New Year's Resolutions

[indysteel]

My New Year's Resolution is to be less of a worrier. I tend to stew, overanalyze, wring my hands, etc. about a whole host of things and it's largely unproductive. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to tackle this problem, but there it is. And because I worry and stew, I'm also not really enjoying the moment and/or being as nice to those around me as I should.

I'd also like to "get out there" a bit more. I have plenty of friends, but my romantic life is nonexistent. I'm finally over my ex BF I'm happy to say, but I haven't quite taken the next step of getting back on the horse. It's not that I think my life is incomplete without a man, but I am lonely. I tend to become complacent about dating (as in, I just don't). I'd like to be more open to the possibility.

Beyond that, I need to spend more time on my house. I'd rather ride any day, but my house is starting to look and feel neglected.

[IFjane]

Do you suppose if I post this I will stick with it?

1. Get out of the funk I have been wallowing in for the last year. Surgeries have taken their toll and every time I try to get into shape something happens to make me stumble...
2. Lose weight and keep it off!
3. Get into shape!
4. GET MARRIED (I know I'll keep that one!)

[Zen]

I'm giving those up for Lent.

[IFjane]

I'm giving those up for Lent.

lol! Aren't you rushing the season a little, Zen? We have hardly finished celebrating Solstice!

[kelownagirl]

My New Year's Resolution is to be less of a worrier. I tend to stew, overanalyze, wring my hands, etc. about a whole host of things and it's largely unproductive. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to tackle this problem, but there it is. And because I worry and stew, I'm also not really enjoying the moment and/or being as nice to those around me as I should.

I'd also like to "get out there" a bit more. I have plenty of friends, but my romantic life is nonexistent. I'm finally over my ex BF I'm happy to say, but I haven't quite taken the next step of getting back on the horse. It's not that I think my life is incomplete without a man, but I am lonely. I tend to become complacent about dating (as in, I just don't). I'd like to be more open to the possibility.

Beyond that, I need to spend more time on my house. I'd rather ride any day, but my house is starting to look and feel neglected.

I'm a worrier too. I saw a counsellor about 10 years ago about related stuff and she recommended I write down everything I am worried about. Then I was to set a time every day that I actually sat down and "worried" about the things on the list but not allow myself to think about them the rest of the time. In addition, I had to analyze each item (big or little) and list the things I can control and those that I can't and then work on changing the things I can but letting go of the ones that are beyond my control. All of this stuff did help to some degree. I'm not sure if I'm explaining this very well...

[silver]

Ride more!!!!!

[Velobambina]

Be kinder, more patient, empathetic and tolerant. Think more of others, less of myself.

Stop SWEARING so much, too. I have been channeling Carmela Soprano the last few years.

[nonsmoker3]

I am actually one of those people who really keep New Years Resolutions. I quit smoking as a result of a resolution, also did a triathlon, 5K and 10K because I resolved to do them. So here are mine for the new year:

1. Learn Spanish. So many of the folks I work with speak it and it makes me crazy wondering what they are talking about. I just ordered a DVD that teaches you beginner Spanish.

2. Quit drinking beer (and oh, how I love beer). I actually quit on 17 December, which makes me 10 days beer free today!

3. Lose 10 lbs by not drinking beer!

4. Do a century and an Olympic Triathlon.

5. Run a 1/2 marathon in September. There is actually one in March I may just shoot for.

6. Focus more on my job. I am getting bored and therefore lax. I need to jump back into it and get excited about it again.

[indysteel]

I'm a worrier too. I saw a counsellor about 10 years ago about related stuff and she recommended I write down everything I am worried about. Then I was to set a time every day that I actually sat down and "worried" about the things on the list but not allow myself to think about them the rest of the time. In addition, I had to analyze each item (big or little) and list the things I can control and those that I can't and then work on changing the things I can but letting go of the ones that are beyond my control. All of this stuff did help to some degree. I'm not sure if I'm explaining this very well...

Thank you for those suggestions. I was thinking along those same lines myself--about only allowing myself a set amount of time to worry.

Some of the things I worry about are the details. I like things to be "just so." I'm not sure how to tackle that one. I feel this huge push/pull to the often practical necessity of being well prepared and exercising an undue amount of control over a situation or person. My friends laugh at me for being such a planner, but if they knew how much hand wringing that goes into it, I don't think they'd find it as amusing.

[sundial]

My New Year's resolution is to not have a resolution.

[makbike]

Continue to put my life back together after the awful year I had in 2007. I'm on way to accomplishing this but there is still some work to be done and 2008will give me the time.

Thank all my friends and family for being there for me during 2007.

Ride, Ride and Ride some more!

Enjoy life, my family, my friends, my animals

Ride, Ride, and Ride some more!

Climb like a mountain goat!

Ride, Ride and Ride some more!