What is/are your 2008 New Year's Resolutions ?

Post your good intentions here!

You will motivate others to have a great new year when they see what you are pledging for yourself, and you can check back at the end of the year and see what you posted and measure how good you did!!

Happy New Year :)

1. I am going to write *everyday*!

2. I am going to pass another professional examination.

3. I will launch my new business this year.

1. Less use of profanity.

2. Start some college finally, after all these years.

1) More use of profanity, dammit.

2) Getting married.

3) Grad school (more a hope than a resolution, sadly)

Get a divorce.

My condolences, CourtFool.

1. Lose 20 lbs.
2. Pass my Ph.D. qualifiers
3. Get something accepted by Kobold Quarterly

Give 4th edition the once over and a try before writing it off.

Less work more play.

Cut debt load by 33%.

Eat more almonds...

Fifteen years ago I resolved to never make another resolution.

Still going strong.

Continue losing weight (I've lost 30 lbs in the last 6 months).

Get a webcomic online (I write and a friend of my draws).

I resolve to continue hating 4E as much as I did this year.

I resolve to continue hating 4E as much as I did this year.

same here

My hat of 4e nose know bounds!!!!111!11!1one

1. Lose some weight (gotta break that chubby gamer stereotype and get back to being buff!)

2. Get a better job.

3. Worry less and enjoy life more.

1. buy a house
2. take an art class at my community college and learn to paint.

(it doesn't have to be in that order does it?)

1. Lose some weight.

2. Start my firm.

3. Learn Mandarin.

4. Teach.

1. Finish writing my PhD thesis.
2. Publish a couple of articles.
3. Play a kickass barbarian who tears goblins to tiny pieces.
4. Never insult anyone on these boards over their opinion of 4e (pro or con).
5. Make y'all laugh at least once.

I would like to exercise more; I don't look bad, but I think getting it under control and making a routine is a wise idea.

Develop a strong portfolio of fantasy illustration stuff.

Find a day job that isn't retail or something terrible like that so that I can move back into the city.

Get a serious lady friend. Maybe. If possible.

1. Either lose 20 lbs or change it into muscle mass through diet and exercise
2. Get all debt under control/in process and pay off at least 20%
3. Get builder's license (next week, it appears)
4. Get family caught up on all Dr. appts (dentist, chiropracter, neurologist, audiologist, opthalmologist, etc)
5. Teach my 4 year old son how to bowl (and not hit himself in the head with the ball...)
6. Ensure that we grow our company by a minimum of 40%
7. Get our passports
8. Get our will and living will done
9. Find a new place to live
10. Take a legitimate vacation

Wow. When you write that out, it sure seems like a lot. Now I'm a bit intimidated...

1. Pay off my Saturn Ion and the Bank of America CC Bill 100%.
2. Cut eating out down by 40%.
3. Spend less.
4. Start eating healthier.
5. Take lunch / dinner to work 3 day out of the week.
6. Organize and file all my bills and other paperwork.
7. Start going to the Gym 2 time a week and once on the weekend.
8. Start to have a more positive attitude.
9. Start to study for my A+, CCNA, and MCSE.
10. Start to study some Calculus, Physics, and Chemistry.
11. Reduce by 50% the time I spend on CoH and other computer games.
12. Take better care of my dog and start to set up more regular vet visits.
13. Pray for those less fortunate than me.
14. Forgive my ex- and her kids.
15. Forgive myself.
16. Let go of the past while learing from it.
17. Be grateful for what I do have, and stop being so bitter and hard on myself.
18. Think before acting.
19. Ask myself "Do I really need this?" before buying something.
20. Start to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier.
21. Maybe find a girlfriend.
22. Pray more often.

Note - This list may not be in the order that they will be done.

edited to fix typoes and clean up a line.

1. Either lose 20 lbs or change it into muscle mass through diet and exercise

2. Get all debt under control/in process and pay off at least 20%
3. Get builder's license (next week, it appears)
4. Get family caught up on all Dr. appts (dentist, chiropracter, neurologist, audiologist, opthalmologist, etc)
5. Teach my 4 year old son how to bowl (and not hit himself in the head with the ball...)
6. Ensure that we grow our company by a minimum of 40%
7. Get our passports
8. Get our will and living will done
9. Find a new place to live
10. Take a legitimate vacation

Wow. When you write that out, it sure seems like a lot. Now I'm a bit intimidated...

No way through it but to do it.

I'm so primed for the New Year!!!

Forgot a few more.

23. Meditate once a day.
24. Get my will (and my living will too).
25. Clean and organize the house.

Stop posting about matters 3.5E/4E

I allready did, until June. My will is strong.

Naah, let me go round and round with.....about utter....

