Every New Year's Eve my husband asks me what my resolution will be for the coming year. I use to think this was a ridiculously lame tradition. BUT - 2 years ago I made a resolution that really changed my views of resolutions and my life.
We had just moved to Yakima after a very rough year for the family. I was struggling in just about every area - I was in survival mode and it was time to live life.
In 2010 I made a resolution, a 3 part resolution to strengthen myself - strengthen my body, mind and spirit. I joined a gym, embraced my new ward and started studying for the GRE. As the year came to a close I was successful in 2 of 3 of my challenges. I was going to the gym 3-4 times a week, my testimony was stronger then it ever has been. -- Still working on the GRE.
As 2011 came I was overly optimistic about a resolution. And throughout this year I learned a lesson - a resolution will not work if it is simply an "I want" and not something that requires work to improve yourself. I will admit my resolution........for those who know me, I love shoes. And so of course it made sense to make a resolution that every month for an entire year I get a new pair of shoes. I learned that not only was this not practical, but I really didn't want to commit to finding a new pair of shoes each month - I was more hoping that the shoes would find me.
So this year, I have thought a lot about what I want to improve in my life. I am still working out regularly, I am still strengthening my testimony and I still love shoes - I just don't have 12 new pairs. I have an interest, maybe even a talent (wishful thinking), and I really want to challenge myself. This year I will be doing the 365 photo challenge - I will take a picture every day of the year. I am not sure if I can commit to posting every day - lets not get too excited.
