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#1 WreckWench

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 12:46 PM

Its time to start fresh...make changes and welcome in a new year while exiting the old one. Its also time to make New Year's Resolutions.

What are yours???


Mine...

1. Redo the work I lost on the 2010 Nutrition and Fitness Challenge
2. Get trips posted faster on the site so people can better plan.
3. Get all my holiday thank you's done by the end of the first week of Jan
4. COMPLETE the 2010 SD Nutrition and Health Challenge
5. Get a head start on 2009's taxes
6. Implement more automation on the site so it easier to use and more effecient

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 02:01 PM

I really hate saying this but I really don't like this type of topic because I never seem to be able to keep them. With that I do have goals for 2010 but I need to finish writing( it's blog /diary entry) it up as I have it tied into a interspective reflection of 2009.

Couple of the goals I would like to accomplish.
1. Loose weight( about 50 lbs in this step) I know everyone says it but I'm gonna do it as it's for
my own good physically, mentally and in the dating game.

2. To find what I'm looking for in life that will complete me and make me happy. Sorry to be cryptic but it seems like in the past year I have been wondering ( physically and mentally) to find my place in the world but yet still haven't found what I'm looking for.

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 05:03 PM

Okay since my comments are now fodder for others to use; let me clarify my comments. It don't set resolutions but rather goals as it's easier to work on that way so there not specific to one year.

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 05:15 PM

Okay since my comments are now fodder for others to use; let me clarify my comments. It don't set resolutions but rather goals as it's easier to work on that way so there not specific to one year.



Dan thank you for the clarification....I misunderstood your statements. However many people do feel that they are doomed before they start. I'm glad you are not one of them. And yes...setting specified goals vs resolutions is a more effective way to ensure success. Kamala

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 05:24 PM

Well I've thought of two really important resolutions for me, since health is a priority for me right now...

1. Eat more iron rich foods
2. Follow what I've learned from WreckWench about nutrition - er, on a more regular daily basis... :birthday:

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 05:29 PM

Well I've thought of two really important resolutions for me, since health is a priority for me right now...

1. Eat more iron rich foods
2. Follow what I've learned from WreckWench about nutrition - er, on a more regular daily basis... :usflag:



Er...sucking up is not necessary...but :birthday:

And yes the trick is consistency!

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 05:31 PM

Well I've thought of two really important resolutions for me, since health is a priority for me right now...

1. Eat more iron rich foods
2. Follow what I've learned from WreckWench about nutrition - er, on a more regular daily basis... :usflag:



Er...sucking up is not necessary...but :birthday:

And yes the trick is consistency!


Who's sucking?? :P

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 05:45 PM

I think most people "hate" resolutions... but here goes:

1. Get back to working out at least 3 times a week; I let that slip when life got in the way. Shame on me!

2. Teach! I started negotiating a contract with a college to use their pool in November, then came the holidays. I plan to have that contact final this month and a class in the pool by February.

3. Build a front porch. I'm tired of unlocking the door in the rain!

If I can accomplish these 3 things then next year I'll raise the bar - an inch. :birthday:

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 07:42 PM

Here are my 2010 Resolutions:

1 Dive more (may be the hardest resolution to keep I had 69 Logged dives in 2009)

2 Laugh long loud and often

3 Sing like no one is watching

4 Smell the roses everychance I get





and that whole lose weight thing too :birthday:

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 07:48 PM

Jerry, I laughed out loud when I saw your afterthought Resolution! :birthday:

My top 3 are:

1. Yes, the ever-present "lose weight" - and KEEP IT OFF THIS TIME
2. Spend more time with friends (yes, online counts!)
3. Dive at least once locally (UGH, cold & bad vis, but gotta keep at it until I'm more comfortable with it!)
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Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:13 PM

Mine are:

1) work out on a regular basis, especially on the weekends

2) train for a 5k, 10k and half marathon

3) replace my bath room cabinets

4) replace my kitchen countertops

5) continue my diving education, aka Extended Range, Sidemount, Cavern, etc

6) and most important - DIVE MORE!!!

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 09:44 AM

Well I've thought of two really important resolutions for me, since health is a priority for me right now...

1. Eat more iron rich foods
2. Follow what I've learned from WreckWench about nutrition - er, on a more regular daily basis... :dancing:


For more iron rich foods - I read some where (didn't confirm it, maybe someone knows more) that cooking in cast iron adds iron to your food. I swapped out some high end cookware for my cast iron and love the cast iron. It's cheap to buy and easy to maintain, can be used on the stove or in the oven.
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Posted 03 January 2010 - 10:13 AM

Has anyone done the Chinese wish lanterns? A friend had these for New Year's eve this year. We wrote our wishes for the coming year on them and then went outside and launched them into the sky. It would be so much fun to do with resolutions. :dancing:

The video is kind of long but you can jump forward to the launching. http://www.youtube.c...h?v=sP7VlW95cKY

Here's one where they break the world record and set off more then 10,000 lanterns. http://www.youtube.c...h?v=-r_FwuWe-48
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Posted 03 January 2010 - 10:34 AM

1. Have a great time diving with SD in Belize, Bonaire, Red Sea, NC coast, and more. (Make an easy resolution which you know you can accomplish).
2. Dive a combo of Coiba and Malpelo and a combo of Bilikiki in the Solomons, a liveaboard in Fiji, and the wreck of the Calvin Coolidge in Vanuatu, or at least make a plan for doing so in the next two years.
3. Get my website, rodneyderrick.com showing the 200 paintings in my collection, operational in a few months, and publicize it to museums around the world.
4. Develop further the book I am writing about integrity in public and private lives.
5. Sustain running 30 miles a week, lifting three times a week, and swimming two times a week without getting a major injury.
6. Get back to 164 pounds, which was my best running weight. (Currently at 180 which is progress from the 200 which I weighed after not being able to run after surgeries a few years ago).
7. Run a 5k in 24 minutes and a 10k in less than 50 minutes, a far cry from personal bests of 18 and 40 minutes, but lots better than current level.
8. End seven year hermit status as far as certain types of relationships are concerned (No need for more detail here).
9. Avoid watching cable TV blowhards of all political stripes and stupid dogmatic reporting of "news".
10. Continue 40 year successful avoidance of fast food restaurants. :cool1: :dancing:

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 03:00 PM

Here are my 2010 Resolutions:

1 Dive more (may be the hardest resolution to keep I had 69 Logged dives in 2009)

2 Laugh long loud and often

3 Sing like no one is watching

4 Smell the roses everychance I get





and that whole lose weight thing too :dancing:

May I replace my resolutions with yours? Pretty please? Yours sound much much better than mine and will be a whole lot more fun too! Well, excpet for that last one at the end...that's never fun, though rewarding! And, I oughta keep the one about my front porch...I need that one.




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