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Climb Everest? Help Mark Zuckerberg decide 2015 resolution


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At the end of each year, as most people settle for the usual New Year resolutions (exercise, saving money and eating better), Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg takes it upon himself to pursue a wildcard one.

Remember when he decided to learn Mandarin Chinese? Or that he would only eat meat if he killed it himself?

Well, this year the King of New Year's resolutions is asking his Facebook users what his 2015 "personal challenge" should be.

Already we've seen suggestions like shut down Facebook one day a week, learn an instrument, even "make a baby."

During a Facebook town hall on Dec. 11, Zuckerberg noted that he takes his New Year's resolutions pretty seriously.

"My view is I spend so much time running this company that I want to do other things outside that, and my New Year's resolution is a good way to force myself to do that," Zuckerberg said.

Before you throw something crazy out there, let's take a look back at some of Zuckerberg's resolutions over the past six years.

2009: See ya in 2010, signature gray T-shirt and hoodie. Zuckerberg vowed to wear a tie to work every day during 2009 to show that he was serious about Facebook's growth.

2010: An obvious ode to his then-girlfriend Priscilla Chan (now his wife), Zuckerberg said he was going to spend 2010 learning Mandarin Chinese. In October of 2014, Zuckerberg showed students at Tsinghua University in Beijing that he could actually talk the talk by speaking to the audience in Chinese.

2011: Zuckerberg turned his back on pre-wrapped meat from the grocery store and vowed to become a vegetarian or only eat meat if he killed it himself, according to Genevieve Grdina, a spokeswoman for Facebook.

2012: In order to become more connected with his employees and understand Facebook on the most basic level, Zuckerberg said he would practice coding every day of the year.

2013: The globetrotter vowed to have a face-to-face conversation with one new person outside of Facebook every day.

2014: Zuckerburg's resolution was to write one note of thanks daily. During a Q&A session streamed live on Facebook in early December, Zuckerburg admitted it was harder than he thought.

2015: Who knows? You decide?

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