25 New Year's Resolutions Only Scuba Divers Make
It's that time of the year again, folks. The time where we all vow to improve ourselves — one way or another — and get a fresh start with the onset of a new year! You've heard the repeat offenders (and probably made them yourself, be honest): lose weight, quit smoking, eat healthier, save money, drink less... the list goes on. So here at Scuba Diving magazine, we decided to come up with a list of our own! You know you're a diver when...
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Resolution #1: I will stop calling freedivers "snorkelers" behind their back.
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Resolution #2: I will finally start saving for my dream dive destination.
So I stop feeling like this guy...
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Resolution #3: I will learn a new skill. Maybe underwater photography....
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Resolution #4: I'll stop referring to the beginners as "chum."
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Resolution #5: I will practice my emergency skills at least twice this year.
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Resolution #6: I will not laugh every time somebody on a dive boat uses the words "safety sausage" or "offgas".
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Resolution #7: I will not have any drinks the night before a dive.
Disclaimer: Diving hungover is one of the leading causes of DCI. Drink AFTER the dive, not before.
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Resolution #8: I will stop peeing in my wetsuit when my buddy is swimming under me.
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Resolution #9: I will take part in a Dive Against Debris.
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Resolution #10: I will come back in the same dive boat I left in.
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Resolution #11: I will encourage my family to dive.
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Resolution #12: I will stop taking so many underwater selfies.
But first let me take a selfie...
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Resolution #13: I will dive more often to help manage stress.
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Resolution #14: I will stop tugging on sharks' fins with my one good hand.
Disclaimer: Really, don't tug on sharks' fins...
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Resolution #15: I will join a local diving club.
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Resolution #16: I will finally edit all of my underwater video footage.
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Resolution #17: I will update my equipment.
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Resolution #18: I will find a new dive buddy — but forever love my old one.
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Resolution #19: I will subscribe to Scuba Diving magazine. ;)
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Resolution #20: I will attend a diving-related function.
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Resolution #21: I will ACTUALLY take that refresher course this year.
And also retire my ’80s dive gear...
A Diver's List of New Year's Resolutions
- I will stop taking so many underwater selfies.
- I will stop calling freedivers "snorkelers" behind their back.
- I will visit a new local dive site.
- I will dive more often to help manage stress.
- I will stop exaggerating the size of that whale shark I saw that one time (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HUGE).
- I'll stop referring to the beginners on the boat as "chum."
- I will find a new dive buddy — but forever love my old one.
- I will not have any drinks the night before a dive.
- I will get another certification: Advanced, Nitrox, Cave Diving, Wreck Diving....
- I will ACTUALLY take that refresher course this year.
- I will finally edit all of my underwater video footage.
- I will learn a new skill. Maybe underwater photography....
- I'll exchange my mother-in-law's gift certificate for a shark-feeder program.
- I will take part in a Dive Against Debris.
- I will stop peeing in my wetsuit when my buddy is swimming under me.
- I will not laugh every time somebody on a dive boat uses the words "safety sausage" or "offgas".
- I will finally start saving for my dream dive destination.
- I will subscribe to Scuba Diving magazine. ;)
- I will attend a diving-related function.
- I will stop tugging on sharks' fins with my one good hand.
- I will join a local diving club.
- I will update my equipment.
- I will encourage my family to dive.
- I will come back in the same dive boat I left in.
- I will practice my emergency skills at least twice this year.