Yo, Happy New Year!
By: Nancy | January 01, 2009 | Category: Home and Family
If you and I were in the Philadelphia suburbs where I grew up, we'd be camped out right now in front of the TV, watching the Mummers Parade and discussing our New Year's resolutions.
I'd pull out my list and you'd laugh. I usually make 20 or 30 resolutions; I keep about half. Oddly, it's the same ones every year that I seem not to be able to keep:
- I will stop consuming junk food like I'm an eleven-year-old boy on an "all you can eat" spree at the local 7-11.
- My five block walk between the subway and my office will not constitute my only exercise for the day.
- I will quit hiding my head in the sand and get better-educated about investing.
Yeah, I've got some tough work ahead of me. And I'm starting with USA.gov's special section devoted to helping us keep our resolutions. Whether you're aiming to drop some pounds like I am, or you're resolved to start digging out of debt, breaking habits like smoking or drinking too much or dealing better with stress, this is the place to start.
What resolutions do you keep making—and breaking—like I do?
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It seems like every year I plan on losing weight, exercising more, get into shape, and reading my Bible from start to finish by the end of the year. This last year was like most years I failed to accomplish any of those resolutions.
This year most of my resolutions will have a defined goal and they will have a defined method to achieve that goal.
1) Read my bible six times a week. I will three days a week start off the day with me reading one chapter from the old testament starting with the book of Genesis. I will three days a week end my day with me reading one chapter from the new testament starting with the book of Matthew.
2) Write twelve letters to the child I support through Compassion International. I will the first day of each month write a new letter to the child I support.
3) I will take all of my vacation time this year. This one I have not figured out yet. Every year I tell my boss this and he laughs at me.
4) I will become more informed about government service. Wait a minute, I am already doing this by reading Gov Gab everyday.
5) I will exercise more. Starting this spring I will take out the golf clubs and clean off the last two years worth of cobwebs on them and go golfing once a month. I will walk at least nine of eighteen holes per round of golf I play.
Hopefully, I will be able to keep most of these goals. I will share them with some friends who will hold me accountable for the desired outcome of these goals.
I hope that you all have a blessed New Year.
Thomas
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