Here’s the truth about my resolutions:
I don’t actually expect to finish all 52 resolutions this year. I put them all out there for the world to see, and I aim high with my dreams. The truth is, I have limited amounts of time and money to finish all these things. Re-siding the house (along with other urgent home projects) will probably eat into the money that I would like to use to pay off student loans. Not to mention that all these home projects may take up a lot of summer weekends, making it difficult to go backpacking one weekend per month. Limitations–that’s reality.
A second truth about my resolutions:
I have no intention of starting everything on January 1. In case you didn’t catch it, 52 resolutions mean that I have to finish, on average, one goal per week for all of 2009. Some of the goals, I won’t be able to say that I have finished until the end of the year (keeping the house company ready, inviting people over once per month, the ongoing stuff…). My plan is not to try and do it all today, but rather to build these habits over time. At the end of the year, I want to say that I have incorporated home organization, exercise, daily Bible time, etc. into my life. I want these things to become habits. It takes about one month to develop a new habit, so here I go.
Do you have any resolutions for 2009? What’s your plan to follow through?