3. Learn Mandarin.

Cool. That's some crazy learning. Remind me to give you a call next time I'm Pinoy-side.

1. Find the motivation to finish the adventure I'm writing.
2. Get a good grade in college
3. Become a successful freelance writer.
4. Read more.
5. Excel at EVE piracy.
6. Drink less soda and more water.
7. Tell my parents thank-you more.
8. Finish NaNoWriMo.
9. Find a local D&D group
10. Become a Paizo contributor.
11. Find a job I actually enjoy.
12. Finally organize my file cabinets.
13. Organize all my other crap.
14. Collect more anime.
15. Go to ACen in a costume.
16. Build my own computer.
17. See Apple Computer shine!
18. Buy a shar(s)e of stock.
19. Back-up every single piece of information on my computer.
20. Love life more.

EDIT: Though not necessarily in that order.

I think I'll lose 10 pounds, start jogging some, and quit eating so much bad stuff; my cholesterol is borderline, and I need to quit screwing around.
I'm also going to quit letting people push me around like a doormat so much. It's like, I back off because I'm afraid of what I'll say (more than what I'll do) when I'm angry. To hell with it. I have a right to be angry sometimes, and run my yap.

1. Find the motivation to finish the adventure I'm writing.

2. Get a good grade in college
3. Become a successful freelance writer.
4. Read more.
5. Excel at EVE piracy.
6. Drink less soda and more water.
7. Tell my parents thank-you more.
8. Finish NaNoWriMo.
9. Find a local D&D group
10. Become a Paizo contributor.
11. Find a job I actually enjoy.
12. Finally organize my file cabinets.
13. Organize all my other crap.
14. Collect more anime.
15. Go to ACen in a costume.
16. Build my own computer.
17. See Apple Computer shine!
18. Buy a shar(s)e of stock.
19. Back-up every single piece of information on my computer.
20. Love life more.

EDIT: Though not necessarily in that order.

You sir, have contradictory resolution conflicts. Big trouble. You attention span won't help, either.

Small Attention Span wrote:

My stuff omitted.

You sir, have contradictory resolution conflicts. Big trouble. You attention span won't help, either.

The former comes from the latter.

21. Learn why and how I kill threads and how to stop.

...sigh...

1.Live

yep; get through the year alive; live, love, and make peace with my situation. Am in the middle of what CourtFool stated, sigh, be nice to find someone to love that loves me back, but I dont know that that is a resolution, more like a hope or dream.

I resolve to stop ridiculing christians. I further resolve to be nice to Americans during their descent into fascism and fundamentalism. I also resolve to sort out my MtG commons into editions and start using miniatures in my D&D game. I would also like to learn how to say "how dare you cut in line in front of me?" and "this is a pedestrian crossing. You can wait!" in Mandarin.

Be happy.

Survive.

And finish once and for all at least one of those blasted D&D campaigns I'm writing, they're starting to pile up ominously.

1... Lose some weight & exercise more.

2... Finish MS and begin PhD.

3... Finish 1st book and submit to publishing.

4... Get my E.A. rating with the IRS.

5... and some other stuff too not worth mentioning.

Thoth-Amon

1. Stop smoking
2. Restart my painting
3. Start writing again
4. Stop smoking
5. Take a vacation with my girls
6. Stop smoking

1. Stop procrastinating.

I plan on starting this on the 4th or the 5th or so, if I can get around to it.

I will become a necromancer that will destroy the world! Bwahahaha!!!
BOOM
Done! Now what do you guys think I should also resolve to--
Um, guys?

Look at all the dead!

That is it. I am now mad.

Cease and desist! That is an order! This is not funny! You have incurred the wrath of Kobold Cleaver today!

Honestly, you didn't even spell it right...

I further resolve to be nice to Americans during their descent into fascism and fundamentalism.

Thank you. It's not polite to make fun of the doomed.

Call the furball and the lizard, we got two of them now!!

1) Gain weight.
2) Teach self Arabic (I picked up a book the other day, just 'cuz.)
3) Improve English handwriting before attempting to not mutilate Arabic alphabet.
4) Wake up when the alarm goes off.

Edit: 5) Sort out brainmeats. They need sorting. Bad.

Who are you calling 'lizard', you rolling psychotic...umm...'lizard-calling-guy'?

I could put down the plethora of resolutions I have for myself this year, but I think they can be summed up in four words- Less talk, more rock!

What is/are your 2008 New Year's Resolutions ?

Ok, it is time for the first quarter update.

How are we all doing ??

I been taking less crap from people.

I think about Fight Club, where he gave them the homework assignment to go "try and get in a fistfight." So I look for people to not beat up, but just have uncomfortable discussions with.

I've got a day job (at least, until August: after that, maybe/maybe not) and a few drawings published/about to be published. So I guess I'm doing okay.