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On a serious note I want to quit smoking but the reason I smoke is stress from the job so not sure how to approach that. Thinking of just going cold turkey since I am not a chain smoker and only smoke 3-5 cigarettes a day so the withdrawals should be manageable.
this is an underrated joke.
Quitting (anything) has a lot to do with you as a person. Some people can just do it cold turkey - they just have to try, others itβs a battle, but it is always better to start the journey, youβre worth it.
You guys are replying to a 2 year old comment. Very curious to see if they've quit by now!
Hahah!
Alan Carr- the easy way to quit smoking. It actually helps but you have to want to quit and really, actually follow the instructions. It works though.
Motherfucker, it's July.
Iβve been seeing quite many older posts from 2-3 years ago popping up lately. Wonder why.
The great Lemmy temporal mystery continues!
This comment broke me, I laughed so hard I woke up the wife
Maybe he means financial new yearβs resolution eg. Diversify your bonds
I don't make them because they feel silly. So instead I'm going to make improvements in my life when and where it feels natural, and hope I don't die in the meantime, as I do every year.
I find myself vowing to make changes year round as well. But sometimes a tradition like this can be a good reminder. I was already planning to do more reading, so since I remembered resolutions are a thing, I guess that can be my resolution.
I want to make at least one full meal per month using only ingredients that I have either grown myself or foraged. Hopefully many more, but at least one.
This is a great one. I worked with a guy who worked all year gathering, gardening, hunting, and putting things up so that he could try to go the whole month of January on only that for him and his family. He never quite made it, but it was very impressive anyway.
That is the dream! Unfortunately this is definitely out of my reach at the moment, living in an apartment in a large city. Even carrots are wrapped in plastic in my local supermarket... As soon as I am able to I want to move somewhere more rural.
I like this one. Not for me, at least this year. But I like it...it's challenging and socially conscious.
Learn C programming
Thanks! I already have this though. I am actually using a newer book for now, because I am not that smart and need more elaborate explanations. Don't worry, I am not looking for a job, just a hobby that I enjoy.
great
And have you heard of Zig? You might be interested in it for your future projects :)
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To keep on improving and enjoying life.
Wait 2 weeks before start going back to the gym, so that all the people with "year resolutions" get bored and make room for me.
I've worked in a gym...I can assure you that your reasoning is sound...if you delay the resolution two weeks, you will definitely get plenty of space at the gym ..just make sure to start before summer months, when people start their gym goals again.
To make more Free Debian GNU/Linux (stable) installations.
Nothing really, getting out of depression would be nice.
Try to not procrastinate as much as I do. Learn Rust, improve in marcial arts (I really suck tbh) and practice more sport meanwhile.
Also not sleeping in class will be a nice thing to accomplish...
Last year I wanted to have a child, write a book, attempt to self-host all the services I personally use, substantially stop using big tech sites, read more books, clean up the back yard, set up our big swimming pool, cut down our apple tree, set up a standing garden, arrange to take 3 full months off with my newborn child, get our fire pit licensed, and lose some weight.
I didn't get a chance to get the fire pit licensed, and I didn't lose any weight. Check out "The Graysonian Ethic: Lessons for my unborn son" on Amazon. It's less than $10 for a hardcopy, and less than $5 for an ebook.
For this year:
I want to make sure every day to stimulate my son so he doesn't grow up with developmental delays due to COVID (many COVID babies are suffering developmental delays to the point that the average IQ is in the high 70s instead of around 100 where it should be!)
I want to get the network routines for my newjrpg engine running and get a working demo of the game engine in action using the network routines because that's been a stumbling block for a while and I can't realistically move forward with the project until I've got the basic server and client running.
I want to spend some time and money properly getting the word out to The Graysonian Ethic, since the feedback I've been getting is that it's a really good book but it isn't selling because people aren't aware of it
I want to pay off my line of credit
I want to stop renting my AC unit
Last year I upgraded an old electric bike to a lithium ion battery from a lead acid battery, I want to start using it for simple transportation when the weather is acceptable for it.
I want to get my asthma properly managed finally so I can move around more without struggling
I'd like to make substantial progress on writing a textbook about programming in FreeBASIC that covers all the major features of the language in a way that can help someone who doesn't know how to program get from not knowing what FreeBASIC is to making substantial programs.
Get my motorcycle license and get my motorcycle on the road
It's a new year's resolution in the sense that it's my 2022 plan, but it's a pure accident that most of the things I wanted done in 2021 were completed by the end of the year.
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Read more books
Anything particular?
I try to learn something every year. One year it was to solve a rubiks cube, one year it was how to ride a unicycle. Juggle. Magic tricks. Shit like that. My thought is that if I need a resolution to change something negative or start doing something positive, I shouldn't wait till 1/1 to start that, I should start that as soon as I see a problem/opportunity.
Never made one. Never gonna lie to me. Never gonna make me one. Never gonna let me down. Never gonna sob me down.
Read/play through 4 visual novels
Actually get one of my programming projects to a state where showing it off would be meaningful.
I've had "Learn Python" on my bucket list for two years. Decided to tackle it a few days before end of 2021 (so I don't delay again). Got it done and published it on Github. Just felt so good, and I really enjoyed it.
To never make any resolutions ever again.
So far it's going well ππ»
Being on my phone less. Failing miserably.
Read at least 120 books with half authored by woman and two fifths authored by someone in a minority community.
Being more like myself and stop desperately trying to appeal to other people. You'd think that's easy, but noooope. Especially considering the fact that, after years of behaving like other people expect you to behave, you start forgetting who you really are.
World domination.
Or maybe just lose some weight and pick up a new hobby.