Resolve: 1. To make a firm decision about 2. To change or convert
People, I’m resolving.
I’m sort of on the fence about New Year’s resolutions. Some years I’m all over them, making my list and checking it twice. Other years I avoid them like the plague, knowing I’m just setting myself up for failure…again.
This year New Year’s came and went and I didn’t bat my eye at one resolution. Of course, New Year’s this year found me still trying to sleep whenever I had the chance and my house full of dusty furniture and dirty laundry. I was in survival mode…not resolution mode.
So, this year I’m making my resolutions today, on March 2. I don’t know why. I just woke up yesterday and thought, "Ya’ know what? I need to make some changes!" And since yesterday was Sunday, and it happened to snow four inches here, I decided to wait until today. Because you can’t change your life on a snowy Sunday. Everyone knows that.
In the spirit of commraderie, I thought I’d share some of my resolutions with you so that you can pray for me and encourage me and laugh at me in a month and half when I’ve failed. Not really on that last one. I hope. Here we go…
1. Lose weight, be more healthy, exercise, drink more water, blah, blah, blah….
I know this one is cliche, but I have to add it. I do have to make these changes. I mean I just had my third child at age thirty-six, for Pete’s sake! I’m a nursing mother, so I can’t do anything extreme, but with Weight Watchers you can just give yourself 10 extra points a day (to be filled with extra milk and fruits and veggies….not a Krispy Kreme doughnut…darn). I also have to get in some exercise. Hopefully, with the weather warming up soon, I can start walking regularly, which is my favorite form of exercise. If not, then I figure that Jack will be walking in about ten months or so, and I’ll just start my exercise then by chasing him everywhere.
2. Read more. Read better.
I probably read a bit more than the average person, being an English major and all, but I’ve fallen into some bad habits with reading. You know how on "American Idol" the judges are always telling the contestants that they picked the wrong song? Well, I’ve been picking the wrong books. I’ll be half-way through a book, and think, "I really don’t like this book. I think I’m wasting my life trying to finish this book." So then I’ll quit reading it. I either need to commit to finish what I start (unless it really is just garbage), or research my book picks a little more, so that I know it’s compatible with me. I think I need to make a reading list, and just stick to it.
I’m also including here that I need to be more in God’s word. Period.
3. Be more organized. Get more accomplished.
*Sigh* This is another regular on my list. This, by the way, is more for me personally. While I do want my house to be clean and organized, there’s only so much you can do when you have children that own probably a million Lego pieces and have no problem with stuffing dirty underwear under their beds.
For me, I need to use my time more wisely. Tonight, instead of just sitting in front of the TV and watching two hours of "24," I could also be working on my scrapbooking or thank-you notes or clipping coupons. Tomorrow night, instead of just sitting in front of the TV and watching two hours of "American Idol," I could also be working on my scrapbooking or thank you notes or clipping coupons. On Wednesday night, instead of….I think you get my drift.
4. Be more intentional with my relationships.
I could almost be a hermit, I think. I like to be at home, and I’m most comfortable with my family. To connect with others, I often have to leave my comfort zone. But I need to do this. Jesus told me to.
I told Big D that I want to start having a family over for dinner every other Friday night when it works with our schedule. This will be a great way to get to know our neighbors better, connect more deeply with our church family, and reach out to friends/acquaintances that are lost. Plus it will give me an excuse to make and eat a slice of cheesecake….as long as I have enough WW points for it, of course.
5. To create a bigger and better blog.
I have had some ideas and plans for my blog for some time that I just have not implemented. One reason is that I haven’t had time. Another reason is that I really don’t know how. Big D is committed to help me, but I have to be responsible for tapping that resource. I think soon I should be once and for all rid myself of my smiling coffee cup. You know the one that’s been in the upper left corner of this blog for the past two and half years? Yeah, that’s the one. It needs to be shot.
Well, that’s about it folks. If I could get those things taken of, then I’d be just about perfect. Ummm, yeah right. Far from it, but I’d be on my way to being a better, more productive human being. I’d be a tad closer to the person that God created me to be. Pray for me, ‘kay?
kellieann