I gave up making New Year's resolutions MANY years ago. And yet, there are a lot of things that I want to work on in the year 2012. They are a continuation of what I have already begun in this journey called "life." I have become pretty tired of the way life has been and have been making changes. Part of it has been to have tighter boundaries and not just let people run all over me and part of it has been to look at WHO God wants me to be. In this, I am seeing myself as more valuable than I have previously.
My husband and I started Medifast in August. Of course, being a man, he lost his weight quite rapidly. I'm still plugging along. I have about half my weight off and took somewhat of a break over Christmas while we had the grown kids home. I'm going to get back on the plan tomorrow and one of my goals is to get better at exercising. I bought a Wii to help me with that and I have enjoyed my time on Wii Fit. Seeing the kids enjoying the Wii over Christmas was a HUGE boost for me!!!
I had been regular about reading my Bible but December kinda through a kink in my routine. I need to get back on track. I also need to read my Medifast and have some more things I want to go through to help me to grow. Search for Significance was recommended to me by our pastor and that is my first goal.
We discovered this last year that my husband has ADHD and this has been interesting. He has started medication and has been reading a book about it. I have started paying the bills now. This has been a bit of a challenge for me to take this on since I hadn't had anything to do with the finances for 25 years. PHEW!!! ONLINE BANKING?!?!?! But, I'm learning and figuring things out. I frequently ask my husband questions. One pay period I made a HUGE mistake and he had to transfer money from one bank to our checking to cover it. I had OVER paid the bills. But, I have NOW figured out how to avoid that. SIGH... I think I'm catching onto everything I have to look at now - lol.
Do I NEED resolutions??? I don't think so. Maybe some people do. For me, they just end up being pressure I place on myself and then I fail and feel defeated. I prefer to aim for goals that end up being growth I want to achieve. I think this fits better with who God created me to be. So, I'm going to go back to a small daily checklist like I've had most of our marriage. I don't have to get a TON of things done in a day to be successful. This is very important for me in not feeling overwhelmed and just quitting. I WILL succeed this way!!!
