment_320603 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:20:09 -0800 Elfay Yes I know it sounds like I'm all jolly 'n shit, but really - I miss my best friend and need company....sigh.
There! Happy now!!?
L. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320605#Comment_320605 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320605#Comment_320605 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:05:28 -0800 Horrible Warning Si
I still have lung bogies, which is disappointing. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320625#Comment_320625 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320625#Comment_320625 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:42:59 -0800 Elfay http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320648#Comment_320648 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320648#Comment_320648 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:12:42 -0800 JP Carpenter
Fuck moderation, it's over-bloody-rated.


Not sure if that's a resolution or just a new mantra. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320852#Comment_320852 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320852#Comment_320852 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:56:40 -0800 CK Burch
One. Utilize diplomacy wherever possible, but when diplomacy fails, give not a fuck.

Two. Make this the last year I work for Starbucks.

Three. Write a book entirely on a typewriter.

Four. Work from home so I can spend more time with my children. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320853#Comment_320853 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320853#Comment_320853 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:58:33 -0800 CK Burch
One thing I'll say is that the cravings never really go away, although you can quell them. I still have times where I'll be out with friends and I'll see people smoking outside the bar, and I'll have the strongest urge to join them. It's mostly whenever I have whiskey, though. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320856#Comment_320856 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320856#Comment_320856 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:24:08 -0800 Rachæl Tyrell
GIVE LESS FUCKS. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320858#Comment_320858 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320858#Comment_320858 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:44:26 -0800 D.J.
Or, at least, that's what the prostitutes I hire say to reassure me. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320860#Comment_320860 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=320860#Comment_320860 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:56:19 -0800 Comicbookbunny
I resolved that a long time ago- and am keeping to it. I also had decided to to the gym and I go for a hour 5 days a week. I need to keep doing and going. I'm not saying I haven't hit road bumps on the road to happy- but doing my best to weed out all the crap helps.

Keep up with the not smoking! :D The hubby is at the point (quitting after 3 years) to puff cigars. The lung "oh gods what the hell was that i just coughed up!" goes away full after 6 months i'm sorry to say.

Also give no one your fucks unless they are a good fuck ;) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=321157#Comment_321157 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10414&Focus=321157#Comment_321157 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:00:26 -0800 Elfay I quit booze and drugs over 30 years ago - I remembering a guy at a meetin' years ago now sayin; I'd rather hafta quit smack again than try to quit smoking...
Clearly I never forgot that statement. People just have no fucking idea how hard they are to give up.
It's never quitting, it's staying quit. I've had 5 years off in my 20's and fifteen years later, 3 years off the smokes...for some reason it just won't stick.
Anyway, I'm listening to a LOT of sad latin love ballads and living on the web today...it's just one of *those* days.
and they ALWAYS pass... ]]>