As the holidays approach and the year comes to an end, I like to review my resolutions I made at the beginning of the year. I wanted to paint 6 paintings for myself (not just for classroom projects) this year. I wanted to loose weight (ongoing struggle). I wanted to read through the Bible in the year (I'm almost finished now). I wanted to complete more children's magazine articles. I wanted to have my taxes done on-time this year (I succeeded). But I wouldn't say because I didn't do everything on my list that I was a failure. That I accomplished anything on the list makes me a success. Resolutions aren't supposed to be something that makes you feel bad about yourself. It's supposed to be something that encourages you to be better this year than you were last year. Better daughter, better wife, better mother, better person. I find that I used to make resolutions and then forget about them all year till the end and then think "What happened?" I had such good intentions. The only way to keep the resolutions in front of me was the same way I read through the Bible. By dividing the goal up into bite sized portions that could be accomplished in a week or a day. I get an engagement calendar and write something I want to accomplish each week. It works to keep my goals in front of me.
So I didn't finish 6 paintings this year.. only 4. I'm happy about the 4. I'm sometimes so busy with classes that I hardly find the time to paint something for me. I am a little upset with myself for not completing any new children's magazine articles/stories. I need to step up and work on that again. Maybe one of my resolutions this year is to be kinder to myself?
So what are your goals this year? Are they reachable? Or are they just resolutions that last a week and fade away?
2 comments:
Every year I resolve to be kinder, gentler, more merciful, etc. I think I get a teensy bit better every year! (tho I am sure many might argue that!) I have never tried reading thru the bible in a year...tho I have seen programs on how to do it. I just recently signed up for an e-mail a day that takes you thru a chapter daily. So far, I love it!
There's something about reading through the whole thing that is special. The first time I said things to myself like, "Oh that's where that verse is." The second time I said to myself, "I don't remember that being there." The third time when verses seemed to speak to me just when I needed them I said, "Now I know that wasn't there last year...You rewrote this book when I closed it, didn't you!" Every year something new and profound jumps out at me that I didn't remember reading the year before. Our God is such a show off! :)
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