How ‘Bout Some New Year’s Resolutions?

Yes, I know it’s January 19th. And yes I know everyone else posted their New Year’s Resolutions, like, at the beginning of the New Year. I just am a lazy procrastinator like to be fashionably late.

Quite honestly, I know you probably don’t care all that much about my goals for the year. But I’m not posting them for you as much as I’m posting them for me. To keep me accountable.

So without further ado, here are some of my goals for 2010:

FINANCIALLY

1. As a couple: save enough money to pay cash for our next vehicle.
   
   It’s very likely that sometime in the next couple of years we are going to need a bigger car. Dare I say it? Maybe even a mini-van. *Shudder*
   
   
2. Personally: Take weekly grocery budget from $80.00 to $50.00. I’ve actually already got a great start on this thanks to Crystal’s site, but I’ve still got a ways to go.
   
   My plan of action:
   -- use the “envelope system” and only pay cash for groceries
   -- deposit any leftover money into our “new vehicle” savings account

SPIRITUALLY

1. Be more consistent with my quiet time. In the past, my devotions have been at whatever point in the day I could squeeze them in. This does not work well for me. I need a routine.
   
   My plan of action:
   -- wake up early. Ideal time is 5:30. So far real time has been more like 6:30. Baby steps.
   
   
2. Prayer. Would it be right to say I’m not “good” at prayer? I don’t mean the actual act of praying – I know it doesn’t matter how eloquent you are {or aren’t}.
   
   I mean that I’m not “good” at the discipline aspect. At actually setting aside the time to do it and then keeping my mind from wandering to my “to do” list or whatever else is fighting for my attention.
   
   My friend Mandi put this quote on her blog and I think it pretty adequately describes me:
   
   "It's fun to talk about prayer and easy to think about prayer. But to actually put your feet - and heart - on the pathway to prayer, to make your desire to pray a reality, requires discipline." Elizabeth George
   
   I’m starting a new book that I’m really excited about which I hope will help:
   
   
   

PHYSICALLY

1. Exercise at least 5 days a week. I’m doing surprisingly well with this one – I’ve only missed a total of 3 days since December 28th.
   
   My plan of action:
   --Let Jillian boss me around every weekday {except Wednesday}
   --On Wednesdays, focus on my abs with this DVD:
2. Drink more water and less pop. Pretty self explanatory. Limiting myself to drinking pop only once a week.
   
3. Try at least one new healthy recipe a month.
   This cookbook will help me out with that:
   
   This one will NOT:
   
4. Find and make a good recipe for whole wheat bread. I’m bound and determined to conquer my fear of yeast. Yeah, I said it. I am afraid of yeast. But that’s a whole different post.

I’ve got a list as long as my arm of other things I want to do, but this post is long enough – I’ll save those for another day. Aren’t you excited? :)

So what are some of your New Year’s Resolutions?