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RE: New Year's resolutions
December 24, 2016 at 11:44 am
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Lose more weight. I'd like to get to 170 but will make 175 my goal. Haven't been on a scale in a while but with all the chocolate in the offing that probably means I'll have to lose 30 pounds (just 25 if I'm lucky).
Another goal is to put my garden in tip top shape for the garden conservancy tour I agreed to put it on this coming April. I've been cutting so much old, out of bounds growth in an attempt to rejuvenate a garden that's been made to make do with just a little off the top for years. I'm already enjoying the added elbow room on the pathways.
Finally, in the game of mafia, I'd like to go on drawing scum roles and to triumph over town as much as possible. But no more games for me until I judge the garden to be ready.
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RE: New Year's resolutions
December 24, 2016 at 12:59 pm
If you are white and male, the college kids of MTV already made your resilolutions for you lol.
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RE: New Year's resolutions
December 24, 2016 at 1:16 pm
I'm going to be nicer to theists.
Fuck. No I'm not!
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RE: New Year's resolutions
December 24, 2016 at 2:06 pm
Go to New York to visit family.
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RE: New Year's resolutions
December 24, 2016 at 2:10 pm
I'm going to just as wonderful next year as I am this year.
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RE: New Year's resolutions
December 24, 2016 at 3:41 pm
Maybe try and do the opposite of the 7 deadly sins
7 Deadly Sins List:
Envy = the desire to have an item or experience that someone else possesses
Gluttony = excessive ongoing consumption of food or drink
Greed or Avarice = an excessive pursuit of material possessions
Lust = an uncontrollable passion or longing, especially for sexual desires
Pride = excessive view of one's self without regard to others.
Sloth = excessive laziness or the failure to act and utilize one’s talents
Wrath = uncontrollable feelings of anger and hate towards another person
Replace them with:
Kindness = cures envy by placing the desire to help others above the need to supersede them
Temperance = cures gluttony by implanting the desire to be healthy, therefore making one fit to serve others
Charity or love = cures greed by putting the desire to help others above storing up treasure for one’s self
Chastity or Self-control = cures lust by controlling passion and leveraging that energy for the good of others
Humility = cures pride by removing one's ego and boastfulness, therefore allowing the attitude of service
Diligence or Zeal = cures slothfulness by placing the best interest of others above the life of ease and relaxation.
Patience = cures wrath by taking time to understand the needs and desires of others before acting or speaking.
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RE: New Year's resolutions
December 24, 2016 at 3:45 pm
Mine are mostly financial.
Pay off the car, start putting money into a 401k and IRA. Save for a house.
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RE: New Year's resolutions
December 24, 2016 at 3:48 pm
Stop drinking pop
I usually like to keep it simple and somewhat lighthearted... I've found in the past that if I make some huge, heavy promise to myself for the new year I don't end up following through with it
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RE: New Year's resolutions
December 24, 2016 at 3:57 pm
1. Crush my enemies.
2. See them driven before me.
3. Hear the lamentations of the women.
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