My Resolutions...

We watch the Today Show. It's the background noise to our morning rituals. The last week the noise has been full of "why" and "why not..." and "how to..." and "how not to..." make resolutions.

The advice of the experts... keep it real: real simple and real do-able. Otherwise it will be another defeating experience. The resolution will be "I should have" instead of "I did".

I agree. I'm not a fan of regret. I am a fan of goals. It's how things get done. Someone says "I'm going to..." and they do it. Someone aims and hits the target... maybe not bull's eye. They might even miss the target they were aiming at... but at least they took a shot.

So what am I shooting at this year? And why would I tell you? I write it down to merely to make it more real for me.

1. To continue to be disciplined in exercise and food. Not to brag, but for the last couple of months I've been on the mark with this one. It requireds a little OCD on my part (thanks to my family for putting up with me). My goal is not simply to lose weight... but to be in-habit at this time next year. To energizer-bunny this area of my life ("still going").

2. To read more. I know, bad goal. Not specific enough. But this past year I felt I was so busy doing that I didn't have enough developmental aspects in my life. So... I'm going to a conference end of this month. And I'm going to read more... some for fun and some for development... and of course, I want to stay on top of my Bible reading. I'll try to blog about some of it as I go.

3. To enjoy the day. I don't know about you, but as I look at these first three months of the year, it just looks tough. I see all the things that must be done... it could overwhelm me. So I've got to break it up into daily bites... My goal: enjoy the bites. Enjoy the day.

4. To finish Zelda on my WII game... such a goal might be too lofty.

Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. I Corinthians 9:24-26 NLT