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Quit one of my 3 part time jobs
stop drinking 14 beers every day
Start making weed edibles so I stop smoking it
Psychedelics every 3 months as per usual
Continue my community service of shoveling shit into lemmy in hopes the extra content convinces more people to switch from reddit and stay.
Find a cheaper basement to rent.
If you can't quit smoking switch to dry herb vapes!
2025 will be a busy year for me.
Just bought raw land and waiting for the septic install at the moment (Might be a few weeks away).
Going to buy shipping containers, get my storage stuff moved to the raw land, get an RV to live in while we build our house, and make a nice garden with a green house.
Excited to be off grid with the goal of being self sufficient.
I'm sure you've researched a bunch already, but be careful moving into the shipping containers before remediation is done. I heard the paint used in shipping containers causes toxic vapors.
I wonβt be living in the containers, just using them as storage. Thanks for the warnings though, I will limit my time in them. I did want to make a workshop in there, but after adding lots of vents.
Live another year but have more knowledge than before.
I'll finally power through the Korean course I bought on Udemy this year. And maybe also learn the instruments I bought two years ago (keyboard and drum machine).
...who am I kidding, I probably won't do any of those things. π€£
Panic
At the disco
theque
Enjoy the last 19 and half days before we could potentially experience a Nazi Germany v2.
Not enough youth buying in to really live that experience, look at the massive flop that riot in the UK was
Okay but we elected Elon musk/donald trump to the presidency here in the US. Elon just recently tweeted about how a Neo Nazi party was Germanyβs only hope and Trump is talking about immigration poisoning the blood of the nationβ¦.
Not so sure that bs riot Elon tried to help foment in the UK is a good indicator
The same thing I do every year. Try to take over the world!
Not as funny when we currently have multiple billionaires actively aiming for this exact goalβ¦
"Are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"Uh, I think so Brain, but this time, you wear the tutu."
Gonna quit weed. Cold turkey. If I don't have control over my consumption now, I think that's a sign I need to stop until I do have that ability again, if ever.
Thatβs cool, but cold turkey is just making it harder on yourself for little to no gain. U less you just have no self control, tapering would be better for you and your body. As others have said, CT can actually just be setting yourself up for failure.
Or not, weed is one of the easiest to cut out so itβs not a big deal compared to benzos or opioids of course.
COVID gave me a weed allergy that made me quit cold turkey. I haven't had any in a few months. I do miss it, there have been many times (like the start of November) when I would've appreciated it, but I'm scared to trigger symptoms again.
If nothing else, my tolerance has reset
Why not quit now? Like, today, right here, right now. If you can't quit now, why would it be easier in few days?
Honestly dude, you set this artificial boundary because today's you just wants to throw off this responsibility onto next year's you. Don't be a dick for yourself!
It's their body their choice. Don't choose for them.
dude shut up, I said nothing wrong
Good for you man. Setting boundaries is the way the go.
Best of luck! Weed can be enjoyable but you don't need it to enjoy things.
Continue writing "2024" for the date for at least a week or so.
A week? Rookie numbers.
Declaring 2025 the year of the Linux desktop.
Just keep my head down and keep plugging and watch a lot more Bob Ross. Happy little clouds.
Going offline on Jan 1st. For at least 4 years. If things get bad enough even after doing that, then I'll take it further.
See ya Jan 2
I wish you luck! Have a wonderful / good / tolerable life for the future!
Hit the protest scene in my city and start some chaos, and work off some spite.
and boy, is there some spite to work out...
On more personal goals, sell a lot of stuff and downsize, become more mobile and stockpile more cash and assets so I care a lot less about setbacks or surprise bills.
Convince myself I'm going to lose these 20 extra pounds
Remember that it's a lifestyle change, not something you can cram into a few months. This way if you slip up, it isn't demoralizing.
I'll take 'em. Could use a pack of cigs right now
You've got this!
I'm thinking the opposite, I might just become a member of a political party next year and try to make a little bit of a difference.
Good on you! I've actually considered the same thing
Where do you reckon you can make a difference?
I'd join the (German) greens and advocate for better bike infrastructure and public transport in my region. The greens in my state are also known to be a bit economically conservative compared to other states, so I'd try to shift those policies to the left with my votes.
I have my lemmy client set to block any items with the word Trump in it. Hence, your question made it through. It's been a blissful few months, not hearing a thing about him.
This year, I'm going to focus on growing my business, and deepening my relationships. Family and close friends.
Same. The more I block the better I feel, honestly.
I wrote out 1 check per month to my son's (4y/o) dance studio. I shall initially write the wrong year on every check from now through April.
Iβm starting a 30 day yoga challenge, Iβm starting a 52 week self discovery journal, Iβm going to learn a new topic for 1 month. I might be doing something else, I need to check my bujo.
Going to keep doing what I'm doing now: invest every dollar I can spare and ride the coattails of the rich bastards in charge. Hoping to hit my early retirement number in four-to-eight years and have a lot of time to read, game, and enjoy my life afterward.
We'll see, though. Trump failed so spectacularly in his first term that it's important to keep some cash to the side in case there's a market crash. Buying stock at 90% discounts in March 2020 and then waiting a few years paid off my student loans.
For those who don't know, there are literal ETF's that follow the investment choices of major legislators, like Nancy Pelosi (ticker: NANC) and Ted Cruz (ticker: KRUZ), so you can, literally, invest legally in our federal legislators' insider trading.