New year, new resolutions

With New Year’s Day just around the corner, I thought today would be as good of time as any to write a New Year’s resolution blog.

I don’t always make New Year’s resolutions. And usually when I do they are so far fetched that I have given up on them before I even get my Christmas tree down.

This year I’ve decided to take a different approach. I reminded myself that my New Year’s resolutions are not a list of things I need to do to become a perfect person. My resolutions should be a list of things I’m committed to doing in 2012. I thought about the things I want to do and habits that would help me be a healthier, well rounded person. Without further ado here are my 2012 New Year’s resolutions.

In 2012 I Arley Elizabeth resolve to:

• Do yoga once a week.

• Take Gunther on daily walks. I feel kind of embarrassed to admit that I don’t do this already, but with a doggy door and fenced in yard it’s pretty easy to be a lazy pet owner.

• Floss. This will likely be the hardest for me to keep. I don’t know what it is about flossing that makes the activity so difficult. But I’ve heard flossing daily can add seven years to your life so I’m going to take this seriously this year.

• Pray regularly and intentionally. Outside of the prayers I recite in church, my prayer life seems to consist of, “God, please help me,” “Lord you can’t be serious?!” and “Thank you Jesus for this food.” I really want to cultivate a deeper prayer life in 2012.

• Stop worrying about what people think about me. Not in a arrogant conceded Lebron James kind of way, but in a healthy, self-aware Tina Fey kind of way.

Well, those are my resolutions. Let’s hope I am able to keep them at least as long as I keep my Christmas tree up. (Which will likely be mid-January). Happy New Year!

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