New Year's Resolutions

Post by **TezzRexx** » January 2nd, 2009, 9:11

Gain weight via the medium of gymage.
Take driving lessons/pass test
get a better jorb

Play moar games
do more as a Gaming Chat mod!

Lee · Post by **Lee** » January 2nd, 2009, 21:01

Do powerball for half an hour per arm per day until my RSI is gone so I can finally get back into gaming.

Also start kettlebell training again and keep it up, that'll probably happen once my RSI is gone.

Post by **Roman Totale** » January 2nd, 2009, 21:04

Despite it only being the second of January, I think I may already have cheated on one of my resolutions - just took all of my pots round to the parents so they could stick them in their dishwasher.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » January 3rd, 2009, 21:15

I'm intending to get a better balance between work, my uni course and Doing Other Things. This includes seeing more of my mates, going to the gym again, playing 5punky games with 5punkers, and not forgetting things like birthdays and brothers' driving tests (although he passed, but the example is still relevant).

Post by **FatherJack** » January 4th, 2009, 1:05

Lateralus wrote:I'm intending to get a better balance between work, my uni course and Doing Other Things. This includes seeing more of my mates, going to the gym again, playing 5punky games with 5punkers, and not forgetting things like birthdays and brothers' driving tests (although he passed, but the example is still relevant).

Family>Friends>Work

This is a hard-earned lesson.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » January 4th, 2009, 9:23

I too have realised this, although not the hard way. However, I'm starting well as I remembered a mates birthday yesterday and bought him some beer in a pub, and today I'm up bright and early (for a Sunday) to go to the gym.

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 4th, 2009, 10:03

FatherJack wrote: Family>Friends>Work

This is a hard-earned lesson.

I really agree, but unfortunately one of the key principles of my job is work>everything else. The longer you do it, the harder that gets and the more pointless the former seems. I expect most employers push that, but few can fine you or put you in prison if you don't conform to it.

Post by **FatherJack** » January 4th, 2009, 16:06

Dog Pants wrote:I really agree, but unfortunately one of the key principles of my job is work>everything else. The longer you do it, the harder that gets and the more pointless the former seems. I expect most employers push that, but few can fine you or put you in prison if you don't conform to it.

It perhaps goes with the territory, I have a phrase I'm fond of, which is that nobody's going to die if they can't get to their email for a brief period, so stressing myself into illness over it, or missing precious moments with loved ones is not a fair trade.

I guess you don't have the luxury of using a version of that phrase, not that I'm saying being in the horses is solely about killing, but that the work you do has an effect on people who can be in dangerous situations.

I know I'm far from infallible, so while I've always seem to gravitate to the high-profile jobs with a big responsibility here, having my fuckups jeopardise someone's safety is not something I'd want. Of course being able to tell my bosses that their ideas are occasionally stupid and that I won't do it simply because they tell me to is a bonus too.

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 4th, 2009, 16:36

FatherJack wrote:I know I'm far from infallible, so while I've always seem to gravitate to the high-profile jobs with a big responsibility here, having my fuckups jeopardise someone's safety is not something I'd want. Of course being able to tell my bosses that their ideas are occasionally stupid and that I won't do it simply because they tell me to is a bonus too.

What I do is more a risk to security than life, although it could in theory have a knockon. The guys like air traffic controllers and medics, and the guys who go into combat, they're the ones whose jobs scare the shit out of me.

I'm happy to put work first for operational stuff, but most of the time it either ends up being a waste of time or it's something that should be secondary to family like an exercise or parade. They're the ones that really wind me up, and seem like we're just being fucked about because we're expected to.

nunoncastors · Post by **nunoncastors** » January 12th, 2009, 13:04

FatherJack wrote: Family>Friends>Work

This is a hard-earned lesson.

Very much this. Though, more accurately for me
Family=Friends--------------------------------------------------->Work

No real resolutions this year as such, though I do appear to be procrastinating less and getting more exercise in. It's not really a conscious decision, it's just sort of happened, does that count?

randomgazz · Post by **randomgazz** » January 12th, 2009, 13:37

I saw this the other day, it's basically a resolution monitoring scheme - http://www.stickk.com . I've not tried it myself, but I image it could be useful if you have trouble keeping resolutions.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 12th, 2009, 14:48

I'm keeping a diary (http://www.davidrm.com/) to help me with my resolutions. It's supposed to be a good method. Not having too many resolutions is another good method.

Post by **FatherJack** » January 12th, 2009, 14:51

I ate a salad on Jan 1st.

randomgazz · Post by **randomgazz** » January 12th, 2009, 15:07

FatherJack wrote:I ate a salad on Jan 1st.

Were you still drunk?

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 12th, 2009, 16:06

He's referring to the cucumber in a glass of Pimms.