04 January 2010

New Years Resolutions...?

Well, I have often wondered what it would be like to try my hand at blogging. I've read them, heard about famous bloggers, and even watched a movie (Julie and Julia) based on this art form of sorts. I have toyed with the idea, and even created this blog a couple months ago, but didn't post anything yet. It remains to be seen if anyone will actually read it, or if I am just rambling to myself. Either way, I guess I am okay with that. It's sort of like "Dear Diary" for the modern woman...or something like that.

At any rate, as I sit here today, I was about to open a word document and jot down my goals for this year. Resolutions? Except, this year, they don't feel like resolutions. It's not something you can say and then break a couple of days or weeks later. This seems like the real deal. Sort of a do or die moment. (Or as Steven Curtis Chapman says: where the rubber meets the road. That was just for you honey.) So, I thought, many of my girlfriends out there are facing the big 3-0 this year, maybe they'd like to journey along with me.

So, this year, I have decided is the turning point. You see, my biological father and his father both died in their mid forties from heart related problems. I refuse to let that be me.  I'm going to start simple. Add one or two things every 3 weeks or so. (Aunt Sharon says something about 21 days and making habits, so I am going for that.) The day I turn 30, I would rather feel better off than I did this year turning 29. I mean, really I would love to have thousands of dollars in savings, a new body, and no gray hairs (there are more than I would like!) The reality is though, it will be a process, and I have to be in it for the long haul. 30 and beyond.

So, the big goals, here they are:
*Be physically fit (to me this means not having to wear spanx under every dress)
*Run 2 miles without having to stop and nearly die
*Have my skin/hair/nails/teeth looking healthy
*Have read the entire New Testament and the Psalms
*Serve in some capacity in our church or with the military community

*Finish 48 credit hours by the end of the year (yikes!)
*Attend a marriage retreat (w/Tim of course)
*Spend more time with the kiddos individually
*Cultivate a healthy diet for all in our home
*Save more money than I spend
*Have a date night once a month with Tim (would love it to be more often if possible)
*Actually meet these goals without giving up

Is anyone out there with me? Does anyone else have a list of goals they know will be difficult to meet, but just know by the grace of God and by discipline, it can be done?

Hope you want to journey along. My life never promises to be boring for too long!
Leesha