2012 Resolutions

[Kobe]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't been started yet. Let's here what you hope to accomplish in 2012

Poker Goals
[ ] - Hit 200,000VPP ($16,100 in free money) (Pokerstars)
[ ] - Maintain 6% ROI at the end of the year in Head-up

Life Goals
[ ] - Continue going to the gym
[ ] - Lose beer gut by continuing to run and eating healthy
[ ] - Stop drinking beer!
[ ] - Buy ticket for Europe 2012 (No idea how long I want to stay there, but I don't want to be in Canada
[ ] - Do more productive things with life!


I started 2011 off Living in Europe (Traveled a bit) and coming back to travel around Canada/USA for a month, and going back to school.

I think the year was pretty good, I have had much worst years, but I think 2012 can be much better and am excited to start it fresh!

[Sugarphreak]

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[revelations]

I dont do resolutions because any time of the year is a good time to change for the better .... but ... I will be starting a full time business on 1 Jan , purely for ease of taxes.

[swak]

Race Bikes..... Get Money
F--- Bitches.... Get Money
Get my degree from MRU and start working F/Time..... Get Money


So, overall....... Ride my bike more and make monies.
And hopefully get enlisted in C.Forces

[chathamf]

Big changes coming this year..

Quit smoking weed

Fly to Calgary

Get a camp job/pass a piss test

Keep working on my brazilian jiujitsu and start muay thai (just started martial arts in sept)

Get in shape (lose this beer belly, lose another 10-15 pounds so I can get down to 145 to compete someday)

Graduating with my under grad degree in May

Baby being born in August

Hopefully starting my Bachelor of Education in Sept

Yikes.

[ekguy]

Working on starting a small business with a friend.

Keep working both my jobs until I start making enough money at Husky to quit my second job.

Keep losing weight. It was my resolution last year and I'm down 65 pounds this year. Got about maybe 15 left to go, then I'll start bulking up.

Stop being a wuss and work up the courage to start doing gaps on my bike again. Haven't since I broke my ribs and shoulder.

Work my way up to at least a 15 to 20 foot drop.

Start university in environmental management (hopefully this year)

[Merritt]

I hope to succeed academically, that's pretty much it I guess.

[reiRei]

Most of my goals are roller derby related...

- Spend more time as a Jammer in Games
- Train as a jammer/blocker/pivot (triple threat)
- Start training towards a spot on Team Canada

oh,

and also save up for a large amount to pay off my mortgage

and..

Learn to detail both of my cars
Swap the engine on Wilma and learn more about the inner workings of going fast

[hampstor]

Bring my lunches to work at least 3 times a week instead of buying food downtown. Goal is to save at least $100/month on food.

[brucebanner]

-Continue going to the gym and being healthier.
-Make more money and save more of it.

[CHICHARITZHI]

i don't save money, spend spend spend spend spend spend bannnnngg earthquake strike, spend spend spend spend spend spend banngggggg tsunami strike , spend spend spend spend spend spend bangggggg hurricane4 strike... survived and back to school in 2013..:thumbsup:

[Disoblige]

[ ] Bench 2 plates.
[ ] 150 proper sit-ups in a row.

[ ] Learn/improve on taking photos and editing photography (lightroom, photoshop, etc.)

[Dumbass17]

- continue my post xmas break regime at the gym and lose the 10lbs i gained in a week by binge eating

- stop smoking herb

- reduce drinking, and only drink vodka water to supplement weight lost at gym

- go bungee jumping in New Zealand

[TomcoPDR]

Lose virginity

[Unknown303]

-Take TomcoPDR's virginity
-Sell condo + buy house
-Raise child
-Offroad Jeep + camp way more before said child arrives.

[baygirl]

Originally posted by Unknown303
-Take TomcoPDR's virginity

Hey, we have the same resolution....

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by baygirl

Hey, we have the same resolution....

and the race is on. :burnout:

[baygirl]

Originally posted by Unknown303


and the race is on. :burnout:
Or we can just make it a threesome:poosie:

:)

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by baygirl

Or we can just make it a threesome:poosie:

:)

That would make for quite a first time for TomcoPDR. :bigpimp:

[masoncgy]

- Move back to Calgary.
- Lose about 70 lbs.
- Have a better outlook on life.

