I'm a huge stoner irl and my new years resolution was to quit smoking, save the money I've been spending on that and put it towards my new photography business. I want to go back to school this year and get a bachelor's degree in Digital Photography. I've been putting it off for several years now, ever since I decided to quit my teaching job to be a stay-at-home Dad for a while. Over the last three years my hobby has grown into a passion and I want to pursue my passions in life. Also I can finally admit I was a huge stoner now that I'm not a teacher anymore :D
I started a little late into the New Year, but I'm currently three days completely sober, and boy is it hell. My wife is quitting with me as well so that helps a bit. Sleeping is the absolute worst since I primarily used mj as a sleep aid, but I will get through it. I think I got three hours of sleep in the last three days. I'm just dreaming of all the places we will be able to travel now that we aren't sending a significant portion of our "play money" up in smoke.
How is everyone else doing with their resolutions so far?
My number one goal is to run the Tar Heel 10 miler in April. I will have my first actual run this weekend. I've had two 1-milers, which is not much of a run at all. I plan to run over 3 miles on Saturday. It's a first step. You should check out this post where we all documented our goals :
Running with the Kenyans, Adharanand FinnOne woman tells me, as we sit in the grass, that she thinks running is like getting drunk in reverse. With drinking, it feels great at first, but then you start feeling awful. With running, you feel awful at first, but then, after you finish, you feel great. That sounds like a much better deal.
I get what she's saying, running does do that. But drinking gets me feeling better as I progress, not worse.
Me neither but for some reason I have a history of dating marathoners. It was odd that we could wake up and they would go out running and I would go out for breakfast and maybe catch a movie or hang out with friends and be back home before them. I used to take great glee in reminding them what happened to the first person that ever ran a marathon. (Spoiler alert: He immediately died.)
We should grab a beer sometime. Or lunch -no need to run :)
I'm in Durham all the time. What sushi place you talking about? I love sushi. I used to live in Hope Valley and moved to CH less than 2 years ago. My wife is a medical resident at your color blue. I, have no affiliation to either of the blue's here. Let's set something up. Lunch will be on Hubski.
Not necessarily resolution but set goals to stop doing cocaine and drinking so much as well as get a consistent sleep schedule. Lot easier to wake up at a regular time when you're not yakked out till odd hours of the night haha. Had some legitimate withdrawals I had to sleep my way through which is a very sobering and perspective enhancing event. All together it was easy to drop through, I hit a point in my life where I wanted to be able to productive and financially stable more than I wanted a alright time with friends and aqauntances trying to kill their respective pains and boredoms. All the shaping up has been giving me the time and energy to kill it at work and put way more time into my hobbies. It's been a rewarding and affirming experience.
I normally stick to more goals for the new year rather than resolutions. This year, I just had one resolution: floss every day. Two weeks done so far. It's becoming a habit, which is sweet, because I don't have to bother remembering to. So, going pretty great.
I made a cynical-sounding resolution to be less of a 'nice guy.' There's nothing inherently wrong with being courteous, polite, thoughtful, etc. However with experience I've unfortunately found that niceness is often taken for weakness. I grew weary of being everyones' lowest priority, having to defend myself in challenges so often, and having to fight to get what I rightfully deserved in the first place. So I made a resolution to be more bold and demanding, to take instead of ask, and even to be a bit of a jerk when the situation demands it. That sounds laughable but so far it's working and I haven't even had to dip into jerk-mode yet. I've been in fewer arguments recently than in the weeks preceding. I've had fewer people try to take advantage of me. I've gotten reductions on dinner bills, free items at stores, and at work my shop is hopping with productivity. I no longer ask things like, "Excuse me, X, do you know when those materials will be ready?" I say, "Listen, X, I need those materials. I asked you for them already last week, so now I need you to make it happen."
Hey this is not laughable. I know personally how much not being assertive can hurt both relationships and life goals. It's good to recognize it and try to be self-reflective. You don't have to even be a jerk! You just have to be direct. There is a cliche that I've had to use, but has been helpful. Whenever I feel myself pulling backward toward being passive "Mean what you say and say what you mean" in other words, be mindful of what you want and ask for it. Good luck!
There's nothing wrong with being assertive, especially when you're spending money.
