Every year, on January 1, I vow to make changes. I pledge to lose weight. To be a nicer person. To cut out soft drinks. While those are all fine resolutions, I always end up giving up on them (all except being a nicer person) because let's face it - what kind of life is a life devoid of Diet Coke?
This year, it's different. I will make changes because I need to make changes. 2011 has the potential to be one of the greatest years of my life and I want to do all that I can to make sure it is. I plan to use this blog to chronicle my journey through 2011 as I strive to reach my goals.
Now, if you really know me, you're probably thinking: "Stacey, this is like the 5th blog you've started...I give it a week". Up until now, I would have agreed with you. But I need this. One of my good friends, Andrea (who is an amazing HR clinician with wonderful career counseling skills) once told me that I needed to make a vision board. She explained a vision board as something where you cut out pictures or words that symbolize what goals you want to complete or successes you want to obtain. You glue/tape those pictures to a poster and hang it somewhere where you see it on a daily basis. Well, my friends, because I am on a computer daily and because words mean as much to me as pictures do, this is my "vision board".
Here are my goals:
**run a 1/2 marathon**
I plan on running the Kentucky Derby 1/2 Marathon on April 30, 2011.
**be creative**
I love being crafty and creative, I just need to do more of it :).
**volunteer more**
Proverbs 11:24, "One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want."
**be healthier**
My husband likes to eat and I don't like to cook two meals. Therefore, I am a fat-ass.
**pro-create**
We would love to have a spawn sometime this year.
**be more frugal**
We need to do a better job of saving money so that we can achieve our long-term goals.
**apply for doctoral studies**
I want to teach and will need a doctorate to do that. So, I will be applying to Doctoral Studies at the University where I work and will hopefully be accepted to the Fall 2011 cohort.
**read more**
Now that I'm not forced to read school books, I love to read.
**make a difference**
"Be the change you want to see".
I might add goals as I go along, but I think that's a pretty good start!
So, while I won't be giving up Diet Coke just yet, I will strive to be a better, more healthy, more loving, more giving person. You are welcome to join me on my journey! I'll need all the support I can get!
Much love and best wishes for a happy, healthy new year.
~Stacey
