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Zingi
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From: Oklahoma
Registered: Mar 2006

posted December 28, 2006 08:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Zingi     Edit/Delete Message
I would like to hear what other's do as a traditon on New Year Eve or Day.

Do you write a resolution list or perhaps you put to paper your hopes and dreams for the coming year, or maybe you perform some sort of rite or pagan spell or whatever.

I am curious to know what other Knowflakes do at this time.

Come on tell me I am interested!

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Zingi
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From: Oklahoma
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posted December 29, 2006 10:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Zingi     Edit/Delete Message

Does anyone have New Year's traditions on this forum?

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Natural111
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From: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Registered: Sep 2006

posted December 30, 2006 02:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Natural111     Edit/Delete Message
Zingi, this is a tough question.

For me, each year I contemplate doing something different, but ultimately end up staying at home, going to bed and hoping a bullet in one of those guns some idiot is shooting off doesn't come through my roof.

This year my cousin on one hand and friend on the other want me to hit a club with them but, I'm not up for spending 50+ just to stand up in a crowded, hot, and musky, LA nightclub with a bunch of LA'ites. Really, it's a waste of time.

Then, I was hoping to have hooked that cutie at the gym by now and, hoping he would say, hey you wanna hang out on your sofa and make out until the New Year comes, then toast with the a bottle of 2 dollar Charlie, and then carrying on the making out.

I'd prefer number 3 but, I'm thinking I'll be doing #1.

See, a tough question. And pretty, depressing. Because I'm just realizing I'm ending this year like last year.

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sue g
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From: former land of the leprechaun
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posted December 30, 2006 05:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for sue g     Edit/Delete Message
Natural

Buy yerself a magic wand and take it to the gym with you...

You have a couple of days to weave the magic

Or light a candle and pray for what you want.....it sometimes works!!!

I am not sure what I shall do...either go out to sing and dance or stay in....depends if a babysitter is available!!!

New Years Eve always makes me feel quite sad....I never was good at letting go.....even of time...


Sue
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Zingi
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From: Oklahoma
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posted December 30, 2006 08:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Zingi     Edit/Delete Message
Oh my...LOL

I am ususally one of those in the crowded, HOT,club but this year I do not want to do ANYTHING or the same thing. I want to do something diffrent, ya know. This year has been very busy so I just want to coast in a sense into 2007

I normally begin writing my dreams and hopes for the coming new year. I truly believe if you write your wants out specificly they will come to you. Because I do believe "MIND IS THE BUILDER".
Then on NEW YEAR'S DAY I rewrite the finished list 3 times then speak it and then burn it. I take the copies and put in in an envelope and sometime during the New Year I take each of the lists out at diffrent times, reread it to see what progress has been, then burn these.

Jet

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Moon666Child
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posted December 30, 2006 09:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moon666Child     Edit/Delete Message
This is not even New Year for us here, hahaha. Anyways, we do follow the celebration aspect of new year, but no traditions whatsoever.

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Yang
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posted December 30, 2006 09:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Yang     Edit/Delete Message
I do nothing!

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themysteryclub
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From: United States of America
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posted December 30, 2006 01:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for themysteryclub     Edit/Delete Message
I dont really do anything, except maybe a lot of writing. This year I am going to smudge the house with sage..that is a ritual I picked up during 2006 and I love it. This year I plan on writing and smudging and lighting a new candle new year's day to herald in the new energy.

truth be told I don't really feel like it is a new year until march.

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themysteryclub
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posted December 30, 2006 01:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for themysteryclub     Edit/Delete Message
I dont really do anything, except maybe a lot of writing. This year I am going to smudge the house with sage..that is a ritual I picked up during 2006 and I love it. This year I plan on writing and smudging and lighting a new candle new year's day to herald in the new energy.

truth be told I don't really feel like it is a new year until march.

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whalepiscean
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From: la la land
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posted December 30, 2006 02:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for whalepiscean     Edit/Delete Message
Hi!

