New Resolutions
It’s almost 2008, and time to start making that list of New Year’s Resolutions. I am trying to make mine a little bit difficult so that I can stretch myself, but vague enough so that I can still say I have accomplished them at the end of the year. Here they are:
–Learn Italian and get my passport. Rob and I have been saving up points for years to pay for a flight to Europe, and this may be our year. I made it my 100 Day Challenge to learn Italian, but it all sort of fizzled after about 30 days. Time to try again.
–Establish and calendar a monthly family activity. If it’s on the calendar for one Saturday each month it’s more likely to happen. (Hunter is our calendar enforcer)
–Read my new scriptures daily. After 11 years of marriage I finally got (Rob picked them out and gave them to me for Christmas) a set of beautiful scriptures with my married name on them. I thought I’d wait a decade to make sure it would stick. 😉
–Compliment each member of the family daily. This doesn’t take much time, but sometimes I get to the end of the day and wonder if my kids know how much I love them.
–Go up and down my stairs 15 times daily. Sometimes I do this anyway, but it was the only exercise thing I could think of that didn’t take too much time or preparation so I won’t have an excuse not to do it.
What is one of yours?
Mine is to go to bed BEFORE midnight. I have been working on it since Christmas and I think it might happen.
Oh, I don’t know….I’ll have to think about it.
I haven’t thought about it. I love the one about complimenting each family member daily. I hate going to bed and feeling like I didn’t connect with all my kids. Life is so hectic and busy that I get so wrapped up in the craziness and don’t appreciate my family enough. I think that my new years resolution will have to do with loving my family more and exercising MORE patience.