Everything else will fall into place from there.

[KRyn]

Save money thus enabling me to purchase one of my dream cars.

Add 200lbs to my squat/bench/deadlift total.

Maybe lose 10lbs of flubber... undecided on this one.

Get a raise and take on my responsibility at work.

[Tram Common]

-Fake own death successfully.

-Reborn as cat-man.

[heinz256]

- meet new people
- be more sociable
- get my degree
- get a job
- learn to play hockey and try to get good at it
- get fit
- stop taking things so seriously all the time, try to get a sense of humor

[flipstah]

I jumped really high so that I could be taller! :thumbsup:

[Sugarphreak]

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[max_boost]

I started some of these things back in Oct/Nov but for 2012 I would like to continue to work on it to get better.

- Improve skating, play ice hockey
- Improve swimming, swim continuous laps and tread water
- Improve snowboarding skills, go faster and make some jumps

In addition:

- PADI certification
- Learn golf
- Travel more

More importantly, find a girl because I don't want to be forever alone. :( :rofl:

[Melinda]

Mine are mostly easy ones that will make my day to day life a lot easier.

- photo a day of both my kids for 2012
- stop eating shitty food and get healthy
- work on tidying up as the day goes so I don't get so overwhelmed with mess by the end of the day that I just ignore it
- get more sleep
- start writing again
- start cooking more, especially during the day for my kids
- finish polishing off the presentation aspect of my business and keep better records
- stop spending so much money on useless crap

And the last and biggest one would be to finally beat this f$?#*! PPD so I can go back to being something like the person I was 3.5 years ago.

Happy new year everyone!

[wintonyk]

- hit as many countries in SE Asia as I can afford
- learn to surf
- move to tokyo, seoul or hong kong
- learn basic japanese, korean or mandarin
- continue having the time of my life

Figure out what I am doing after said asia expedition

[Sykes]

- Read more
- Work on improving on all things photography
- Gain more technical knowledge of automotive mechanics and tuning
- Continue to work on my Wing Chun

Happy New Year!

[schocker]

-Be more sociable
-Go to the gym 7 days a week not 5
-Be more productive in the evenings/weekends
-Get my garage painted and set up with cabinets and what not
-Work on my website instead of just buying it and letting it sit
-Import a nice car from the US to replace my now punishment Volvo

Happy New Year Everyone!

[Vagabond142]

-Get officially published (self-publication counts, but I am meaning get the full meal deal rolling with this, ie edited, reviewed, properly formatted, etc)

-Continue going to gym on a respectable schedule

-Apply again to the Canadian Forces and this time make it in (honorable medical last time I applied)

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

My resolution was to buy a car I really like and will keep at least 5 years, and I completed it yesterday :P

[Shax]

Get the hell out of Central Alberta, preferably head to Calgary.
Lose another 30 pounds.
Try to find a job I actually enjoy.

Pretty simple haha.

[davidI]

I don't make resolutions but I do set goals:

[ ] Retire from the Office Life (planning some online businesses)
[ ] Finish MSc with Hons
[ ] Learn Spanish
[ ] Minimize Material Possessions

I also want to drink less, eat better and work out more, but those are just lifestyle things rather than a complete/incomplete goal.

[Merritt]

Originally posted by TomcoPDR
Lose virginity

http://i.imgur.com/3Buzv.jpg

[austic]

Gym Goals:
Gains in my deadlift/bench/squat numbers
Improve my Snatch
Strict Muscle up
get more consistent with my double unders
1 mile per day every day for January

Race Goals:
Tough Mudder Whistler
Spartan Super and Beast Races
10k road race in under 45mins

Life Goals:
Travel 2 new places i have not been
Get a new job or promotion

[HomespunLobster]

One year of no fapping, drinking, drugs (I don't do them anyway), smoking.
Get in shape.

[Adrenaline101]

- Find a relationship that will last FFS.
- Continue losing weight. 10lbs to go till goal.
- Ride the hell out of my mountain bike.
- Save for down payment on house.
- Spend thousands making new truck into a monster.
- Meet more people, make some more friends.

[realazy]

Get further in my career, more career development.
Meet more people, and go out more.
Go to the gym and get in shape.
Save for downpayment and/or invest more money.

