So much of the new year is bent towards what we will give up or how we will augment our lives etc.
That's all well and good, there is room for improvement etc. But what REALLY do you want to declare?
I declare that I'll make the best art of my life in 2015.
And with the help of some friends, I WILL.
What do you declare?
I declare that I will live publicly as a woman by the end of 2015. I'm scared to death, but the happiest I've been almost ever.
That's awesome! I can't imagine how liberating that must feel. I don't know you as Mr. Coffeesp00ns or Mrs. Coffeesp00ns, but just as "coffeesp00ns." -and the sp00ns I know deserves to be happy! Best of luck pal! [edit] Dug the song. You'll make it through this year, you always have your internet family to reach out to....
thanks tng. I've got a long way to go, but I have a supportive family behind me.
You sound like you would make a good Dungeon Master.
I tabletop very intensely a few times a year, and my current campaign, Practical Magic: A Beginners Guide to Manipulating the Universe is going to have it's third session tomorrow night. I've also done classic D&D, from the 2nd Edition up to the current 5E. (which is SUUUUUUPER easy for beginners to pick up, I might add.) The last game that I ran, Dark Water, was the story of a group of scientists and deep-sea operations crew of various flavors exploring an ancient temple at the bottom of a newly formed ocean trench, with much of the game taking place inside a pressurized submarine habitat (That I modeled in minecraft) , much like the Michael Crichton novel, Sphere. The crew retrieve several artifacts from the temple, and things quickly turned supernaturally spooky. To increase the atmosphere of the game, I played ambient submarine creaks, ocean noises of various kinds, and blacked out the lights when the habitat lost power, forcing them to use flashlights, scraps of paper and cellphone timers to keep track of how much oxygen they had left. A few unexplainable events (and psychotic episodes) later, a bunch of people are dead, a few are crazy, and a Lovecraftian horror was headed to the surface to sow chaos until it gets nuked or something. What was your latest adventure 8bit?
I played Pathfinder with some people who've never played a tabletop before. Basic campaign. Playing with new people is fun. They don't give two shits at first, ask for random things that lead to hilarious situations, then get really invested by the end of the campaign. Poor Havoc the Low Templar. He was a hero to us all.
that has been sounds_sound's philosophy for years and it has served him well.
I think this plan may actually lead to incredible things, and totally work out for you... as long as you don't announce to anybody that you're doing it.
Got fat in 2014, probably the only negative of the year. Gonna get unfat in 2015. I'm going about 174 right now, which is about 10 lbs heavier than I like to be. Moving to the 'burbs means I don't walk to and from work every day. I think it's no good to suddenly stop walking two miles a day :(
Weighed myself yesterday and I clocked in at 183. I'd like to be 170 or below. I have about 15 pounds to drop. The key to longevity is caloric restriction, right?
I graduated high school at 145, then within four years I was 170. Not a good trajectory. At that time I resolved to get fit. It was easy then, because I had time to hit the gym everyday, had a 21 year old's metabolism, and I had a nasty soda habit that I gave up (that alone was probably enough to drop a few lbs). With these three things the pounds melted away. I went from 18% body fat at 170 to 11% at 162 in about six months. I've maintained myself pretty well since then until this last year. I don't think dropping ten is going to be so easy this time around, because there's no low hanging fruit anymore. The thing I have going for me is that I've done it before, so I know I can do it again, even if it's harder this time around. I need to change my ways a bit though, as I've always focused on weight lifting. I need to switch my routines to be more about endurance and fat burning. Guess there'll be a lot more aerobic type exercising this coming year.
Are you also an artist? By the way, welcome to Hubski! Let me know if you have any questions about the place. Happy New Year!