Finish things I’ve started (games, TV series, Important Projects)
Go running more, ignoring the fact it’s preferable to stay in and make chocolate truffles listening to Pendulum
See friends more often
Sorry, those are a bit boring. I don’t usually do the whole NYR thing because a) I rarely stick to them and b) I feel if something is worth changing it shouldn’t wait until new year.
Actually I don’t have one. If you would like to start doing things, why not doing them right now? If you can’t start doing them, it’s likely that you won’t do them in the new year anyway. For example if you haven’t the time to see you friends more often, you won’t meet them more often in the new year - except if you are disciplined, but in this case you can start meeting your friends right away.
(Regarding my resolution above: Actually I am a little bit underweight. So you could give me your truffles … )
Really? The “in the new year” start date is just another way to procrastinate your resolutions. It’s like saying: “I’ll start next week”.
Start now running each Monday morning. Each Thursday evening watch your TV series. Each Wednesday evening meet a friend. And send each Friday the truffles to me. (The trick is to make these things a habit, like toothbrushing. )
I get what you’re saying, and if I had these thoughts in November I would’ve started then. But given I only made these decisions today, there’s not much difference. Setting a target of 1 Jan isn’t much different from setting a target of
Since I’m unlikely to go for a run on Christmas Day
I must admit that I never did any resolutions because I know I wouldn’t try to make them happen. Because new year is just a shitty excuse. Either I want it and will do it, or I won’t. The only effective reason to do things you don’t want, is having a gun pointed to the head. Or in case of men the testicles. This might scare even more.
I think mine are somewhere in between. I want to do them, I’m a bit reluctant, but once I get into them I’ll enjoy it. I just need a bit of self-encouragement and a deadline
I don’t think there’s any point if it’s simply not enjoyable or you won’t get any satisfaction or achievement from doing it.
If you want to start jogging, I could record some motivational calls in Russian or in English with hard Russian accent.
“Katya, well don, go on, Moscow is waiting.”
“Katya, davai, davai, else you won’t get any borscht.”
“Well don, Katya, next time you don’t need doping injection from Siberian Tiger anymore.”
Then you can listen randomly to them during training - your virtual personal Soviet trainer.
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