Week 2 update (one week late!)

Health –
• lose 45 pounds – not doing too good. Gaining muscle well enough.
• go to the doctor more often – Finally got my card, probably gonna make an appointment for next week.

Finances –
• Spend less money on leisure. – spending less money on leisure!
• Tithe comes first! – I am up to date on my tithes! Praise God. Up until now I have seen his faithfulness!
• Pay off loans! – paying them

Spirituality –
• Put God first at all times. – need to work on this more!
• Work towards becoming a pastor. – going to ask about some classes being offered at church.
• Become more involved at church. – new format for training institute at church will help me with this one. Praise God!

Friendship –
• forget about past friends (the bad ones). – doing well with this one!
• Make new friends. – no way to meet new folks :(
• Get back in touch with old/good friends. Visit them more often. – need to visit!

Personal –
• Wake up earlier and pray/ work out. - waking up earlier, need to work out and pray!
• Read more books! 2 per month. - I’m half way through power of the blood and I have until next Sunday to read this side of paradise. BUT the Pro Bowl is this Sunday! That means I might spill into February.

- - So far I have noticed change in certain areas and I have also noticed waning interest in others. I need to step it up. I can’t be comfortable with where I am. I need to do more. I need to go out and look for what I want. I need to be proactive but old habits are hard to break.

This month I have realized that I can do a 180 this year. It is possible. I have realized that life gets in the way of my plans. I need to learn to stay goal oriented when life is happening, that my mind and attentions don’t drift elsewhere.

Progress - Jan 14, 2010

• go to the doctor more often – Today I requested my card and as soon as I get it, I’m going to the doctor to get a physical (which I am dreading!)
• Tithe comes first! – getting my tithes in before anything else. Good stuff, praise God!

2 new goals!

So something I really want to do this year is to find a way to help out more with issues of social justice. Specifically I feel that God has tugged at my heart in the area of Human trafficking. So I guess my new goals would look something like this:

- Find more ways to get involved in the fight against Human Trafficking.
- Start researching how to start a non-profit organization to help fight against social justice.

Update: Week 1!

Health –
• lose 45 pounds – Hit the gym hard this week. I’m ready to lose this weight and be healthy.
• go to the doctor more often – Asked HR person for new copy of Med insurance card. Unfortunately I ended up getting the wrong thing but I will get it or at least request it by next week.

Finances –
• Spend less money on leisure. – going out less, plus I’m broke so that helps. lol
• Tithe comes first! – Paid my first tithe of the year. Had huge problems with it but I paid it. Church ended up charging me 3x the amount but then put the money back. (nice try church!)

Friendship –
• forget about past friends (the bad ones). – I’m moving on, getting strong.

new goal:
• Get back in touch with old/good friends. Visit them more often.

Dreams -
• Write more stories – finishing up a story, getting many more ideas, still thinking about a book idea.

Personal –
• Be more organized – Being organized at work. Cubicle is clean.
• Wake up earlier and pray/ work out - I am waking up earlier but I am brain dead when I do so. Prayer and work out coming soon.
• Go to sleep earlier – not happening.
• Read more books! (small goal: at least 2 per month [one spiritual book, one novel]) - Finishing up three musketeers. Going to start reading Power of the Blood by Bob Sorge and This side of Paradise by Fitzgerald which I found for $6!