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    I'm gonna give up Cool Whip and Bac-o-bits...
    
    

    
    	i've decided to get off my duff and get into serious raquetball,
    	as opposed to terminal couch potato-ism.
    
    	and improve communications with friends of whom i've lost contact
    	with for one reason or another, if they've not given up on me
    	as a lost cause. *sigh*
    
    	denise
    
    	

    I intend on smiling more.
    
    :-) See, I've started already.
    
    Cathy

	Last week's parade had some nice one on it's cover.
	I'm not sure if I still have it, could someone post 
	it if they do.

	My favorite was "Avoid angry and abrasive people they
	are generally vengeful"

	John

i resolve to take-up all the things you all resolve to give-up.

Should make for a great year.

	Mike

    
      o To give up smoking - which isn't too hard now.
    
      PC

    
    
    	To flatten my stomach. I'm sick of the flab!
    
    							mike

    to try and become a better listener
    
    oh! and to try and make it into work with out calling in sick once
    a month!!!!

    The easiest resolution I've ever made!  I resolve to spend hundreds
    of hours actively loving my SO!

    I will live in 'reality' not in 'dreamland'.
    

    I resolve to somehow slow down my lifestyle a little and take time
    to smell the roses...
    
    							Pat

    
    I'm gonna finish the novel and the computer game I've been writing
    since 1982.
    
    DFW

    I resolved never to eat out of a carton and never to give unsolicited
    advice.
    
    	Jon 

    I resolve to make this the happiest year ever for my SO and me.
    

    I resolve to let myself off the hook -- I don't have to be perfect!
    
    I also resolve to remember that I'm not responsible for anyone else's
    happiness, so to stop feeling guilty.
    
    G

    
    	I resolve to work harder on my relationship with my wife, fixing
    up my house, work and classes.  I resolve to get at least 7 hours
    of sleep each night and no be so cranky in the morning.  I resolve
    to do nothing but sail for the month of july.
    					=Ralph=

To enjoy life..
be flexable..
be open to learning new things..
to love
and to make those important to me as happy as they have made me in return!

    re:.18
    
    I resolve to make this year the beginning of a happy new life for
    my SO and me - to spend less time being a workaholic and more time
    enjoying our lives.

    I resolved to know myself better (even if I might not like what I
    learn) and be true to myself. 
    
    Tamzen

Well, It's that time of year again...

The only *good* New Years resolution I've thought of is to give up Noting! :-}

Let's see... something that would be good for me, middling between trivial,
and overwhelmingly difficult...

Jim. 

    Be it resolved that I will lose 25 pounds and get back into 
    fighting trim. Starting next week :-)

    To enjoy life more than I did the previous year. I know this is
    a tough one but I usually manage to accomplish it or at least enjoy
    as much as I did the year before.
    
    						Geoff

      To bring in a child with the hopes that he/she can
    make this world a better place in years to come.
    
                       REK

    I resolve to be more careful about making commitments and to keep
    the commitments that I make.
    
    ASP

RE: .28

	To get a puppy for REK's child.. :-) hee hee hee

	Mine? To figure out what I want and beat the loneliness that
	I'm facing..

						mike

      Ok Foley, Dobermans at 10 paces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
    
          REK

	Woof.

	:-)

						mike

     Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr..................
    
              REK

    To win the TOTAL attention of a certain LMO2 lady.  :^)

    I know who it is... I know who it is.... I know who it is.... :-)
    
    
    TeeHee

	RE: the last couple...

	Betcha I know too.. :-)  

							mike

To erase from my mind -- completely -- people, situations, and things in
general which I can no longer help.  No use mulling over spilt milk!

To be a better friend to the friends I already have, and to make new ones.

To find something good in every single day. ( THIS might be the problem child! )

To try to _understand_ those around me.  Because with understanding comes
acceptance, and sometimes a bit more.

I could go ON and on...  Makes you wonder -- am I doing anything _right_?!  ;-)


Brian

    re: .38
    
    Brian, do you mind if I borrow your list?  That's a great set of
    resolutions.
    