I get grumpy when I cut calories, too. Have you added exercise? I feel better when I do. Cutting 500 calories under my estimated idle use is harder for me than cutting 500 under an active day. Depending on what you do or don't already do, just going for a walk can help. Everybody is different, and I don't pretend to know what's right for you.
I've heard that a good resolution to lose weight is to resolve to weigh yourself every morning. It hear it works.
I didn't make one personally, but I did make it a goal to clean up a bit more and get rid of unnecessary crap. Currently got a couple boxes of paper trash in my car to take to the dumpster at work, and looking at getting a shop vac to clean up hard to reach places in my room.
I live in Portland, OR and live three blocks from a dispensary. My resolution wasn't to quit entirely (although that is the eventual goal) but rather to cut back. It's been really great man. I'm still smoking once or twice a week, but it's a hell of a lot better than every day. It also makes it so that my highs are more noticeable (I'm sure you're aware that the more consistently you smoke the less different the high feels). My main reason for decreasing my cannabis intake is to move forward in my spiritual development. I see what is possible in terms of detaching from the mind and connecting with the Divine. Weed (and shrooms and lsd) was certainly crucial in my initial understanding of that, and now it's time to move beyond.
I'm without cigarettes since the 2nd of January. It is the longest I've gone without nicotine of some kind in 12 years. I'm pretty proud of myself and hopefully can continue. It's amazing the things you can smell when you aren't smoking! I still miss them dearly. It's like an old high school friend who you know you need to cut from your life to grow and move forward, but you've had so many good times in the past it's hard to let go.
Mine is to not freak out over small things anymore but try not only to weigh the situation logically, but if I feel like I'm in a catch 22 (which could entirely be a product of my own mind) to just simply take the option that gives me the most peace. I try to be definite in my decisions but I've noticed that once I make a decision in peace, often about like 10 minutes later I'll have more clarity to then allow things to progress. As in, I am allowed to change my mind. I don't set hard and fast rules like if I make a decision I have to stick to it at all costs - that would only stress me out. Taking away that pressure has helped me a LOT. I've slipped up, but am always trying and so far things have been pretty good :)
Dude, meditation could be of great service to you.
Hey syn. I didn't make any so I am batting 1.000. I used to smoke a couple of grams a day and luckily never had to try to quit. It just kinda happened. I drink more now which is probably worse. though. A few months ago I picked up a quad of black hash since I had not eve seen that around in years and oh boy did I ever have some awesome sleeps. I regularly go a couple days in a row with no sleep at all so that was amazing.
>I regularly go a couple days in a row with no sleep at all so that was amazing. Yeah I routinely have sleepless nights as well which was what prompted trying weed in the first place - I was complaining about how sleeping pills knock me out but then I can't wake up again in the morning. I was always oversleeping my alarm and repeatedly showing up late to work. One of my stoner friends suggested I try smoking pot every night before bed and it worked. I didn't really have a problem with it until I discovered that smoking right when I woke up took the haze away from the night before and gave me an appetite for breakfast (before then I would mostly just not eat until lunch). After that it was all she wrote, I was (slightly) high all day every day for about the last five years, starting when I woke up and then I would get extremely baked right before bed. My wife never smoked in the mornings but she would smoke with me at night - for some reasons in the mornings it gave me energy, but in the evenings it made me tired - for her it just made her tired any time of the day. So now I have sleeping problems again but at this point I'd rather have a sleepless night every now and again than keep spending the money we have been spending on this shit.
Not as well as I'd hoped, but better than I thought. I've been trying to spend more time creating and less time consuming. I've done a bit of photography with my little point-and-shoot in the last few days. I'm hoping to find the time to get better acquainted with Korg DS-10 and get going on Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way.
One resolution my wife and I are doing is a sort of "Anti-Resolution". We have set up two jars one with "Wifey" and one with "Hubby" written on them, in them we are going to put notes every time we want to remember something we did, or something we accomplished. We are doing this because it can be hard to look back at a year and NOT focus on all of the hard times one goes through. We are trying to build up this year with the things we want, instead of looking at the overwhelming expectations, we simply remember and move forward. I hope other people succeed greatly in their resolutions, because I have never kept even one! :D
Not a resolution per se, but I've made a deliberate choice to end the bullshit in my life through a less than conventional act.