New Years Resolutions (2012/2011)

[Byrthnoth]

Hey everyone!

I'm the type of guy that generally doesn't think about stuff like this until 30 seconds before midnight on the 31st and then makes something stupid up right before midnight, but I remembered this year so I thought it might be useful to remind others.

So what is your 2012 resolution going to be, and were you successful with your 2011 resolution?



My 2012 resolution is going to be to publish a peer reviewed paper. It's not entirely under my control, but it's also unfair to say that I have no effect on it at all. So I'm going to work as hard as I can and try to push one out there.


My 2011 resolution was to stop using Shampoo/Conditioner/Soap (except on my hands/armpits) after my current bottle of shampoo ran out. My hair used to feel kind of like fine cat hair after shampoo/drying, but now it feels like dog hair. I like dogs and I like not buying/using shampoo, so it's win/win.

I still wash it every day (just rub my head under the shower for a few minutes), so I'm not saving that much time and you can definitely tell if I've skipped a day, but I like the texture better now and I dislike unnecessary steps. Also, the girlfriend approves of its new smell/texture and I haven't had any kind of dandruff in a year. It kind of makes sense if you think about it. Shampoo = take all the oils out of your hair / remove your scalp's protection against drying out. Conditioner = put oils back on your head. Why bother? My experience seems to indicate that it doesn't really matter.

The "no-soap" thing has not resulted in any visible change to anything about me, so fuck soap. I do still use it to de-stink my pits in the summer and in the bathroom. Acne isn't much of a problem for me anymore, but I wonder what would have happen if I'd never used soap on my face as a kid/adolescent. Removing the oils with soap could cause a gradual increase in oil production that culminates in oily acne skin.

I've heard of other people doing this and having a kind of rough transition where they become oil monsters for a month, but that wasn't how it went with me. I had a brief transition period where my hair felt like it was getting thicker/my face was oily and then reached steady state in about two weeks.



Anyway, how about you guys?

[Ivaden]

Mine was the typical lose weight resolution this year and I lost 60 lbs. Next year will be another 20 lbs. and starting to tone from there, and going back to school for another degree.

[Ragnus]

2011: Get a full time job and lose most of my weight that I had. Thankfully I achieved both. I'm happily employed at a science facility less than ten minutes from my condo and I've lost 25/50 lbs that I wanted to.

2012: Propose to my girlfriend before winter rolls in, get promoted at my job, and lose the rest of my weight.

[Chips]

I'm too good for new years resolutions.

[Skyylya]

I'm resigning from my job on Monday and starting my new one January 3rd. Go me.

[Churchill]

2012: Continue being a boss, also it's cold as fuck out right now but it's time to thrash.

2011: I think I was on a shitty mish so I'm pretty sure it was to live.

[WahiGuard]

2012: Go back to the college I was at before. Have an apartment near school, a new tenor sax.
and Byr I am definitely going to try the no soap/shampoo cleaning routine.

[hey]

My new years resolution is to stop making stupid new years resolutions.

[Tekki]

Same as every other year, get fat.

[AidenCarby]

Same as every other year, get fat.

Have some of mine.

[Celestialstrife]

I'm going to learn how to salsa this next year, so that will be fun. Plus it will help with me loosing weight.

[Mazmaz]

Plus it will help with me loosing weight.

I hope you're not banking too hard on that.

[Xno Kappa]

Joining a salsa class is a great way to get in shape.

[Jeryhn]

Makes me wonder if this thread will become a general fitness thread.

Mine is I'm going to attempt to not eat meat for a month. Didn't make one last year.

[barber2006]

1) Finish preparing and play the 13 songs live I've wanted to for like 15 years but never practiced until now.
2) Complete a half ironman triathlon in Spring of '13 (not really a one year resolution but I'll have to work this year big time)
3) To not be passive aggressive a single time in 2012. I'm not passive aggressive a lot but when I am it kind of disgusts me, leads to unhealthy regrets, and never leads to getting what I want. A nonproductive and idiotic response used by people who are too scared to step up and say what they are really thinking.

[Aurara]

2011: didnt have one
2012: get straight A's, last semester i got straight B's and i want at least one A. . .

[Celestialstrife]

I hope you're not banking too hard on that.

Any exercise is better than none.

[AidenCarby]

Salsa class is a really good way to meet women, just an fyi.

[Celestialstrife]

Well...I won't exactly be doing that lol

[Mazmaz]

Any exercise is better than none.

To be healthier, yes. To lose weight/fat, not necessarily if the diet is garbage. Especially since it's not even that extraneous of an activity.
Just saying don't get your hopes up too much if you're not looking to make any other changes in your life. Can followup in fit thread if you want.