2012 New Years Resolutions

I’ve VERY glad to see the end of 2011 since it was a very rough year for me. :tired:

My Resolutions 😀

– Amongst the craziness that is school and work, I’m going to try to do at least a half hour of artistic creative stuff a day

– I’ve also been going through all of my projects that are in various states of completion and am making a list of what needs to be done with each. My resolution is that I am going to FINISH these before I get started on anymore projects.

– And of course the big resolution for the year is to do well in my classes, Graduate H) and find a good job so I can get on with my life :bigsmile:

oooo,new book!can’t wait!
No resolutions for me.Feels like I let myself down if I don’t fulfill it.

Good on you, Kujacker! 😀

I started trying to do that a few years back. Though as it takes me years to get through a bottle of concentrated dish soap, I haven’t switched that over yet!
I love that Leaping Bunny exists and they’re working to bring awareness on this issue.

Good luck with keeping that resolution! I highly recommend ‘Nature Clean’ products–got some great glass cleaner and toilet bowl cleaner from them way back. Unfortunately for me, they’re in Canada, and shipping costs have gotten atrocious.

I hope to graduate, get internships so I can get my certificates and land a job in the field I am studying for. If I can get that accomplished this year, I’ll be happy.

And people wonder why we are more sickly now than we were 100 years ago.

I will refute that: I think for the most part, we’re sickly because our lifestyle sucks – not enough exercise and wrong food. Babies are also very much subjected to a sterile environment and aren’t exposed to enough “bugs” to build their immune system, and are therefore more prone to sickness.

Of course, that doesn’t mean chemicals and pollution aren’t to blame. However, they may not be the prime problem.

Getting off my soapbox, thanks everyone.

You’re allowed to have your opinion! Also, I’m not sure how another places do these kinds of things. US, Canada, etc. It could be different. I once heard that Japan doesn’t allow certain chemicals to be in food, so companies such as Coke have to alter their soda to have it sold there. Just what I heard, I have no clue if it’s true. I also have a friend that lives in England, and she was saying that you can’t buy “fake” Fanta there. It’s a natural Fanta, apparently. It’s something to take into consideration when talking about health and chemicals in food. But since I live in the US, I’m speaking in relative to the US.

But when I say this, I mean, 100 years ago we didn’t have anti-freeze in practically every food item on the market (animal food included). If you look at all food ingredients on the shelves, it’s shocking the kinds of chemicals that are being fed to people. Most big food companies are about money, not health. And even in “health food” stores, it’s important to check the ingredients. But the reality is, most people just don’t have the time to do that. Or as my friend says, he doesn’t WANT to know what he’s eating, he’d rather stay oblivious because he knows the terrible things that are in food.

Oh and on the baby subject… my mother would vacuum the house 4 times a day when my brother and I were babies. Not to mention cleaned everything in the house probably as much each day. She also kept this up until she died (not the vacuum 4 times a day, but the house was always spotless). It’s true I was perpetuity sick in high school, but I don’t have any major illness’ or even simple allergies. And once I was out of high school, I got sick maybe once a year. Sometimes once every two years.
And my brother is like super man lol.

Adaneth, I actually looked into that company! But since they were in Canada, I kind of wrote them off the list.

Hear hear on the food topic. Oh I could go on and on about this so I will try to be succinct!

Have any of you watched Food, Inc? Please do if you haven’t. It’s a good look at how food ‘works’ for us USA forum members. Very good documentary. It had a limited theater release a couple years back and when I saw it then, I started changing my food choices for the better. Just watched it again last week and found it newly relevant.

If Food, Inc. piques your interest, I would also recommend The Future of Food which can be watched free on Youtube. Food, Inc. is on Netflix. Future of Food does not have the slick production value of Food, Inc. but is very good regardless.

On the book front, PLEASE read Fast Food Nation! I read this book 10 years ago and it changed my life for the better. If you have trouble with your weight and like fast food joints, this book can be an awesome diet aid! 😀 I used to like fast food as much as anyone else, but within a year of reading the book, without realizing it, I’d pretty much cut it out of my diet. When you know how those companies work, you just don’t want to give them your money anymore.

I still occasionally will succumb to the temptation of some Wendy’s chicken nuggets, or a McDonald’s breakfast sandwich, and I always regret it! I just feel so crummy afterward. My body no longer has a tolerance for all of those high-fat, high-salt, cheap corn-based ingredients. I’m pretty ok with that!

Have any of you read The Omnivore’s Dilemma? I have not gotten to that one yet. Or any other doc/book recommendations?

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My resolutions for this year:

– Find a healthier pet food for my cat, Harley. There are UNBELIEVABLY UNHEALTHY AND ETHICALLY REPREHENSIBLE ingredients in most pet foods. I am hesitant to even go into detail on it here. I’m sure quite a few of you know exactly what I’m talking about already. Just recently educated myself on what those vague ingredients actually mean, and was utterly disgusted.

– GO THE **** TO SLEEP! I have real trouble with insomnia and staying on the computer late into the night, reading reading reading. ‘Bout things like pet food ingredients and conspiracy theories. I simply must limit this for the sake of my health. XD To accomplish this, I am going to commit to turning my computer off at midnight on weeknights. If you guys see a post from me on here after midnight PST, feel totally free to yell at me. A lot.

– Pick up my exercise routine again. This will be the hardest one for me to keep. So I’ll use my Windstone calendar! Put a smiley face and short description every time I make an conscious effort to do _something_ physical. I have managed to do this before a few years ago, and being more active, even a little, had amazing benefits. Five ‘bad’ years of stress, awful relationships, and depression really took its toll on physical activity and I want to feel good again.

If any of you have tips on these I would love to hear! 🙂

Not a resolution as such, but a keep moving forward, literally and figuratively speaking, on getting some kind of handle on my stupid chronic foot pain… Haven’t found the end all be all yet, but I keep hoping 🙂

twindragonsmum :p