New Year's Resolutions Revisited

Back in January, while Sam and I were doing some coloring, I decided to make this New Year's Resolution list to put inside my pantry door so I would look at it every day.  It has been there ever since.

Jealous of my artistic abilities?

Funny how easy it is to NOT pay attention to things you see every day. This past week I paid attention to my list a little more, and as an act of personal accountability I would like to revisit this list and see how I am doing.

Date.  We had a goal of two dates per month for 2011 and I am happy to report we are 16 for 16.  If you'd told me when we were engaged that I would have to put "date" on a resolution list I would have told you that you were crazy. No, no, not us. We will never stop dating. Then, we had kids.

Run.  Haven't run all year.  Oh, maybe once or twice.  I must have put this on the list because I had just run a half-marathon in November and didn't want to lose all that hard work.  Well, it's lost.  Probably because I REALLY don't like running.  Next...

Africa. I don't know what my goal was here exactly.  Maybe just to bring Africa back into my life in a new way. Aside from sponsoring children, prayer, and financial giving, there haven't been any developments with this one. Although meeting Emmanuel was a Africa related highlight of the year. We'll get back there someday, I'm just sure of it. Patience.  If you have been paying attention to the news and want to do something to help those impacted by the famine in East Africa CLICK HERE, and give through World Vision. In my opinion, non-profit agencies don't get much better than World Vision.  

Write. This will be blog post #47, so I'd say I am writing. CHECK.

Water. I used to be a good water drinker when I lived in the mile high city...mostly because I would get wicked head aches if I didn't drink A LOT of agua.  Sea level living, and not being pregnant, has meant I drink a lot less. I'm generally convinced that drinking water will help or cure what ails you, but I'm not doing great with this one.  Where's that water bottle?

Sleep. I'm pretty sure if I consistently got 8 hours of sleep I would feel better and just BE better.  I guess I'll never know for sure...at least not this year.

Read.  I have soooo many books I want to read. Book club does keep me accountable to reading some, but I do still want to carve out more time at night for reading. If only it didn't put me straight to sleep. And if only The Bachelorette, American Idol, and Netflix didn't exist.

Peace. Not sure how I gauge how this one is going.  I would say I am more peaceful now than I was in December 2010, so that's good.  But think how much more peaceful I would be if I could get 8 hours of sleep a night.

On track = Date.Write. Read. Peace.

Abandoned, or needs more work = Run. Africa. Water. Sleep.
But I've got 4 more months left in 2011.