NY Resolutions

[settiai]

I haven't really made any New Year's Resolutions the past few years, but in a way I think that I've accomplished more in the past year than I have in... well, ever. I'm finally out of Tennessee and living on my own. I'm paying my own rent, my own car insurance, my own health insurance (well, I have been for the last two years, if you can call the

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[janetlin]

Regarding the fruits and vegetables - I too just basically don't like the taste and texture of them. But I've got some twice-daily vitamins (supplements, technically, I guess) that give a daily dose of fruits and veggies. I also take a fiber supplement since pill form doesn't cover that as well as eating them whole. There are grown-up ones and chewable kids' ones that taste citrusy and actually kind of nice.

[settiai]

I'm going to keep trying different ones in hopes of finding some more that I like (so far, I've discovered a handful). I might have to go the supplement route, though, because I'm definitely not getting some of the vitamins that I need.

[janetlin]

I've found that cucumbers and squash are pretty good with butter and sprinkled with brown sugar (but then I imagine that pretty much anything wouldn't be hurt by butter and brown sugar ;). Might defeat the purpose as far as weight loss goes, but at least it gets the nutrients and fiber into you.

And I never liked brown rice but am trying to switch because it's better and a friend clued me into throwing a stick of cinnamon in to boil/simmer away with it and it actually does help.

[settiai]

I actually like raw cucumbers, as long as I have something to dip them in. Light ranch dressing works well. As for squash, I've hated them for years - except we've had squash soup and ravioli at work the last few days, and they were both delicious. I'm thinking that my tastes toward that particular gourd might have changed since the last time I ate it.

There's a restaurant near by parents' house back in Tennessee, this little steakhouse called Sarge's Shack, that has delicious brown rice. There are onions and peppers cooked with it, and - while I've never quite been able to replicate their recipe - I've found that adding those gives it a really good taste.

[anoel]

Love your resolutions! Good luck with them and I can't wait to see you at VVC :)

[settiai]

I'm going to be there even if I have to ask off now to get the vacation days. (And, ooh, if I'm still at the restaurant in August? I'll have been there long enough that I actually will qualify for vacation days.)

[aiffe]

Man, looking at this list makes me tired! You have a lot of mana-intensive stuff, there. I don't mean to be a downer, but I just think you're being a bit too hard on yourself, and setting yourself up for failure

[settiai]

I'll admit, with several of these, I've already been working on them the last few months. It's more of a "keep doing what you're doing" rather than "change everything." If I post them publicly, like this, it helps me make sure that I keep doing them instead of slowly letting them slide by the time I hit the spring.

...like traveling more and going to cons, but paying off debt.Well, yes and no. I always plan ahead for Vividcon and save up money, so this is more of a reminder for me to make sure I put aside a few hundred dollars now while I have it to spare so that I won't have any trouble getting to VVC in August. As for the traveling more, it's $20 for a bus ride to NYC (and most other cities) from here; my idea of touring a city involves free (or, at least, cheap) things, like visiting museums or looking at famous sites from the outside. And with trips I pretty much either find a DW/LJ friend who will let me crash on their floor or stay up all night and sleep on the bus back to DC (unless I just head back the same day without

[aiffe]

Haha, okay, we may just have different ways of approaching a lot of these things. I saw that list and I was like, "Holy shit! No one can be that perfect!" but maybe the goals weren't as extreme as they looked at first glance.

And I deeefinitely understand about not wanting to sweat all over yourself before work. Especially if you're expected to look professional (i.e., nice hair and some makeup) that can get ruined on a bike in hot weather.

Oh, and on the note of just posting something, I used to belong to a bunch of drabble contests, they were good for a bit inspiration on something short, and kept me from turning everything into an epic I'd never finish. XD Good for weeks when you don't have a lot of time.

Sorry if I was all like, THIS STUFF IS TOO HARD. ^^; Yooou....should see my "list." It's sorta secret because if I posted it publicly, people would laugh, but I think it has "become a Time Lord" somewhere on it.

[settiai]

Hey, becoming a Time Lord is a totally valid goal. *nods*