[Shlade]

get in the best shape of my life
go on a very strict diet after mexico (come back on the 15th of Jan)
get my half sleeve done (start january 26th)
Quit drinking any and all alcohol (not that I do it much anyways)
do a 5k run sometime this year
Get a better job and hopefully start a career
Do a road trip somewhere with my bike

Most important of all be there for my family and friends and have a better outlook on life.

2012 is going to be a great year.

[msommers]

Continue to cross more things off my bucketlist. A list of 100 things to attempt before one passes away - making the list itself was actually quite difficult.

Resolutions are stupid but goals are great. Keep striving to better yourself and others!

[Merritt]

You could consider the resolutions as renewed goals or new plans or something.

[Graham_A_M]

-Finish learning Italian, start on another language possibly.

I've ideally love to move to Italy. But with the global economy, dont know if thats possible just yet. If that doesn't pan out....

-Buy a house.

.... also get in much better shape. Wow Im out of it.

[A3GTiVR6SC]

Originally posted by realazy
Get further in my career, more career development.
Meet more people, and go out more.
Go to the gym and get in shape.
Save for downpayment and/or invest more money.


+1

[davidI]

Originally posted by HomespunLobster
One year of no fapping, drinking, drugs (I don't do them anyway), smoking.
Get in shape.

This does not sound fun to me, but good luck!

[Shlade]

Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo
My resolution was to buy a car I really like and will keep at least 5 years, and I completed it yesterday :P

details!

[gt2871r]

2560x1440 hopefully soon

[Super_Geo]

Have this be the first year since I started my career where I don't ramp up my spending in lock-step with increased earning. I have no idea how my parents can earn slightly less but save so much more than I do :banghead:

Possible first step ;)
http://forums.beyond.ca/st/347102/economics-of-going-car-less-in-calgary

[Penis McNickels]

I'm waiting for my wife to do her annual, "Our lives are horribly unorganised and we are simply wasting away. We must do something about it. I'm going to make a big list of stupid things I think we should do and we'll try to do them for about a month before we totally abandon those ideas and forget about them until next January."

Other than that, I would like to work on my photography and yo-yo skills.

[adamc]

leave Calgary for good

[legendboy]

Mine: Learn when to keep my mouth shut

[Feruk]

- Go back to Calgary and get the hell out of Red Deer
- Lose beer gut, quit smoking, drink less, eat healther, work out, and all the other typical crap I prolly won't do cuz it sucks
- Travel Europe again (Poland 2012!)
- Have a kick arse year for investing
- Make more money, fuck less bitches
- Learn a new hobby: looking at you telescoping

[95EG6P]

play more hockey
treat the Gf better
try yogo
meditate more often
smile at ramdom people

[dirtsniffer]

[] lose 20 more pounds, 20 down already
[] secure a job offer before christmas, graduation next April
[] sleep with 6 different women, just got out of a long termer
[] go on two more vacations
[] take 2 correspondence courses before school in September

[C_Dave45]

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fIpeFCqP700/TwJ7gO8ZheI/AAAAAAAAIRw/ftGGQLXWOh4/h301/NewYearsResolutionsForE.jpg

[hurrdurr]

Make more money
Get back to losing weight + hitting gym.
Go somewhere tropical

[Tomaz]

I dont normally do the "New Year's Resolution" thing, but this year I have a group of friends who are all giving up smoking. $100 to the pot if one lights up this year.

I do yearly bucket lists that have many different things to do/accomplish throughout the year. I'm still working on it, but so far I have:

-Glenbow Museum
-Paintball
-Go to Vegas
-Warm Vacation (probably Cuba)
-Heritage Park
-Be on time for work at least 3 times a week. :rofl:
-Learn to wake-board
-Pay off my car
-Get back to a 36" waist by March
-Take dance lessons
-Go to the zoo
-Wine and dine some beautiful women


I'll come up with about 20-30 more things to do. I try to keep most of them simple as I noticed there are a lot of things to do in this town that are overlooked.

[dandia89]

- work up and do standup comedy
- reach fitness goals
- be a little more open minded with new ideas
- learn to cook
- commit to the things i want to do. laziness takes over way too often :P

[Feruk]

One thing I've learned from this thread: most of us are too fat.

