Yeah, right now its still 2017 but I think 2018 will arrive as scheduled.

What are you doing different in 2018?

Not really a resolution, more of an appreciation of the wisdom you gained.

What changes did you make...

attitude
lifestyle
expectations
appreciations
resentments

Do you feel there are changes yet to come?

mostly 18 will be more and better application of somethings that i am always not as good at doing as i know i should. like smelling the roses and spending time with family instead of time at the shop. maybe even devoting some more time to things on the list and actually getting some of them finally crossed off instead of just making progress.

I feel a lot of changes happening in the new year for me.

I've already started by climbing out of one of the boxes I built around myself over the last few years.

There's a couple more that need breaking down and this year will be about doing just that.

Taking a chance on life again, giving myself permission to get close to others, and being open to change and whatever good might come my way. And not jumping back in the box if something not so good comes my way.

My biggest obstacle is my health.
Right now I am amazed I made it this far into 2017, figured I'd be gone by now.
My toleration for doctors is starting to wane.
When they can't even remember my name or which drugs they gave me it means they are not doing their jobs.

In 2018, I refuse to tolerate incompetency from the people I trust with my health care. I wonder how many I will have to fire before I find one that actually gives a damn?

maybe time to try someone a bit less western mainstream tom? tho in the states that can be a challenge in itself

Yeah, my attitude helped a lot when things were really bad and I was hanging on by shear will. After years of unending pain and nausea and recently not having any appetite at all (in the last 48 hours I have eaten 2 boiled eggs and a banana) its all wearing my attitude down. I throw away more spoiled food than I eat.
While I am content with my living conditions, my health is to the point that when I go to bed at night I am not so sure I will wake again. Then I sleep for about 4 hours (on nyquil or tylenol pm) and wake in pain. If I can go back to sleep again, I sleep another 2 hours then wake in pain again.
There's something wrong in my abdomen and the drs don't care to look or actually heed what I tell them. Their answer is more pills.

Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you’ve always wanted to do but couldn’t find the time.

Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories.

Share a funny story with someone whose spirits are dragging. A good laugh can be very good medicine.

Vow not to make a promise you don’t think you can keep.

Pay a debt.

Give a soft answer.

Free yourself of envy and malice.

Encourage some youth to do his or her best. Share your experience, and offer support. Young people need role models.

Make a genuine effort to stay in closer touch with family and good friends.

Resolve to stop magnifying small problems and shooting from the lip. Words that you have to eat can be hard to digest.

Find the time to be kind and thoughtful. All of us have the same allotment: 24 hours a day. Give a compliment. It might give someone a badly needed lift.

Think things through. Forgive an injustice. Listen more. Be kind.

Apologize when you realize you are wrong. An apology never diminishes a person. It elevates him.

Don’t blow your own horn. If you’ve done something praiseworthy, someone win notice eventually.

Try to understand a point of view that is different from your own. Few things are 100 percent one way or another.

Examine the demands you make on others.

Lighten up. When you feel like blowing your top, ask yourself, "Will it matter a week from today?"

Laugh the loudest when the joke is on you.

The sure way to have a friend is to be one. We are all connected by our humanity, and we need each other.

Avoid malcontents and pessimists. They drag you down and contribute nothing.

Don’t discourage a beginner from trying something risky. Nothing ventured means nothing gained. Be optimistic. The can-do spirit is the fuel that makes things go.

Go to war against animosity and complacency.

Express your gratitude. Give credit when it’s due—and even when it isn’t. It will make you look good.

Read something uplifting. Deep-six the trash. You wouldn’t eat garbage—why put it in your head?

Don’t abandon your old-fashioned principles. They never go out of style.

When courage is needed, ask yourself, "If not me, who? If not now, when?"

Take better care of yourself. Remember, you’re all you’ve got. Pass up that second helping. You really don’t need it. Vow to eat more sensibly. You’ll feel better and look better, too.

Don’t put up with secondhand smoke. Nobody has the right to pollute your air or give you cancer. If someone says, "This is a free country," remind him or her that the country may be free, but no person is free if he has a habit he can’t control.

Return those books you borrowed. Reschedule that missed dental appointment. Clean out your closet. Take those photos out of the drawer and put them in an album. If you see litter on the sidewalk, pick it up instead of walking over it.

Give yourself a reality check. Phoniness is transparent, and it is tiresome. Take pleasure in the beauty and the wonders of nature. A flower is God’s miracle.

Walk tall, and smile more. You’ll look 10 years younger.

