2013 Goals

At the start of 2013 I posted my goals for the year in my old blog.  Making my personal and private goals public (to those who bother to read the blog) makes me feel some accountability.  Lately I've felt like I needed more accountability in various areas of my life.  Sooo...why not post an update since we're officially halfway through 2013 on how my goals are going! Yeah it's basically July people...

1. Spend time in God's word daily. -- I'm working on this one.  I can't settle in to a reading plan.  I often find myself praying out of Psalms and Proverbs daily but I'm missing out on the history of the Old Testament and Jesus' teachings in the New Testament.  If anyone has suggestions hit me up.

2. Keep a prayer journal. -- Unsuccessful to put it kindly.  I feel awkward writing it all down but I know I miss out on giving praises because I don't.  Need some work. 

3. Be a good steward of all that God has given me. -- Depends on the day.  I should probably make this more specific....SMART goals anyone?

4. Don't work too much. -- FAIL

5. Don't sweat the small stuff. -- FAIL

6. Look on the bright side. -- Depends on the day and how much coffee I've had.

7. Be thankful regardless of the situation.  -- So much better than it has been but still a long ways to go. 

8. Don't post my entire life on Facebook. (HA!) -- Um... FAIL.  You're reading this blog right?

9. Don't buy myself coffee (from Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts) just because I can. It tastes better as a treat. :)  -- CHAMPION! I switched to McDonald's lol!!

10. Visit my family more often. -- Doing pretty good.

11. Give hugs. -- As touchy feely as I really am I don't hug people as much as I would like to.  I'm trying to not be offensive or clingy, but I'm trying to not care about that and be affectionate regardless.  You can not hug back...it's fine. 

12. Be witty and joke but never to the point of cruelty.  -- We're getting there. 

13. Tell people I love them if it's the truth regardless of the consequences or whether it is reciprocated.  -- This is a hard one.  Requires some vulnerability which we all know is such a strong suit of mine (sarcasam).  It could be better could be worse. 

14. Do a better job of saying, "I'm sorry, will you please forgive me?" and "Yes I love and forgive you." when the situation is appropriate.  -- Much better than in the past.

15. Smile and laugh more often. -- Reference #4-5 but there have been some good spots.  :-)

16. Appreciate the people and possessions that I have and don't chase after the ones that I don't.  -- Always room for improvement but we're bumping along.

17. Be a friend that people want to have.  -- Some days are better than others. 

18. Be someone's best friend.  -- Haha... well...I'm trying.  See #17

19. Be the wife that Mike deserves.  -- See #17-18

20. Work to feel good in a pair of skinny jeans.  -- I purchased a pair of skinny jeans...I think it's questionable how good I look in them but it was a huge feat to just get me to buy them haha.

21. Run my first 1/2 marathon. -- Done twice. 

22. Train and run a full marathon in the fall.  -- Well...I signed up for one in Savannah in November.  I was so disgusted with my times in the other 2 races that I dropped out of the full marathon and back into the 1/2 marathon to work on improving my time.  We will see.  I'm planning to run the Disney Marathon in January 2014. 

23. Waste less time and resources.  -- See #17 lol.  I don't think I'm wasteful but I'm the queen of procrastinating and that's something that def needs tightening up as this year winds down.

24. Be more sentimental and practical than superficial and extravagant. -- Also working on this.  I've not sent as many cards or sweet messages to people as I used to.  I think I just haven't had my head or my heart in the game this year but I have 6 more months to redeem myself.