It's 2017! What are your resolutions/goals/plans for this year?

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Huh. I was thinking smaller:

I have to use certain prescription eyedrops twice a day. I don’t like them; they sting and burn for a minute. I also have to take a calcium gummie twice a day. I love them; they are exactly like candy – sweet. I had been having the calcium first and then dreading the eyedrops. Now I’ve reversed it – I’ll put in the eyedrops and then eat the gummie at the same time. The pleasure from the gummie blocks out (well, not completely) the discomfort of the eyedrops. And the gummie is the “reward” for inserting the eyedrops.

Same principle.

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Oh, oh! I have a new resolution for 2017!

I solemnly swear NOT TO POST on a thread that is started by someone who has less than 5 posts.

Ever again.

If I do, you are welcome to savagely mock me and remind me of my resolution. b-(

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Comparing iMemories.com to ScanCafe.com on pricing:

ScanCafe charges $0.21 per photo or slide if 500 minimum, and $0.27 if less than 500. Plus $7.95 per DVD.
iMemories charges $0.49 for this same service. Plus $9.99 per DVD.

ScanCafe charges $19.99 for copying old VHS and VHS-C tapes. DVD costs $8.95.
iMemories charges $12.99 for this. DVD costs $9.99.

Don’t know the shipping costs yet. Both offer coupons. One seems better for your photos and the other one seems better for your tapes.

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I’m going to take a proper vacation in 2017. It’s been a very long time.

I’m going to fill a bag or box every week, and start to declutter the house, pretending we are downsizing.

I’m going to see my doctor for a referral to a therapist.

I’m going to figure out how to back up what’s important on my desktop, then I’m going to wipe it clean and start over.

Uff. Photographs will have to wait until another year.

Get back to strength training and try not to be discouraged by the setback.

Continue to build a rich life that is not centered around my children.

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I love your list, @Midwest67

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For the third year in a row: find a job. Of course, the longer it takes, the older I get, and the older I get, the longer it takes!

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I’m with @Midwest67.

Also, I’ll need to find a new job this year.

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Volunteer more.

Introduce my kids to more charitable activities and giving.
Drink more water (these new water bottles are helping!)
Eat out less often and eat better/more interesting at home.
Figure out an activity besides walking (or swimming which I hate) that doesn’t kill my back.
Take a beach vacation.

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@Midwest67 I use carbonite to back up my laptop. I have restored the settings and data to several new devices over the years with no issues. You can decide what folders you’d like backed up.

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Make two new friends.

D asked how I intend to do this–and I answered, “I just will”.

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I read this thread several days ago. It really got me to thinking.

I thought, I already work out at least 5 days a week. I also,already started trying to watch what I eat and started eating well years ago. Last January I decided to count my steps. I have been doing that and trying for at least a minimum numberbof stes a day for the whole year now. Also, H and I have been traveling on at at least two great trips a year, for the last several years.

So what is left? Maybe drink a little less wine and try to worry less. Maybe they go hand in hand. But I do worry so about some of the kids.

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brief tangent: @VeryHappy, which calcium gummies are so tasty? Mine are awful (although better than the pills I’ve tried).

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I laughed at the gummy comment from @VeryHappy because I do look forward to my daily Vitamin D dummies. :slight_smile:

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“dummies”?? ^^^^ Hah ha.

I take the Costco calcium and Vit D gummies. Costco used to have the calcium caramel chews, which were fabulous, but now they “only” have the gummies. They’re literally just like gum drops.

ETA: I started taking these things because all of a sudden I couldn’t swallow the gigantic calcium/Vit D horse pills. I don’t know why – I swallowed them for decades – but one day I just couldn’t get them down, and that was the end of that.

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Adora chocolate is a calcium and Vitamin D3 supplement and it is fabulous!! Comes in milk and dark chocolate http://www.adoracalcium.com/

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Looks yummy!

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@VeryHappy can I ask what the VitD/calcium content is in those Costco gummies???

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Here’s the link from their website (but note it’s an in-store purchase only): http://www.costco.com/Kirkland-Signature-Calcium-500-mg.-with-D3%2c-240-Adult-Gummies.product.100316316.html

According to my bottle, a serving – which is two gummies – has 1000 IUs of Vit D (250% of required daily amount) and 500 mg of calcium (50%). I take one in the AM and one in the PM, so I’m getting a ton of Vit D and half the recommended amount of calcium. But I also eat a lot of dairy products, so I’m good.

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New Resolution for 2017: I refuse to do business with anyone, business or charity, that cold calls me.

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I hate making goals and resolutions, and have finally aged enough to recognize they just don’t work for me.

I have chosen instead to work on one small daily habit which will improve my personal life and my work productivity. I will record daily results and keep focusing on this one habit until it is ingrained into my routine.

At that point I can decide if I want to work on improving in another area of my life. Hoping to minimize the pressure of feeling like I have to take on an additional habit even if I have not fully ingrained the previous habit.

Best of luck to each one attempting to make positive changes!