Wanted to see if loyal wanted to post this (since he has the last few), but dunno if he'll be on anytime soon, soo.
List your Top Plans/Goals for 2009. Hopefully some of us accomplish shit this new year.
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| Author: | Corpse [ Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:11 am ] |
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Wanted to see if loyal wanted to post this (since he has the last few), but dunno if he'll be on anytime soon, soo. List your Top Plans/Goals for 2009. Hopefully some of us accomplish shit this new year.
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| Author: | Korrgan [ Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
I have only three goals for the entire year. 1) Read more. I really want to read more books. I probably only read two books that weren't my school books the entire year of 2008. 2) Maintain my weight for the entire year without going down too often, and keep in check with my team of therapists about it. 3) Save money. There's a certain amount I want to put away into my savings every single month, and I hope I can stick to it. |
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| Author: | Goktor Who [ Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
No more cigarettes. 20in biceps. Learn how to box. And I'm going to learn how to cook, but my "thing" will be that I only cook game like pheasant or venison. So you might get a pheasant korma or a woodpigeon caesar salad (I don't if either of those things would work, but you get the gist). Or maybe venison and oyster pie. |
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| Author: | snack [ Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
no more straight boys |
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| Author: | Chippy [ Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Get married. Get a raise/promotion. Go to an NFL game. Gain 10-15 pounds. |
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| Author: | Corpse [ Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Save money Travel Save money Travel Save money MOVE And these will happen. |
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| Author: | Cotton [ Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Save money Go to the gym more frequently Get a new job once I finish my undergrad |
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| Author: | dolcevita [ Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Goktor Who wrote: No more cigarettes... Oh har, that's been my number one goal and number one failed goal every year. Ah well, lets try again! 1. Quit smoking (except rare occassions) 2. Start exercising a little bit (another multiple failed annual goal) 3. Learn Spanish and strengthen my Italian. 4. Survive last semester of classwork and orals, find an advisor, and figure out my dissertation topic. 5. Learn to enjoy small things and become a little less of a high maintenance personality. Even accomplishing 1 out of 5 of these would be hot, and I'm leaning towards number 4 (seeing as how it is less or a goal and more of a dire necessity) Here's hoping, good luck y'all. |
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| Author: | Neostorm [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Wow... I hate new year's resolutions, because I almost always don't accomplish any goal I set. But here is my list for this year. 1. Save money and hope the recession allows me to buy a place. 2. Go to Portugal this Summer and hopefully visit Barcelona while i'm near. 3. Be less self-righteous 4. I'll steal this one from Galia and strengthen my very weak French. 5. Read 1 novel a month that is not related to school! Out of these 5 i'm very sure i'll accomplish 2; i haven't visited my family in ages. |
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| Author: | Christian [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
My little nephew got me interested in learning French. So that's one of my goals. 1. Actually go to the gym (lol)... I think this was my last year goal as well but I only stepped foot in a gym maybe once a month. 2. Learn French. 3. Not to smoke when stressed out. I actually had 5 sticks in 2008 (all from November). I'm bad. 4. Travel. 5. I need to be more of an asshole... again I think this was another one of my 2008 goals. I still have a bad habit of not speaking up when provoked and, taking it all in, and then lashing out at some poor unfortunate soul. 6. Be more active with my investments and side-jobs. |
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| Author: | dolcevita [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
I never pictured you ever smoking Christian, even in times of stress. How odd. Neostorm wrote: 3. Be less self-righteous. That was...random. |
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| Author: | Andrew [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
What's with learning french this year? i know it's a sexy language but... i'll add my own variant: 1 - Continue to learn spanish and try to find someone to practise conversation 2 - Make going back to University a success 3 - Spend... no... make more time for friends and family and see more of the people i love (Carried over from last year) 4 - Explore New York City 5 - Do something totally wild before my 30th |
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| Author: | Groucho [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
1. Get an agent 2. Get my second novel published with a bigger publisher (http://www.michaelaventrella.com) 3. Increase my income with my law practice (http://www.mikeventrella.com) 4. Increase my medieval town business (http://www.faireplay.org) 5. Increase my LARP business and get the new Rule Book distributed (http://www.alliancelarp.com) and maybe -- for some reason, the hardest one -- 6. Make nice with my brother, who I haven't spoken to in months (because of his Yoko-like wife) (The links are there in case someone says "WTF? LARP business?" and wants to check it out. Hey, all publicity is good.) |
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| Author: | Goktor Who [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
dolcevita wrote: Goktor Who wrote: No more cigarettes... Oh har, that's been my number one goal and number one failed goal every year. Ah well, lets try again! 1. Quit smoking (except rare occassions) That bit in brackets is always the killer, isn't it? The only time I ever managed to give up (and it lasted for a good few years) was when I got so sick of smoking that I just wasn't interested in cigarettes anymore. On the other (failed) attempts, the problem was I just couldn't shake off the idea that smoking is nice (the "special treat" fallacy). I either failed completely or else got too lax about what constitutes a special occasion. As an on again, off again smoker, this is something I've thought about. Giving up smoking the first time was easy for me. There were two milestones. First was waking up, having a smoke-free day, and then managing to sleep at the end of it. Second was a night on the booze without a smoke. Once I'd done those two things, I felt like I'd beaten the addiction and would never need (or want) to smoke again. So starting again was the second stupidest thing I've ever done (for what it's worth, the number one most stupid thing was the time when, as a small child, I invented a fairly useless device out of string and a coathanger that could lock the toilet door from outside the toilet... as soon as I waggled my coathanger and heard the lock slide into place, the pride I felt at my achievement was replaced by the realisation that I hadn't invented anything to unlock it again, nor had I positioned anyone inside the toilet to unlock the door manually, meaning that my dad had to smash the door down). Anyway, now that I've been on and off the wagon a few times, it's dawned on me that I'll always enjoy a cigarette regardless of whether I'm addicted or not, so milestones become irrelevent... it's become more like trying to abstain from fatty food or chocolate, because it's something that I'll always enjoy, no matter how long I survive without it. Bummer 
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| Author: | Goktor Who [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Groucho wrote: 1. Get an agent 2. Get my second novel published with a bigger publisher (http://www.michaelaventrella.com) Ah, I forgot... publish a novel. I'm adding that. But I'm going to publish it myself, because everything I hear about trying to get a book published makes me think it won't be worth the bother or heartache. |
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| Author: | Christian [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
dolcevita wrote: I never pictured you ever smoking Christian, even in times of stress. How odd. Eeep. Yeah, dirty little secret. Though that 5 from November makes up a grand total of 8 so far... haha the three were from when I was 15. 
