A Little Resolution Revamp

So, while I'm working at night sometimes I listen to the sermons online from our old church in southern California, Saddleback Church.

This year is the beginning of a new decade & as I've mentioned before, Rick Warren talks about this being your Decade of Destiny (or Decade of Destiny's Child as Shad refers to it).

Within the Decade of Destiny, you must set yourself goals to accomplish within the next year, next 3 years & next 10 years. And as Pastor Rick explains, you cannot accomplish any spiritual goal in life without having God as your spiritual 'partner', so to speak. You cannot succeed by your own strength in order to make significant changes in your life (& that's why people tend to not follow through with their resolutions - they're often doing them for the wrong reasons).

A phrase he always refers to is, if you don't set a goal, that means you want to stay the same or get worse. That may be health-related, financially, career-wise. Whatever.

So, the 4 goals he suggests setting are these: Health, Relationships, Financial, & Career. I think my 10 New Year's Resolutions could be categorized into each of these somehow, but I decided to set new goals with God as my spiritual partner in order to do better at these things, rather than stay the same or get worse.

Health: I want to maintain my weight once I get to my goal weight. It's really not about looking good, it's about feeling better & taking care of the body God gave me. To do that, I want to start eating fresh & only allowing myself junk food on weekends if we're out of town or at someone else's house. I don't want to have junk food in my house.

Relationships: I want to make a point of making time for all of my friendships & relationships with family, whether it be phone calls or meeting y'all for coffee or having you over for wine.

Financial: To become debt-free & continuing to be wise about how we spend our money.

Career: Obviously, I want to do well at my job-job, but more importantly I really want to excel most at being a great Mom (not by Cashe's definition, but by God's definition).