"Men Are That They Might Have Joy"
2013. Ahhhh!!! This is a big year for me- it's my five year anniversary of graduating from high school. Yep. That's how old I am. Ok, so that's not that big... but it is my two year anniversary of graduating from college this year. That's big, right? It seems like it.
Those are two of the things I know are happening this year. No matter what choices I make, no matter where I am, no matter what I'm doing, these two things will happen. There are only a few things that at this moment I know, without a doubt, are going to happen this year. All of us will age a year, my little brother will get home from his mission, Christmas will come again... yep. Few constants. The rest of this year will be written by me. I get to decide what happens. I mean, sure, obviously I can't control everything... but I get to make the most out of this year. I'm so tired of people posting on Facebook how terrible this last year was. I had my heart broken, was bullied by my coworkers, had a terrible job, missed the birth of my second nephew, visited home for less than a month, and turned 23 as a single woman..... Yeah, looking at it that way, my life seemed bad last year and I could just throw it off and say "2012, you sucked. Let's hope this next year is semi-decent." However, all these things happened last year as well: I quit my lame dead-end job and got a real job, that pays better, is full time, has benefits, and became great friends with my coworkers. They are some of the greatest people I have ever met, and I cannot say in words how grateful I am to have them in my life. I also got to meet my nephew, Henry. :) How can one express how wonderful a baby is? I cannot get enough of my nephews. They are the best things ever. I learned that my morals, no matter how many people attack and down play them, are important. The Church is true. I've never been more sure of that than now. I learned what I really want in a guy. I learned to follow my instincts. I traveled, played, explored, was pulled down to the lowest of lows, and built myself up again. This last year could have been a sinking year for me. I could have been left rejected, defeated, and lost, but instead I picked myself up and it became one of the best years of my life. Why? Because I chose to make it that way.
This year, I am choosing to continue being happy. I have come up with a bunch of goals to make my life better- good, better, best, right?- and I wanted to share them with you.
*Get back in to shape- plan my meals, no take out, no soda, low sugar intake.... Yep. It's more detailed on my side, but the basic idea is to lose weight.
*Draw closer to Christ- attend institute, come up with better study system for reading the Book of Mormon.
*Volunteer somewhere.
*Magnify my calling. As most of you know, I am over the family history program in my ward. I feel like there is so much to be done, and we are not doing it, and I need to be trying harder to get the importance of this across.
*Be more spontaneous! I find that I will do anything if I don't think about it too long. It's when I start over analyzing everything that I psych myself out. I feel like the last year I have over thought a lot of things and missed out on a lot of opportunities- or didn't do something until later, when I could have been happier a long time before then. Does that make sense? It does to me.
*Manage my money better. Basically budgeting. I finally have a real job where I'm actually making enough money to live and save... so now I just need to figure out how to save it.
*Spend more time with my family. I was home for less than a month this past year. That is ridiculous. I want to be there more for my family.
*Learn a new skill. We'll see what that is.
So, those are my goals. Kind of just the basics, but I have plans for them. Let's see what I make of this new year!
Those are two of the things I know are happening this year. No matter what choices I make, no matter where I am, no matter what I'm doing, these two things will happen. There are only a few things that at this moment I know, without a doubt, are going to happen this year. All of us will age a year, my little brother will get home from his mission, Christmas will come again... yep. Few constants. The rest of this year will be written by me. I get to decide what happens. I mean, sure, obviously I can't control everything... but I get to make the most out of this year. I'm so tired of people posting on Facebook how terrible this last year was. I had my heart broken, was bullied by my coworkers, had a terrible job, missed the birth of my second nephew, visited home for less than a month, and turned 23 as a single woman..... Yeah, looking at it that way, my life seemed bad last year and I could just throw it off and say "2012, you sucked. Let's hope this next year is semi-decent." However, all these things happened last year as well: I quit my lame dead-end job and got a real job, that pays better, is full time, has benefits, and became great friends with my coworkers. They are some of the greatest people I have ever met, and I cannot say in words how grateful I am to have them in my life. I also got to meet my nephew, Henry. :) How can one express how wonderful a baby is? I cannot get enough of my nephews. They are the best things ever. I learned that my morals, no matter how many people attack and down play them, are important. The Church is true. I've never been more sure of that than now. I learned what I really want in a guy. I learned to follow my instincts. I traveled, played, explored, was pulled down to the lowest of lows, and built myself up again. This last year could have been a sinking year for me. I could have been left rejected, defeated, and lost, but instead I picked myself up and it became one of the best years of my life. Why? Because I chose to make it that way.
This year, I am choosing to continue being happy. I have come up with a bunch of goals to make my life better- good, better, best, right?- and I wanted to share them with you.
*Get back in to shape- plan my meals, no take out, no soda, low sugar intake.... Yep. It's more detailed on my side, but the basic idea is to lose weight.
*Draw closer to Christ- attend institute, come up with better study system for reading the Book of Mormon.
*Volunteer somewhere.
*Magnify my calling. As most of you know, I am over the family history program in my ward. I feel like there is so much to be done, and we are not doing it, and I need to be trying harder to get the importance of this across.
*Be more spontaneous! I find that I will do anything if I don't think about it too long. It's when I start over analyzing everything that I psych myself out. I feel like the last year I have over thought a lot of things and missed out on a lot of opportunities- or didn't do something until later, when I could have been happier a long time before then. Does that make sense? It does to me.
*Manage my money better. Basically budgeting. I finally have a real job where I'm actually making enough money to live and save... so now I just need to figure out how to save it.
*Spend more time with my family. I was home for less than a month this past year. That is ridiculous. I want to be there more for my family.
*Learn a new skill. We'll see what that is.
So, those are my goals. Kind of just the basics, but I have plans for them. Let's see what I make of this new year!
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