New Year’s Resolutions
re·solve \ri- zalv \
Definition: To reach a firm decision about.
It's not too late to start on those New Year's Resolutions. I love this word "resolve." It stands against the tide of indecision and it requires a certain character to truly make a decision and stand by it no matter what the consequence. I think, for the most part, the times that I am indecisive are when I don't really want to be blamed for making the decision.
But I also think it's part culture. To be resolved about something rings too close to being "absolute"--and in a time when absolutes are all relative, there's no wonder "resolving" to do anything is seen as being archaic.
I've gone both ways about New Year's Resolutions, but I feel like some goals are better than no goals. It shouldn't take a New Year to make those goals, but it gives people like me some sort of measure or start/end date. I'm still in the process of making my resolutions, but here are groupings and thoughts right off the top of my head:
1. The "Almost Impossible that I Should Probably Not Even Resolve to Resolve" Resolutions
- Go without sweets of any kind for 2010
- Go on a gluten-free diet for 2010
- Go without internet for 2010
- Only call, not text people
- Buy a road bike and actually use it
2. The "I Should but I Don't Really Want To" Resolutions
- Relearn and be proficient at Hebrew and Greek
- Limit dessert to only twice a week (maybe this should go under "Almost Impossible")
- Annotate every book in my library
- Get reacquainted with my guitar and learn to play new songs
- Keep a better organized budgetLearn to read music and play piano
- Learn to take better pictures with a D-SLR camera
3. Most Practical Resolutions
- Read a book each week
- Limit Facebook and Twitter time to 2 hours a week
- Work out at least 3 times a week
- Pack my own lunch instead of going out for lunch
- Memorize more Scripture
- Commit to praying for 2-3 people for the year
