tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post6349195557103962292..comments2024-03-22T17:11:42.609-04:00Comments on World Turn'd Upside Down: New Year's Resolutions Stephanie Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-74421601724951926492015-01-11T11:21:00.339-05:002015-01-11T11:21:00.339-05:00I don't do New Year's resolutions, as I...I don't do New Year's resolutions, as I've mentioned on my blog last year - I just do them whenever it feels necessary... I suspect the weight loss has a lot to do with the excess of eating in the holiday season - at least that's the way it's usually presented here in the Czech Republic - and at least here, it's not usuall just limited to that, although it admittedly <i>is</i>what you read most often in media.<br />It's funny, because we read Franklin at school last semester. And funny because... well, I found his idea of working on each of his virtue one specific day a week somewhat... I don't know, impractical in the mess that is Real Life and its unexpected demands? And so very Enlightenment/neoclassical, which was precisely why we read it in the first place. :D<br />I find Jaroslav Foglar's "Blue Life" principle more applicable, where you have a list of things you want to do and virtues you want to stick to every day. If you managed to do/stick to a particular one, you fill it blue for that particular day (if you do the whole table thing he came up with for his boy Scouts troop and books). I only did it for a week at a summer camp, but I think it's a more practical if also more simplified approach. Not that there's anything wrong with Franklin's list as such, I just did not like his practicalities of it much. :DHana - Marmotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532515160608083460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-1914151770955835282015-01-10T06:32:13.756-05:002015-01-10T06:32:13.756-05:00I don't typically do New Year's resolution...I don't typically do New Year's resolutions. I do have a long list of things I want to do this year, but the timing of it has a lot more to do with losing my job, trying to break into a new career, and becoming the person I want to be. Here are some of the things from that list:<br /><br />- Learn a few more programming languages<br />- Join an open source project<br />- Start my own project<br />- Start playing music again<br />- Refresh German and resume the study of Irish<br />- Eat healthier<br />- Get exercise every day, because I won't be working hard physically anymoreAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03191168684132845378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-26261169962539353212015-01-08T20:57:43.154-05:002015-01-08T20:57:43.154-05:00I have nothing to add, except that James Montgomer...I have nothing to add, except that James Montgomery Flagg is the artist who created the character of Uncle Sam for those famous recruiting posters during WW1.<br /><br />My only resolution I make every year is this one: "Don't make this year a repeat of last year. Do something different."WannabeSoldierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12358110028731137921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-88907492564791808452015-01-08T20:44:56.937-05:002015-01-08T20:44:56.937-05:00To see a bigger version of the image at the bottom...To see a bigger version of the image at the bottom, right click and select "open in new tab." I don't know why blogger has to be difficult. <br />Stephanie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-81062830555189398582015-01-08T20:42:28.658-05:002015-01-08T20:42:28.658-05:00:D I was just thinking about it. It would be nice ...:D I was just thinking about it. It would be nice to see the other resolutions. Losing weight is the only one I've been seeing. Stephanie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-81006801775280518142015-01-07T21:17:48.442-05:002015-01-07T21:17:48.442-05:00I always put a variation of weight loss, but it...I always put a variation of weight loss, but it's mostly health related for me. I have thyroid issues and they have been getting better. I'm getting healthier and I want to keep that up. Not because I want to be thin, I just want to be healthy. Of course, I have other goals too because my body/health isn't the only thing.Musings of a Creative Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10765023786410264588noreply@blogger.com