Resolutions, hopes, dreams for '08 - Page 3

Snowflake · 12-31-2007, 08:19 AM

Hopes & dreams for 2008 in no particular order:

to succeed in getting a publishing contract
to spend more time with good friends
to keep the good streak of reasonable good health for another year
to start some DIY like painting the apartment
to enjoy some more swankings in 2008
to always have a project going to expand my horizons
to have time to relax and enjoy the ride

Morrigoon · 12-31-2007, 11:15 AM

I almost never make resolutions, but I intend to:

Cook at home more
Work my @$$ off
Sell some houses
Be there for my dad as he deals with his health
Drink less Coke
Eat more fresh food

I would like to:

Go on the Panama Canal Cruise (depends on my achieving #3 by the end of January though)
Go to Florida (hopefully mom gets her time share trade while I'm still with the mouse, then all we need are flights)

Cadaverous Pallor · 12-31-2007, 06:28 PM

What's the difference between an intention and a resolution?

Morrigoon · 12-31-2007, 06:29 PM

One breaks my resolution many years ago to make no more resolutions

Kevy Baby · 12-31-2007, 06:34 PM

I resolve to hope for a dream in 2008

Cadaverous Pallor · 12-31-2007, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

One breaks my resolution many years ago to make no more resolutions

Amended question: What's the difference between breaking an intention and breaking a resolution?

BarTopDancer · 12-31-2007, 07:15 PM

For me it's an incorrect use of the word "intention". I should say I "hope to".

flippyshark · 12-31-2007, 07:49 PM

"I intend to" sounds less binding than "I resolve to." I won't have to feel as guilty about not fulfilling an intention. Plus, it's less portentious. I can actually take steps to keep up an intention and it doesn't feel like any big deal. Doing something to keep a resolution just puts a big burden on it.

Cadaverous Pallor · 12-31-2007, 08:16 PM

I guess I don't take the word "resolve" as seriously as others do. That's why I don't use the word "promise".

Thankfully, the tradition isn't "I promise" or "I swear" or even "I dedicate myself to". I can handle setting my resolve in a certain direction without stress.

Alex · 12-31-2007, 08:43 PM

I'm going to go with "an intention is something you hope will happen without requiring much real work on your own part so if it doesn't happen you can't really be upset but you aren't out anything either."

I intend to wash dishes the same evening they are used.

12-31-2007, 08:19 AM	#21
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Hopes & dreams for 2008 in no particular order: to succeed in getting a publishing contract to spend more time with good friends to keep the good streak of reasonable good health for another year to start some DIY like painting the apartment to enjoy some more swankings in 2008 to always have a project going to expand my horizons to have time to relax and enjoy the ride __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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12-31-2007, 11:15 AM	#22
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I almost never make resolutions, but I intend to: Cook at home more Work my @$$ off Sell some houses Be there for my dad as he deals with his health Drink less Coke Eat more fresh food I would like to: Go on the Panama Canal Cruise (depends on my achieving #3 by the end of January though) Go to Florida (hopefully mom gets her time share trade while I'm still with the mouse, then all we need are flights) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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12-31-2007, 06:28 PM	#23
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	What's the difference between an intention and a resolution? __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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12-31-2007, 06:29 PM	#24
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	One breaks my resolution many years ago to make no more resolutions __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	I resolve to hope for a dream in 2008 __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	For me it's an incorrect use of the word "intention". I should say I "hope to". __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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12-31-2007, 07:49 PM	#28
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	"I intend to" sounds less binding than "I resolve to." I won't have to feel as guilty about not fulfilling an intention. Plus, it's less portentious. I can actually take steps to keep up an intention and it doesn't feel like any big deal. Doing something to keep a resolution just puts a big burden on it.
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12-31-2007, 08:16 PM	#29
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	I guess I don't take the word "resolve" as seriously as others do. That's why I don't use the word "promise". Thankfully, the tradition isn't "I promise" or "I swear" or even "I dedicate myself to". I can handle setting my resolve in a certain direction without stress. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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12-31-2007, 08:43 PM	#30
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'm going to go with "an intention is something you hope will happen without requiring much real work on your own part so if it doesn't happen you can't really be upset but you aren't out anything either." I intend to wash dishes the same evening they are used.
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