A New Year.

2013.

We are now half way through the first month of January in this new year of 2013. Despite the rumors, the world didn't end in December and we were given yet another chance to ring in the new year with our friends and family and the people we love the most.
With this new year upon us, I've been doing a lot of thinking about, well, life. I celebrated another birthday with the people who mean the most to me (Yes, I made it through the teenage years. There is hope!!) and have started my fourth and final semester in Pullman. Looking over my calender, I began to think of all the different opportunities that I may be given throughout this next year, and I could only begin to imagine what God has in store for me.
With all of this in mind, I decided to do something I say I'm going to do every year, but never really do. I've written myself goals for the year. Things that I want to accomplish, things I want to see myself change or continue in my every day life. I've thought long and hard about the things on my list, and I've decided that I need to try my hardest to stick to them, because like I've said, this is a new year.

Goals: 

1. Read my Bible every day. Stay connected in the word.
2. Pray continually. 
3. Go to church every week.
4. Go to class every day.
5. Read all the readings for class, no matter how boring.
6. Work out more. Keep myself healthy.
7. Get a summer job that will allow me to help others in some way and show them God's love. (YouthWorks, camp counselor, etc.)
8. Be happier, and have an open mind about everyone and everything. Don't get stuck on the little things. 
9. Make new friends. Branch out.
10. Drink less to no more soda.
11. Eat less to no more fast food.
12. Find my place in my community. Get involved as a youth group leader at a church, or help kids. Make a difference. 

I guess at the end of the year, we'll see how well I did. And then, we'll start over, with another new year.