Bonus: how did this past year’s go?

  • Jumbie@lemmy.zip
    1·
    6 days ago

    Sell all my vehicles. I’m tired of computers and subscriptions just for a little comfort.

    Restomod my old car in the garage and keep it all analog. No Bluetooth, no internet connectivity, no fucking automatic transmission.

    I want to drive my car and feel connected again.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
    211·
    9 days ago

    Same as every year since 2017: Stand up to racism whenever I see it.

    How’d it go? There’s a lot of racism out there, but I think I did okay.

  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
    11·
    9 days ago

    I’m going semi-vegan? I don’t know if there’s a word for it.

    I cheated and started a few weeks ago, but from now on I’m not buying any more animal product although I’ll make exceptions for already bought food that would otherwise go to waste.

    • nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de
      8·
      9 days ago

      In January, a lot of people promote Veganuary. The idea is try veganism for one month. Plenty of new resources will be there. Plus, if you need any help or motivation, you can DM me, or post your questions on c/vegan. Moreover, we have a small group on Signal, if you want to join, I can share the link.

      • TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk
        5·
        9 days ago

        I’ve been vegetarian for almost 10 years, but then I got kids and we didn’t want to make separate dinner each night, so now I also eat wild game, e.g. pheasants, red deer, wild ducks, etc. Am I just a regular carnivore or does there exist a word for my weird ass choice?

        I still haven’t eating any meat from conventional or organic farms for more than 10 years.

        • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip
          2·
          9 days ago

          My parents became vegetarian when I was 3 and so, I became vegetarian myself. They are now occasionally white meat felxitarians but I’ve remained vegetarian all my life. Genunine question, (I’m not trying to be an ah here) if the diet was good enough for you why not for your kids? I still managed to grow to be 6’3’’ tall with that diet after all. XD

          I think it’s 1000’s times better to eat wild game than industrial farm. Kudos to you! Meat eating is still meat eating at the end of the day, but presuming you get your veggies in you’d be an omnivore :P

          • TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk
            3·
            9 days ago

            Of course, you are right, omnivore. I still get my veggies, haha. My wife never became a vegetarian, and I’m the only vegetarian in our extended family, so I’m minority here and I didn’t really wanted to take the fight. Also, I try to hide the fact that I don’t eat industrial meat, from my kids. I don’t want to influence them in anyway, and if they ever want to become vegetarian, I hope it’s not because of my influence but because of their own reasons, if that makes sense.

            We have an overpopulation of red deer in our local area. I’m buying it from a local estate and they only have the stock they have. If a product is sold out, it’s sold out until the hunting season begins again. I actually don’t mind that in any way. I absolutely hate industrial farming, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with regulation of wildlife, and it helps in preserving biodiversity.

            Tons of wildlife meat goes to waste each year in my country, and it’s instead used for other purposes, e.g. Fertilizer.

            Besides that, for those who want to eat meat, it’s seems illogical to me, not eating the meat we have at hand before starting to buy meat from industrial farms. I believe it tastes better in every way than what you get from industrial farms.

            • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip
              1·
              9 days ago

              Oh right, family… I get it. I don’t know how old your kids are but I don’t think you should hide where their food comes per se, more so if it’s the ethical choice in comparison. But what do I know, raising kids is complicated, you do you. Anyhow, any reduction in consumption of factory farmed meat is a good thing in the end. ദ്ദി˙ ᴗ )˙

      • Bonifratz@piefed.zipEnglish
        1·
        9 days ago

        That’s more for semi-vegetarianism though. If OP is going semi-vegan, I’d wager a guess they’ve been vegetarian already. Maybe this calls for a new word like flexanism lol.

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
    10·
    9 days ago

    I don’t make resolutions because when I did, I never managed to keep them.

    That said, I do have an unwritten list of things I’d like to do in the new year. Like may be lose a little weight. And I really need to go for my eyes testing.

    And then there’s the whole philosophy of “why next year? why not now?” and “tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life”.

    For the eye test, I’ve no good excuse, but I don’t want to walk to the place and find they’re closed for the holidays. For the weight, I’d have to throw out a lot of food first. Not the greatest excuse there either, but waste not, want not.

    (Can you see why I never managed to keep them previously? Yeeeah.)

  • BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world
    8·
    9 days ago

    Get back to my pre-COVID weight. Thankfully I just moved to a new place with a gym literally across the street.

    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      9 days ago

      More so than a gym, weight loss happens in the kitchen. Smaller portion sizes and healthier options. A calories deficit is the only way to lose weight. And don’t think of it as a “diet”… It’s a lifestyle change.

      Forty pounds and counting.

      • BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world
        6·
        9 days ago

        Yea I know. I went from >400lbs to 195; but then COVID. I swear to god I can do week long fasts and barely lose weight, I really need some kind of sustained cardio exercise on a regular basis. Just give me an elliptical and some time.

  • Harmonious@lemmy.world
    7·
    9 days ago

    Publish my novel and get back to studying Japanese. 私は少し日本語が話せます but I’d like to learn more. I don’t even know if I said that right. But by the end of the year I’d like to be fluent enough to have a conversation.

    • Jumbie@lemmy.zip
      1·
      6 days ago

      Hey man. Same boat, different rower. Can you share your publishing plans? Are you using an agent or self-publishing? Who’s doing your editing?

      Sorry about all the questions!

      • Harmonious@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        Sure, I’m planning in using an agent. I just recently went through a round of editing with the help of some beta readers. Not editors but I’ve combed through it probably 5 times already and had some others look at it so I’m confident it’s good enough for an agent. I’m not worrying about professional editors until the manuscript can get picked up.

  • First_Thunder@lemmy.zip
    5·
    9 days ago

    The same as last year, to do something to surprise myself. This year was a close one, but a few weeks ago I managed to interview a presidential candidate, so not bad (for an engineering student)

  • lime@feddit.nl
    5·
    9 days ago

    I don’t set New Year-specific goals anymore since I find that being honest with myself about efforts from any starting point is more helpful than promising to make significant life changes at a specific date. That being said, my general goals are:

    • Be more involved in community and humanitarian events
    • Put on more muscle
    • Set aside a large chunk of my income every month for my future plans
    • Make opportunities to have new experiences