Every year we all go out as a family on New Years Eve to a Chinese Resaturant at the Radisson SAS hotel. We order dinner, Mom takes out the previous year's paper from her wallet and reads it out. It has all the resolutions we made the year before. She reads them and we see who actually carried out their resolutions. Then we make a new paper with our new resolutions and my Mom puts it in her wallet again to keep til the next year. Just before twelve there is a countdown in the restaurant and at midnight the lights go dim, there is music and everyone goes crazy basically

Corny I know but there are no clubs and hardly any decent parties where I come from so we make do with what we have

Its quite fun actually, its nice for us all to get together

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Natural111
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posted December 30, 2006 04:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Natural111     Edit/Delete Message
LOL!!!

Sue, I just came back from the gym. Didn't see him

I think I had my chance to get him before the new year, and I blew it
Long story.... But next year, I'll have him

Oh, and my cousin is pushing me to do number #2, in Palm Springs, actually.
I might go.

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MysticMelody
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posted December 30, 2006 05:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MysticMelody     Edit/Delete Message
Look Back Before Moving Ahead
Before you set your goals, resolve to assess your accomplishments

by A.K. Boyle
Published: 12/26/2006
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As the New Year approaches, our minds turn to what lies ahead. It's a time to set goals for the next 365 days, to challenge ourselves to adopt a better attitude, do away with bad habits and set ourselves back on the never-ending path to self improvement on the whole. But while New Year's resolutions should infuse us with hope and empowerment, all that self examination can draw our attention to our shortcomings and put uncomfortable emphasis on the goals we have not yet met. Before you set a plan for the future, take a hard look at the past. Acknowledge all the goals you have achieved and the person you've become. We could all stand to improve on ourselves -- it's an essential part of our humanity -- but don't lose sight of how far you've had to come to get where you are.

The questionnaire
Where were you a year ago? Who has come into your life and enriched it? What are you most proud of? Where were you 5 and 10 years ago and what has changed? More importantly, how have you changed? The questions are deceptively simple. And "I haven't changed" is not an acceptable answer. You have. It's not possible to live life, to look and listen to the world around you and to take part in it, without letting it affect you. Your job now is to take stock of what you've done and who you are and give yourself credit for what you've accomplished.

Life moves quickly. Even when daily life is at a crawl, the passage of time can take you unaware. And we don't see even huge changes, maybe especially huge changes, when we're in the midst of them. It's up to your later self to look back and acknowledge progress.

Success in hiding
Challenges can look a lot like setbacks, and can even disguise themselves as regrets. Don't be fooled. Even our greatest trials and grandest failures can spotlight hidden strengths. Say you've taken a pay cut or put on a few pounds. That doesn't mean there's no cause for commendation. If you're supporting yourself despite a career change or tremendous responsibility, if you're making efforts for your health when your schedule doesn't allow it -- you're succeeding. And with what you've learned on the way, you're on your way to greater success.

You may not be at your end goal yet, but chances are, you never will be. There will always be some way in which you'll strive to be better. Remember, pessimism is easy. We're imperfect creatures with a drive for perfection. It takes a little effort to realize that growth is difficult and see our strengths for what they are.

Groundwork for the future
There are a lot of reasons for giving ourselves props for years past year round, but taking time to celebrate your successes during the New Year is especially important. It helps you remind you of why resolutions are worth making -- not because you need improvement but because you're worth every effort to be the best you can be.


Thought you all might like this.
I'm with you, Sue! Now, to find that babysitter....
I would just stay home with little one, but if I keep her up until midnight, she just gets tired and isn't that enthusiastic about the ball dropping anyway... I feel a bit pathetic.
I heard/read somewhere, (maybe here) that what you are doing on New Year's Eve/New Year sets the theme for the entire year.
If I can't be giggling with my snoozing little girl, then I'm going to be singing and dancing!!!

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