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I began this year like many people do. I thought of some goals and took off in pursuit of them. Though I didn’t go so far as to write them down here are the ones I began with and what I did to accomplish them:
- Conquer the book stack I got for Christmas = reading 8 books at once
- Exercise to overcome tiredness = beginning with Jillian Michael’s Yoga video (when I didn’t realize I was pregnant)
- A stricter writing schedule = 30-1hr per day on a specific project each day
- Homeschooling Liam (Yes, he’s just two)
- New House cleaning schedule (Need I say more?)
- Remember heaven: “For people who speak thus make it clean that they are seeking a homeland…But as it is, they desire a better country, that is a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for the a city.” ~Hebrews 11:14, 16
- Run for endurance, not for speed, and choose Joy!: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance they race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and is seated at the right of the throne of God.” ~ Hebrews 12:1-2
- Love God with everything, love yourself, and love others: “Jesus answered, ‘The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There are no commandments greater than these.'” ~ Mark 12:29-31