Resolutions... i never keep 'em.

It's true... I can't remember ever accomplishing new years resolutions... but that's ok... it's good to think positive and plan for the future.  I'm going to make them again this year anyway and see how it goes.  I'm going to try to make them easier to attain and also easier to keep track of and more specific.  No I'm going to "eat healthy" and "exercise more" and "be a nice person" ya da ya da ya da.  So here are my goals for 2011

1.  Read 10 pages of the Bible everyday.  I usually have at least a half hour in the morning before getting ready for work when I drink coffee and play around on the internet... I think I can devote some of this time to this goal.  It's on my 101 things to do list to read the Bible in it's entirety and hopefully this will put me on the right path.

2. Write on this blog weekly.  I'm thinking I will try to write on here once a week about what I have accomplished that week and what my hopes are for the next week...sort of like a system for checking on myself.  Every now and then I might have something exciting happen that makes me want to write more often (but judging by my past record - this might not happen very regularly :-))

3. Exercise 10 minutes daily - This is a tiny little goal - I can accomplish this by walking the dog around the block or walking for a few minutes during lunchtime at work.and some daysthat might be what it amounts to!   Hopefully though some of the days will include longer stretches (so I can get actual use out of my gym membership).  For me I have realized that exercise is important to my mental well being (as well as being obviously important to my physical well being).  I deal with stress a heck of a lot better when I am exercising regularly so I really need to make this a commitment.

4. Read 50 books.  I was sort of disappointed in the amount I read this year.  It was a busy, stressful, often times crummy year and I just didn't read as much as I like. 50 will be my goal and we will see how well I do.  I'm not going to do anything special like try to read a certain number a month or make sure I keep pace.  I will just try to carve out time for my favorite hobby (made even easier with my new Nook!) and check in on goodreads.com next December to see how I did.

5.  Run a mile.  This will seem like such an easy goal to most but I don't think I have ever run a complete mile without at least walking some in my entire life.  I was TERRIBLE at running in gym class as a kid and therefore HATED it.  I had bad asthma and it's hard to enjoy running when you can't breath.  The asthma has subsided for the most part in my old age and I actually enjoy doing a little jogging (lets be honest when I say running I really mean jogging!)  but at this point I am still alternating short bursts of jogging with walking... by 2012 that will not be the case!

Hope everyone else has had a few minutes to reflect these past few days on 2010 and think about all the possibilities 2011 holds for us.   Have a great year!