Don’t be afraid to say, "I love you." Say it again. They are the sweetest words in the world.

If you have love in your life, consider yourself blessed, and vow to make this the best year ever.

~ Ann Landers http://www.appleseeds.org/new-year_advice.htm

Recipe for a Happy New Year!

~Anonymous http://www.appleseeds.org/newyear1.htm

Take twelve fine, full-grown months; see that these are thoroughly free from old memories of bitterness, rancor and hate, cleanse them completely from every clinging spite; pick off all specks of pettiness and littleness; in short, see that these months are freed from all the past—have them fresh and clean as when they first came from the great storehouse of Time.

Cut these months into thirty or thirty-one equal parts. Do not attempt to make up the whole batch at one time (so many persons spoil the entire lot this way) but prepare one day at a time.

Into each day put equal parts of faith, patience, courage, work (some people omit this ingredient and so spoil the flavor of the rest), hope, fidelity, liberality, kindness, prayer, meditation, rest (leaving this out is like leaving the oil out of the salad dressing—don't do it), and one well-selected resolution.

Put in about one teaspoonful of good spirits, a dash of fun, a pinch of folly, a sprinkling of play, and a heaping cupful of good humor.

The Way to a Happy New Year

To leave the old with a burst of song;

To recall the right and forgive the wrong;

To forget the things that bind you fast;

To the vain regrets of the year that's past;

To have the strength to let go your hold

Of the not worth while of the days grown old;

To dare go forth with a purpose true,

To the unknown task of the year that's new;

To help your brother along the road,

To assist with his work and lift his load;

To add your gift to the world's good cheer,

Is to have and to give a Happy New Year.


~ author unknown http://www.appleseeds.org/newyear4.htm

Like Eric said: try the alternative. That's what I do when the medical world cannot help me, which is with most/all of my chronic ailments.
I've been doing Donna Eden Energy Medicine for 8 days now and for the first time in some 23 years I am almost without pain! Couldn't even remember what that was like.
So invest your energy in other things. THere are ways, but you got to want to find them and make a bit of an effort.
Since I started actively looking for treatment for my neck injury, which is what mostly inhibits my life, I found 3 to 4 (!!!) different methods that could possibly help me. I had no idea until someone put me on the scent.
So find an alternative. Donna Eden is one, Brandon Raynor therapy is another. And there are plenty of other options too. Just go looking for it. Ask around.
And sure in The States that might be a bit difficult at first as you are prescribed antibiotics and other crap when your nose itches. But THere are plenty of alternative therapists in America, many ARE Americans even.
All I did was 2 FREE webinars by Donna Eden, watched a few ours of her vids on YouTube, read some stuff online. Started applying it right away, and was as good as pain from from day 1 onward.
THe price: Nothing!

Also, check out Access Consciousness. There's stuff on that on YouTube.
But you could also find a therapist to help you with your ailments. They can do an awful lot.

Good luck

What I want to change... nothing, just continue on my path, as it's the right path.

First of keep working on improving my health. Making good progress as it is with Donna Eden Energy Medicine. Never expected to get such great results in such a short time. As in: right away.

Also will keep working on my personal growth --> A major transformation got started in August, accelerated when he broke up with me in November, and I'm still at it.
I suddenly got a lot of insight in patterns, and I'm working on those. As if only now I'm truly beginning to understand things at a core level. (Lot of digging, reading, soul searching)

I've done about 8-10 webinars in November/December, varying from health to setting up website and own company. Got some work set out for me!

NOvember I enrolled in a training to attract abundance, success and money, which required a lot of soul searching. That added to my transformation.
I will have to keep doing the exercises to get and keep it rolling.

I think this transformation will take up the better part of the year.
Kind of like a caterpillar that had already turned into a butterfly but hadn't learnt yet to spread her wings and fly.
That's the stage I'm going through. I'm unfolding my wings, prepping to fly.

Thank you for sharing this. I hope you find answers to your health questions.
If i may say, you might look into homeopathic alternatives.
One of the things that has occasioned changes for me is i was recently diagnosed with gallstones.
I don't yet know the scope of it. I haven't called back to get the results.
At this time i was told surgery is elective.
I asked my doctor what's plan b if i elect not to have surgery?
He said keep a bland diet. That won't cure you but it will help you not to have flareups.
Due to that what I'm doing differently is watching what i eat.
Also as stress also causes flareups I'm taking care of me first. Not letting people stress me or guilt me into doing things.

Wish you all the best

I will be better this year but I guess I will just continue doing healthy lifestyle change

ofcourse