[Dumbass17]

- stop smoking socially
- stop spending money on stupid shit
- get my cougar tags

[dimi]

Well I got in an avalanche on the 30th and messed up my knee so first things first:

1. Rehab knee (minor meniscus damage) and be on the hill again in 2 months or so.
2. Start tracking expenses. I used to do this but I got lazy. Its not so much to reduce my spending but moreso to know where I spend my money, and break it down by categories.
3. Clean up a lot of junk at home that needs to be thrown away/recycled/sold.
5. Be more efficient at scheduling my workday/work week. I tend to lose track of what I want to do and when. I procrastinate too of course.

[JRSC00LUDE]

Initially as I read this thread I was surprised how many fat people must be on here. Then, I remembered it's an internet forum....good luck my chubby virtual friends!

[baygirl]

Throw out junk we haven't used in years(have to since I'm moving lol)
Take more chances in life when possible
Focus more on the good things instead of dwelling on the bad

[ddduke]

Originally posted by JRSC00LUDE
Initially as I read this thread I was surprised how many fat people must be on here. Then, I remembered it's an internet forum....good luck my chubby virtual friends!

The best part is they're the same guys talking shit in the health and fitness section.

[Cos]

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[Modelexis]

I will try to read more books in 2012, with all the things around and the big city it's hard to isolate into a book but it must be done.

[TomcoPDR]

Just knocked one off the list :clap: :clap: Finished off the birdie.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r95/Tomcompany/Past%20repairs/Random/IMG_0831.jpg

[J-hop]

Originally posted by Cos
... travel more. I always talk about traveling but I really just need to do it.

same here, the gf and i have been talking about doing a trip to a tropical vacation spot for years and never go through with it. I've been working the last 7 months without taking a single vacation day and working about 3 extra days every month, I need a damn vacation. So my list is:

1) stop working overtime (im on salary!!!) and actually use my flex and vacation days/go on a good vacation
2) work on my beyond social skills
3) start and finish my new project car
4) save for a downpayment on a house
5) Start contributing to an RRSP
6) Save for a ring to finally lock down the woman (after being together for more than 6 years haha)

[ekguy]

One I definitely forgot to add is to try and watch alot less...And I mean ALOT less television. I dont watch much but I feel like I watch too much still...

[Rat Fink]

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[Euro_Trash]

Busy year ahead ^^

[heavyfuel]

Keep track of how much money I make lol

[needsawhip]

Replace 6 figure oil field job with 6 figure job that keeps me close to home and family.

[TomcoPDR]

Originally posted by needsawhip
Replace 6 figure oil field job with 6 figure job that keeps me close to home and family.

:thumbsup: respect. The lure of road money is tough eh.

[Dumbass17]

stop binge eating when i'm drunk!
friday night saw a full steak dinner at 5pm, got hungry at 6pm and ate a footlong subway. post bar saw me eating a slice of pizza while my kebab was being prepared next door

[lasimmon]

- Just moved to calgary and started a new job on the 3rd, hope to excel at this
- meet a bunch of new people in calgary
- be more active
- Stop Drinking. when I drink i have a totally different personality, one in which no one likes

[l/l/rX]

Originally posted by needsawhip
Replace 6 figure oil field job with 6 figure job that keeps me close to home and family.

And here I am torn between if I want to stay out here or not. I'm only out in the field for a year, but being out here has made me reach many financial goals 10x faster.

As for resolutions/ goals, don't really have any for 2012, except to keep the same strive I had in 2011 to progress in my job more.

[Darkane]

Eh what the hell:

Financial:
-Invest and make 30k within 15months with a 6 figure initial buy in
-Have 50% for a down payment of the average house price in Calgary by Dec 31st
-Get an additional Raise aside from the April 1st annual one.

Fitness:
-Try to hit 10-12% @220lbs BW. Currently 17%@237
-Mid 400lb Trapbar Deadlift with the Low handles

Go fast:
-235WHP NA K20 in my FG2

:dunno:

I never make resolutions, I figure it's just things that I'd like to do. Lots of resolutions I see people making are things that NEED to be done which is not good.

Waiting for a new year excuse is not the way to proceed.