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| Author: | roo [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
2009 is a year in which I plan to not take on many new projects, but continue to refine and excel at old ones. 2008 was a year of adventure for me, 2009 is a year for maintenance. I'm still open to "new" things, but I plan on making no major lateral moves if I can avoid it. |
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| Author: | Groucho [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Goktor Who wrote: Groucho wrote: 1. Get an agent 2. Get my second novel published with a bigger publisher (http://www.michaelaventrella.com) Ah, I forgot... publish a novel. I'm adding that. But I'm going to publish it myself, because everything I hear about trying to get a book published makes me think it won't be worth the bother or heartache. It is terrible. Writing a good book isn't enough; you have to make connections and sell it to an agent or a publisher. If you self-publish, though, realize this: If you ever want to move up and be really published some day, you will have a hell of a time trying to convince anyone to look at your work. They will assume that because you self-published, it must have been a terrible book that no one wanted to publish. This isn't necessarily true, of course, but you'll have a huge uphill battle. |
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| Author: | Goktor Who [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Groucho wrote: If you self-publish, though, realize this: If you ever want to move up and be really published some day, you will have a hell of a time trying to convince anyone to look at your work. They will assume that because you self-published, it must have been a terrible book that no one wanted to publish. This isn't necessarily true, of course, but you'll have a huge uphill battle. Yup, there's a still a huge stigma. The thing is, I enjoy graphic design and playing around with fonts as much as I enjoy writing, so I think I'd find designing the whole package (doing the cover myself, typesetting it, etc.) really satisfying. In fact, I probably spend more time making covers than I do writing at the minute. It'd be more a personal, all-round creative "project" than a proper attempt to be An Author. Plus, I'd do it under a pen name, and I can always invent another one or revert to my real name (which is Goktor Who) if I decide I want to be a legitimate auteur in future. |
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| Author: | billybobwashere [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
finish making and be satisfied with my movie. |
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| Author: | Shack [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Well my biggest thing this year is going to India for two months in the fall. Also going to learn violin/Start writing music. I can sing/come up with melodies pretty easily now, I've just been lazy when it comes to writing down the words and making a 'whole'. In summer I plan to record an album on my computer and then sell it on the street, then give it all to charity (thinking African schooling) Start writing a screenplay/play/musical/etc. Start painting (been drawing for a while, next step). Try practicing acting. Cook more. Speak more clearly, walk more poised. Kind of a clutz. Hoping to fix that. Get laid. Almost did last month. Was kissing some girl and was about 10 minutes away then I drank one cup too many and I only remember puking in the bathroom after that. WE CAN BUILD ON THIS!!! In general get more comfortable with people/women/etc. Better marks, harder work in my 2nd semester. This also goes with one of my bigger goals this year: Better work ethic. I want to get to a point where if I can make myself do anything and not get distracted. In general though I hope for a year where I learn a lot and generally really enjoy and am happy with all the decisions I make |
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| Author: | Chippy [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
WE CAN BUILD ON THIS!!!!! |
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| Author: | snack [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Shack le Artiste. |
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| Author: | Libs [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:05 pm ] |
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snack I do not adore your snobbery in the Forrest Gump thread but I adore your signature |
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| Author: | makeshift [ Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top Plans/Goals for 2009 |
Goktor Who wrote: dolcevita wrote: Goktor Who wrote: No more cigarettes... Oh har, that's been my number one goal and number one failed goal every year. Ah well, lets try again! 1. Quit smoking (except rare occassions) That bit in brackets is always the killer, isn't it? The only time I ever managed to give up (and it lasted for a good few years) was when I got so sick of smoking that I just wasn't interested in cigarettes anymore. On the other (failed) attempts, the problem was I just couldn't shake off the idea that smoking is nice (the "special treat" fallacy). I either failed completely or else got too lax about what constitutes a special occasion. I tried this approach once. I found myself smoking after such amazingly special occasions like eating, watching a movie, watching TV, listening to a really good song, showering, using the restroom, masturbating, getting depressed, hearing a great joke, getting excited for the day, driving in a car, walking around town, and having a conversation. Great success! Anyways, 2009 goals: Continue to lose weight Do well at school Move out on my own Meet a nice lady friend Smoke less (or quit entirely) Make progress towards making movies See more movies |
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