Tuesday, January 20, 2009

New years resolutions?!

I was reading my devotion for today (http://proverbs31devotions.blogspot.com ) and I realized I never really came up with a resolution for this year. yes...most people forget about their resolutions by the end of february, BUT - I am always trying to set new goals for my self. It may be with my eating habits/exercise, my walk with God, or just something more simple. Here are the resolutions I have picked for the year of 2009 - or the month of January. how ever long it will last. haha

  • read 5 whole books this year.

I tend to pick a book, and skip around (depending on the type of book), then I never even finish it. I usually am reading at least 3 books at a time and then the next week, it will be 3 different books even though I never finished the previous ones.

  • follow a budget more strictly.

My husband (Shaun) and I were recently watching the 'Financial Peace' series by Dave Ramsey. We have never come up with an actual budget for ourselves, the year and a half we have been married. Honestly, I am not one of those females who goes shopping all the time, and when I do go shopping, i go right to the sales rack and tend to not spend over $50 (on myself at least). buying birthday or Christmas presents is different.

  • go through my prayer list everyday

I have had a prayer list for over a year now, but i only get to it maybe once a week at the most. Spending time talking to our Heavenly Father should be on high priority!!

  • Confess my sins every night (write them down?).

My parents have always taught me to confess my sins at night, and it has always been something I struggled with, more so because I dont get into bed a lot of times, until Im too tired to function, and I typically fall right to sleep. Lately I have done better about getting in bed a little early and reading one of my devotion books, or a book Im currently reading (without skipping around) called 'Completely His'.

Well...Im done for now...maybe i'll be back later to write about my day?

-Whit