new.years.resolutions / things.to.do

[a list in progress.]

1. goals:

- think more. i want to spend all that time at night before i fall asleep mediating on God. i want to meditate on him randomly throughout the day. i want to remember him when i eat, sleep, breath, sing, read, write, live. he is so infinite and satisfying, and i want to go back to my first love.

- read more. for the first time ever, i want to read through the bible in a year. i've got my whole plan set up, and i'm SUPER excited!

- pray more. i just wrote up a plan that tells me what to pray for on different days, printed out in my Bible so I don't forget. so my mind doesn't just wander aimlessly.

- remember. i can't do any of these things without God's help. and he's always there by my side, hands filled with ready grace. this means that i don't have to fall into self-pity mode once i have failed on january 3rd. i am not perfect. God is good though! :)

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2. books to read:

- Tale of Two Cities by charles dickens

- another book by Gene Stratton-Porter

[ Freckles & The Keeper of the Bees ]

- something totally different. something happy.

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3. movies to watch:

- Inception [haha. check already. score!]

- a new, cute, funny chick-flick thats worth my time

- any suggestions???

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4. prepare for the future:

- learn more recipes

- application: cook once a week for mom

- supply my hope chest more

[ got some measuring utensils for christmas ]

[ ice cream scoop ]

5. misc.:

- keep taking all of my vitamins and supplements

- buy a new journal so i can keep writing

[ and check already with this one too! thanks rebekah! :) ]

- make sure that every week i have spent time with my siblings

- funny one now: be presentable at all times.

(my family is rather annoyed by the fact that i walk around the house all day in mom's old painting sweatpants, and one of dad's old baggy shirts. HA! i shall try to shed this habit that is so disgusting to them. :)

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