Happy New Year!
January 4, 2012
Happy 2012! Rockstar and I talked about some of the resolutions we have this year and i thought documenting them would be a good way to keep us accountable to some of the goals we want to reach!
This was a birthday gift from Julia and i thought it spoke a lot to some of my goals:
I love the sheep, it’s cute and it reminds me that we are God’s sheep and He is our shepherd (Psalm 23). It brings me comfort to have this kind of guidance in life and to know that God has a purpose for us. So for the tangible goals i want to commit more scripture to memory (1 verse a month: 12 verses) and want to read 1 Christian book a quarter. (3 books) Have started on Philip Yancey’s The Bible Jesus Read. Will keep you posted on progress and ways i can make daily applications to what i’ve learned! I definitely need to think less of materialistic gain and more on eternal gain, and living life exemplifying Christ. =)
The sheep is attached to a pretty water bottle. I love it because 1) it’s glass so free of BPAs and 2) it looks fabulous during my once every 2 week “workouts”! I definitely need to be more consistent in physical activity so this goal would be 1x week gym and 1x week yoga. Keeping it real folks! Rockstar and I also want to do the Insanity 60 day work in January. There. I said it. So now we’ll have to do it! For that one we’ll do before and after shots!
Next goal is food related. (Check out the banana bread Rockstar baked!) We spent some of our holidays with our good friend Syl/Gav and found out that they’ve gone vegetarian! They told us about a documentary based on the book The China Study which basically chalks up a variety of health related issues such as cancers and heart diseases to the consumption of meat (basically because of the way how mass meats are now produced with hormones, etc.) Whatever nutrition you would find in meats can be found in plant-based foods…so Rockstar and I will try to eat less meat this year and more vegetables, grains and fruits. I love chicken wings and am extremely carnivorous so we’ll see how this one goes!
And my last goal would be to spend more time with my family and friends. Am looking forward to visiting Vancouver, Toronto and New York this year! We’re made for relationships. =)
As for photography goals, if Rockstar and I do end up going to Europe, then i hope to frame some photos and start decorating our front room! I still don’t think i have one photo i’ve taken up on any of our tables or walls. K, that does it for now with 2012 goals. I think i also wanted to learn Mandarin so i’ll leave that up as a maybe, depending on which audiobook i buy from amazon and how committed i am to spend 1/2 hr a day on it.
Happy 2012 folks! Hope all goes well with your resolutions! (AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROCKSTAR!)
