New Year's Resolutions
30 December 2009
This will be my last blog post this week because my brain shuts off for holiday on the 31st and you wouldn’t be interested in whatever drivel I could manage to produce.
So I’m doing the New Year’s resolution chat a day early. People seem to either really get into resolutions or think they’re really dumb. I happen to get into them. As a tween/teen, I used to write them all out in my journal every year. It was often stuff I couldn’t control. Like, “Have prettier hair.” At the ripe age of twenty-six, I’ve finally learned how to set resolutions/goals I can actually control.
So here’s what I’ve got so far:
Spiritual Goals
Read scripture every day. I became horrible about this in 2009. Well, really in 2008. Especially when McKenna goes through phases where she wakes up before I do. One of these years I’d like to read the Bible in a year, but I really don’t think 2010 is the year to take that on. I have two books releasing, and I’ll have a newborn sometime around July 15th. I’ll settle for being more consistent.
Improve my hospitality skills. This is a weakness of mine that many are surprised by because we regularly host our small group and often have people over for dinner. What people don’t realize is that I often have a poor attitude about it and really stress myself out. When I took a spiritual gifts test back in October, I totally “flunked” on hospitality. Paul (Peter?) says (somewhere) to take opportunities to practice hospitality. I intend to do so this year.
Career Goals
Complete writing two novels. I think this is doable, though promotions for Out with the In Crowd and So Over it will definitely take up some work time. Again, doable, but not easy.
Read The Art of War for Writers by James Scott Bell, which my darling brother-in-law gave me for Christmas. It’s also time to reread On Writing or Bird by Bird.
Read two books a month. You have no idea how much I’d love to make my goal four, but I’ll stick with two.
Study up on plotting and work on my skills in that area.
Usually I also have “life goals” of some sort (be nicer to my husband, take more pictures of McKenna, etc.) but I haven’t come up with any good, tangible ones yet. Maybe if you guys share some of yours, it’ll spark something for me as well.
But as I look over this list, I’m grateful to know that the important people in my life won’t love me any less if I’m unable to write a single word this year. And that I’ll still be just as precious to God if I skip a day of reading. There’s comfort in knowing I’m accepted despite all my imperfections.
See you all back here in 2010.
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