There is nothing on my list that is totally major, just basically some goals that I want to set for myself. Ok, here we go!
- Learn a new instrument This year, I would really like to learn to play a new instrument. I already play the piano, but I think it would be nice to pick up another one. I'm debating on either learning the guitar, the violin (fiddle) or the mandolin. Or I guess I could just take some more piano lessons to improve my skills. But I'm debating on that because I don't really like playing on a keyboard (its just not the same!) and I doubt we can fit a piano anywhere in our apartment ha!
- Take an actual vacation When I say take an actual vacation, I don't necessarily mean go off somewhere exotic for a week. I just mean actually using my vacation days at work! I haven't had any time off, vacation wise, since J and I went to Antigua back in July 2010. So I think I am more than due a little time off to enjoy life. I think I might have taken maybe two days off last year, and that was just to attend to business concerning the divorce and/or moving out of the house. So this year, when I take off of work, it will be for fun and relaxation only.
- Find a new volunteer project I want to make more of an effort this year to reach out to others and dedicate my time to being a servant. Which I guess can go along with Have a servant's heart.So I want to find meaningful volunteer projects that I can be apart of. I volunteered last year at the homeless shelter here in Tallahassee, but what I could volunteer to do was limited due to the fact that I worked in Thomasville and couldn't get down there until late. Most of their volunteer opportunities were in the afternoon's tutoring the children and what have you. I may start back there helping out with the kiddos. But I also want to find some other projects as well. So I will be actively looking to see what I can do. I just want to be the one doing the serving, not the one being served.
- Read at least one book a month I think this is pretty self explanatory. I absolutely adore reading, but I have been a major slacker here lately. I am currently reading one book, but that is for my weekly Bible study, so I don't really count that one. I think I want to alternate my book selections. One month a historical book/non-fiction, the next a fun fiction read (chick-lit, fantasy, etc.), maybe a biography, etc. I want to learn new things from the books I read and not just use them for solely entertainment. But I will throw one in the mix from time to time for nothing other than the pleasure of reading something fun.
- Stick to a budget I want to be more fiscally responsible in 2012. I want to save more, pay off debt, and just be a better steward with my money. Guess if my goal is to stick to a budget, then I need to actually formulate one! I have procrastinated on this one big time. For some reason, I don't mind doing up a $3M budget for work, but my little budget for myself, I dread doing. Probably because once I have it done, then I will be forced to implement and adhere to it.
- Pray harder My prayer life has been slacking over the last few months. I want to get back into prayer warrior mode again because my prayer time is precious time I get to spend alone with God. I want to pray more for those who have hurt me, pray more for those who are hurting, pray for the sick, pray more for our country, my church, my family-just pray more in general. But I also want to spend more time not asking for God's healing or mercy or blessings, I want to spend more time in prayer to honor and glorify Him and sing his praises. So I need to get on this pronto.
- Live for the moment 2012 is all about looking forward. So I want to make an effort to look out my windshield instead of the rear view mirror. I want to live for today. I want to enjoy what is happening around me in the present. I want to be content with where I am right now and not be concerned with where I was or where I am going.
- Laugh more 2011 was the year of heartache and tears. I am determined to make 2012 the year of lots of laughter and smiles.
- Memorize more Scriptures I want to be more proactive and hide the Word in my heart. Psalm 119:11 says "I have hidden your Word in my heart, that I may not sin against you." We can sidestep a lot of trouble, heartache and pain in this life if we choose to obey God and His Word. And you can't obey His Word unless you know it!
- Do something I've never done before I want to learn to be more adventurous. My friend recently asked me to go skydiving with a group of people. I, being me, graciously declined the offer. I want to try something new, but plummeting to my death isn't one of them. So I will have to hit the drawing board to come up with something that I've always wanted to do but was too scared to try.
- Learn a new craft What said craft will be, I have no idea. Maybe I will take up knitting or quilting or something. I wish I could draw. I would love to paint, but that's just not an option for me. Unless I go the "artist" route and throw some paint splotches on a canvas and consider it "art." Stacey and I want to take a cake decorating class. So, I am leaning more towards that than anything as being my new craft. I can start my own little bakery ;-)
- Show love to others I think I had an epic fail in this department last year. There were a few people that I didn't really show the love to (it may have been very much deserved, but still. I'm better than that). I just want to have a loving spirit. I'm done with letting my circumstances and emotions take over my gentle heart and causing me lash out at others in a mean way. That's not who I am at all. Never have been. I'm always the patient one. The peacemaker. The first one to forgive in any situation. Life is too short to not love one another. Plus, we are commanded to....love one another. It is the greatest of the virtues. Once you have a love for everyone, not just those people that are easy to love or show love to you, its a lot easier to do the right things and be gracious and humble.
- Speak Spanish I really want to learn Spanish better. My few years of high school Spanish aren't really cutting it for me. I recently became a sponsor of a little girl in Bolivia and one of my goals within the next 5 years is to take a tour to Bolivia with Compassion International to go visit her and her family. I want to be able to effectively communicate with them without an interpreter. So that's my goal.
- Find a new exercise routine {and stick with it} Groan. Blah. Yuck. I don't mind exercising. I just lack that motivation to go do it. Haha!! I just need to come up with a schedule for the week of what I want to do. Running is out, due to my genetically messed up knees. I know I would like to do spinning at least once a week. Maybe a few laps around the track at the park another day. Maybe Stacey and I will take up playing tennis like we have been threatening to do for like a year. Back when I lived in Blountstown I played racquetball with friends almost every single afternoon. So I may like tennis. We will see. I am also deeply considering ordering the Brazil Butt Lift workout DVDs (hehehe). I stuck with P90x for about 45 days before giving up. Not my type of workout, plus it was like 6 days a week for at least an hour. No thanks. But, I think I might like Brazil Butt Lift. Thanks to my lovely ex-husband and what I refer to as my Divorce Diet, I got down to about 92 pounds at my lowest weight and I'm 5'7''(my mother probably just let out a gasp...). So I was looking a little (ok-a lot) sickly. Slowly but surely I have gained about 10 pounds back. But it's pure fat. I know I have seriously messed my body up and it is now holding on to anything and storing it just in case I ever decide to starve it again. So I want to gain back to a more healthy weight, but in muscle, not in fat. So I think this workout will help. Plus I'm hoping it will get my butt back. I currently don't have one at all!
- Be Happy This is probably my biggest goal I want to accomplish and that is to simply be happy. To enjoy life. To be and feel like myself again. To give my all to whatever I do. To just be at peace.
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