New Years Resolutions Fulfilled!
For the last few years, I have just decided to not make New Years resolutions, because I had a real inability to ever follow through with any goals that I came up with. This year though, prompted mostly by the staff, I tried again to come up with some resolutions that were practical and that I could try to keep. For the first year ever - I am succeeding!
1) Get healthy. I mean this in working out, but also in eating better. I have joined a gym, been going consistently for the past month and a half, and have already started to drop some pounds! I have also been trying to slowly change my diet - eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, less refined sugars, less packed junk (Oh Entenmann's! How I used to love thee!!). It's incredible how when we care for the body that God has given us, how much better we feel! I say that even though I am fighting a nasty cold right now, but overall, I have felt so much healthier.
2) Read more. I love reading. I love reading everything from fiction to non-fiction, short stories, series, etc etc. I didn't do a whole lot of personal reading in college, since my life revolved around reading text books and research studies as a human development major. This was a bad habit to pick up (the not reading thing), so I've had to work hard to get back into the habit of regularly having a book on my bedside table and a few ready to go as soon as I finish my current book. So far, in 2009, I've read: Twilight series (ok, I'm a fan of teen melodrama...), Harry Potter series (all seven of them!), Beyond Charity by John Perkins, Letters of Love and Hope: Story of the Cuban Five, The Namesake, and now I'm currently reading Mystic River. I'm taking suggestions, so email me if you have any books I MUST read! Since I seem to be on the 6 books a month plan, don't be shy... I will find the time to read it :)
3) Find more time to be artistic. I'm still working on this one, but I love to be crafty and artistic. I love to knit, take pictures, scrapbook, etc. I am still working on finding time to do something that is near to my soul and helps me feel refreshed. Now if there were only 30 hours in a day....
