New Month Resolutions

We're only a few days in, but 2009 seems to be shaping up nicely.

I find unbelievable value in setting goals for the future, so New Year's Resolutions are very appealing to me. Many of us enjoy the fresh start that we get at the beginning of each year to re-evaluate our lives and make some decisions about what we want our lives to look like in the coming year.

Unfortunately, when it gets to be the holiday season it seems like the last year has flown by so quickly, while the resolutions of last year seem to be a distant speck in the rearview mirror. So this year I'm going to take a little different approach.

I'm going to make NEW MONTH RESOLUTIONS. What a great opportunity to have a fresh start in 30 days instead of 365! Plus I can focus my efforts on the here and now, change resolutions when I need to, and see consistent progress rather than seemingly inevitable defeat.

So, here's what I have for January:

- Read through the Bible chronologically from creation through Jacob
- Read 3 other books
- Call each of my 6 out-of-state siblings at least once
- Write 5 blogs

My list started getting long, so I had to cut it back. I may not post this every month, but I wanted to at least show you what I'm talking about. Hopefully I'll learn to make better goals as the months go by.


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