Resolve

With every New Year brings new resolutions. Or maybe just a lot of the same resolutions that were forgotten the year before. Undoubtedly every year I make a list and I every year I fall off the wagon. So this year I decided to make a better list. One I have a little more faith in sticking to. Of course some of last year’s made it to this year’s list. I don’t have a ton of confidence in them but somehow I think listing them makes me feel a little better, maybe I’ll take a crack at them at some point. So here’s the list:

One of them is also scrapbooking (kind of,) can you tell?

1. I have a problem with people I work with. I get very frustrated by some of them. And when I say frustrated I don’t think it fully describes how mad I get on a daily basis. I won’t get into it because there’s no reason to work myself up. So, I’ve made it my #1 resolution not to speak unkindly of anyone. No matter how mad they make me. No matter how inconsiderate they might be. It’ll be tough and I’m not going to be perfect at it, but I will absolutely try my best.

2. I fell in love with Crossroads a couple years ago. I went to their Superbowl service (which is coming up) and I absolutely loved it. They made church fun. They told stories I could relate to and they made me want to listen. Church was revolutionized for me and was anything but boring. I went on their GONOLA trip to help rebuild after Katrina and I was hooked although, I didn’t always make it to service. This past March a new site opened 5 minutes from my house and shamefully I STILL didn’t go every weekend. This year WILL be different. I love that church and every time I walk out I feel better. Every time I get involved I feel amazing, I get so much out of it, and there is no reason not to be there. Week 1, success.

3. There’s just no reason not to do this more either. I drag my feet on my way there and leave totally refreshed.

4. Ok this makes it on the list every year and I am the world’s worst at it. But it makes me feel good to put it on the list.

5. I love it. I love to make yummy things, AND I got a mixer for Christmas. Kitchen Aid and everything. So I want to bake, a lot of cupcakes and maybe make some new recipes. I have taste testers at the office. So why not?

6. I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump since mid-summer. I’ve tasked myself to read AT LEAST 20 pages a day which really is nothing. I end up reading a lot more than that during the week on the bus, and I’ll sit down on the weekend to read my 20 pages and it turns out to be a lot more. But 20 pages a day, every day. I should get through a lot of books this year.

7. I love to write. I’ve said it before I’ll say it again. I love it. It helps me a lot. So I bought a cute little iPad journaling app and I love it. I write my day’s events and thoughts in it every night before I go to bed.

8. There’s really no explanation needed for this one.

9. RAK! I mentioned it in my One Good Deed post. Now I know I might not think of something every day, but I sure am going to try. Today I complimented a dress and a purse (no these were not just compliments given to mark something off a list,) and helped a man find a woman named Donna (who turned out to not exist, so I guess we didn’t find her, but I certainly tried.) Also I offered a friend help in a difficult situation. She may not need to take me up on it, but she knows I’m here, and I think that’s important.

10. This one could be anything. Create cupcakes. Create traditions. Create pretty crafts. Create pictures. Create relationships. Just create. Be present. Be thoughtful. Create opportunities. Create wine and then drink it all. Just do things that I talk about doing but never do. CREATE.

This may have been enough, but I’ll share some other little things I’ve started this year to make it more memorable soon!