Excuses, escuses...

For me, I won't find any excuses actually except for a few things such as my failed 2008 resolutions. I rather reorganize myself and plan my life for 2009 than finding excuses to buy or indulge in something. I do that every year. If there is really something which I feel I need to improve on, then I will change and find a solution to those problems. Excuses will not help me to accomplish anything and in my opinion, it's just another way to cheat myself. So stop giving excuses to do something. If you really want to do it and you have plenty of good reasons to do it, then just do it without requiring any excuses. Wish you a happy year 2009 in advance.

So true! And I am on your shoes dear. I would wish to stand by my conviction to fight for my cause, to stick to my values and to air my voice against wrongs. I would die the day I lose my belief and conviction. Great post!

There is nothing wrong in setting goals at the begining of the year. Even though one might fail at the end of the year. Failures makes us bolder.

I've always found it ironic that so many of us make New Year's resolutions but then we use New Year's Eve to "get our fill", so to speak, of whatever it is we're going to try to give up in the New Year. They use the excuse that after that night they won't be overeating, smoking, drinking, etc. as if overindulging is going to make something easier to give up the next day! I'm probably not going to do anything special on New Year's Eve so I won't have a chance to have an excuse to overindulge. I probably will overindulge in pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day but that's very "cleansing"...lol! For the New Year, I'm not going to call them resolutions because they always get broken but I AM going to try to lose weight, to quit smoking (as long as my daughter and son-in-law keeps their end of the bargain and also quit!) and as you said, be a better person in general. I'm also going to try to stop procrastinating all the time and to get more organized. I mentioned in another response here about committing one act of kindness each day and I intend to do my best to do that whenever possible. Annie

I have always made a point of ignoring the fact it's New Year's Eve. I go to bed at night and when I wake up it's just another day. I don't make resolutions, and don't do anything differently. If I REALLY intended to lose weight, spend less time on the computer, etc., I'd do it without any excuse. Therefore, I'm guessing I'm really quite happy being a large, computer-addicted, fat-arsed sloth. And let's face it, if it was good enough for 2008, surely it'll be good enough for at least another 12 months ...

the list is endless---reducing weight,doing more productive work, earning more money (hopefully), travelling.... I hope I manage to keep up atleast some of them...all the best with yours

New years has never been an excuse to my family to do anything. We usually celebrate it with a party at our house. That's nothing new. We normally have friends over every friday night for a sociable drink, and a bit of fun... a stress relief in a way. It's a way to put the last year behind us, and begin fresh with a new year of troubles XD

Yep what you say is the truth but at the same time it is fun to do most of the things you say! I am not making no new starts at anything, mainly because I did this back on my birthday in June so the challenges I have set myself I am currently carrying out. I am hoping to go out though new years eve not to overindulge on drink, food maybe but not drink!

Coasting Huh?..lol..Maybe i need to do that since i find myself always working to get caught up but if i'm not at work i'm usually at home babysitting a grandbaby, so I guess i will take some Me time, lose some weight and do things other than work and watch babies...but i really don't want to..

so true.just like me i am very seldom to eat chocolate because if i started i cant get enough till gets empty.so my excuse is ahh what the heck its christmas!

Hi cobrateacher! I haven't really decided what I will use New Year's as an excuse for! I will just probably try to make some promises to be a better person and to change some of the negative things in my life. I don't like to make too many promises for fear that I will only break them in the end! I do try to be the best person that I can be at all times though. I will be trying to keep to as many promises as I can. I want to try to keep my apartment neater and keep things in order so that I don't have to get myself so stressed out trying to get things done like I have done in the past. As you said, I will try to be a better person in every way possible and I do hope that I can stick to that at least! Have a Happy and Healthy New Year to you and your husband!

I am going to create a habit of prayer for world peace. I can form new habits easily if I just put my mind to it and this is one I really think I need. Happy New Year

It is an excuse for me to be have a more sensible year and not to make the same mistakes i did in 2008 again.