    ASP

    re .38
    
    That's a great list, I think I'll make it mine if you don't mind.
    
    Rich

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LAGUNA::THOMAS_TA "Here comes Johnny Yen again"       5 lines  28-DEC-1987 14:23
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    Well, it's time for New Year's Resolutions.  I am having a bit of
    trouble wording mine, except for "living well, living correctly".
    Would anyone else care to articulate their resolutions, the motivation
    behind them and...why don't we keep them?  Many people I have talked
    to are puzzled by this phenomenon.
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PSYCHE::WILSON "Degas"                               21 lines  28-DEC-1987 14:43
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    RE: .1
    
    ``Living well, living correctly'' is probably the best resolution
    to make, but it may take time to live well and correctly, if you
    succeed at all.
    
    You have to devote some time to thinking about what living well
    and living correctly mean. I think if you resolve to just _think_
    about living well and living correctly, after a while you'll naturally
    start doing so. But don't necessarily rely on others to help in
    your resolve!
    
    I would've loved to quit smoking on Jan. 1, but it didn't work out
    that way. I quit October 6, 1987, about 8:30 at night when I ran
    out of butts. 
    
    Just to show that New Year's resolutions can happen 365 days a year.
    
    
    WW
    
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NHL::DEVINE "THERE IS LIFE AFTER DIVORCE!!"           5 lines  29-DEC-1987 08:58
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    This year I'll stick to my resolutions. I firmly resolve that I
    will not go boating in the desert, nor will I attempt to walk on
    water!!!!!! But seriously, folks. I'd like to sugjest a great
    resolution. Be nice to everybody, because you don't know who you'll
    be working for tomorrow.
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GUCCI::MHILL "No matter where you go, there you are" 42 lines  29-DEC-1987 09:22
                              -< From Last Year >-
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    I was looking through my desk and found the following from Parade
                   dated 12/28/86
                  
                
    	No one will ever get out of this world alive.
                    Resolve therefore to
         maintain a reasonable sense of values.
                              
    	  Take care of yourself.  Good health is
    	everyone's major source of wealth.  Without
           it, happiness is almost impossible.
                              
    	Resolve to be cheerful & helpful.  People will
                     repay you in kind.
                              
    	Avoid angry, abrasive persons. They are
                  generally vengeful.
                              
    	   Avoid zealots.  They are generally
                      humorless.
                              
    	Resolve to listen more & to talk less.  No
    	  one ever learns anything by talking.
                              
    	Be chary of giving advice.  Wise men don't
              need it & fools won't heed it.
                              
    	   Resolve to be tender with the young,
    	compassionate with the aged, sympathetic
    	   with the striving & tolerant of the
    	weak & the wrong.  Sometime in life you will
                 have been all of these.
                              
    	   Do not equate money with success.
    	There are many successful money-makers
   	     who are miserable failures as
    	 human beings.  What counts most about
    	  success is how a person achieves it.
                              
    	    		      	BY LLOYD SHEARER, C 1986
                              
    Entered without permission

A technique for helping you keep your New Years Resolution is to write it out in
detail, and imagine yourself doing it in various situations.  This helps imprint
idea in your mind that you can keep your resolution, and helps you remember your
resolution when you need it.

Write a one sentence version of your resolution on a card, and put it someplace
that you will see it a few times a day when you have time to think about it, and
imagine yourself keeping your resolution.  In the bathroom, or on the mirror
while you are brushing your teeth are good places for me; on the refrigerator is
not a good place for me. 

Jim.

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LAGUNA::THOMAS_TA "cherokee! my blood sings"          8 lines  30-DEC-1987 17:19
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    Well, it's New Year's Resolution time again.  I am having a
    little trouble wording mine, besides, "Living Well and Living
    Correctly".
    
    Would anyone else care to discuss their resolutions, the motive
    behind them etc.?  And why people don't keep them after going
    to so much trouble to make them.  Many people I've talked to
    lately are puzzled by this phenomenon.
    

How many of these resolutions were kept this year? 

I don't make them because I don't know that I'll keep them.  :-}

      Carol