My new "key phrase" right now is: Intentionality 2009
As I eluded to the other day, I'm trying to be more intentional with a few things this year in my life.
Here are the things currently on my radar:
- Weight – I'm not overweight, but I want to control it before I become overweight. I walk about a 2-mile circuit in the evenings. It's a start. I enjoy it. I'm also trying to control my snacking, and have "choices" for snacks and not necessarily go for the donuts.
- Drink choices – Other than the occasional social drink, I'm not an alcohol guy. After a 5-year no-drinking-clause when I was in Seminary, I never re-gained the taste for it. I do enjoy a good Hornsby's or Woodchuck Cider Ale here and there though :) I'm wanting to cut Cola out of my drink schedule to save the money primarily. Today is Day #3 without Cola.
- Caffeine – I've beat caffeine before. I'm gonna beat it again. Last time when I quit (last year) and went back, it wasn't any particular reason. I like Diet Coke – both "leaded" and "unleaded" so, caffeine just naturally came back. I will, WILL, beat it in 2009
- Bible Reading – For many years, Bible reading was an academic thing for me. I lost the "fun" of reading / learning. I'm a huge fan of YouVersion and their One Year Plan. It's easy, it's free, and it's getting me back on track.
- Sleep – This has been a constant battle for me since my angst-filled teenage years. I like staying up late "working" and "playing" and don't like getting up in the morning. I found a few articles on a random blog the other day. They are:
- How to get up with your alarm
- How to become an early riser
- How to become an early riser – Part 2
- I'm gonna try to see what I can do about getting to bed more "reasonably" and waking up "earlier" so I can be more productive with my family and my job.
What about you? What's your "thing" in 2009? Anything?
Here are a few of mine…
1. More planning for meals – have a schedule of future meals so that grocery shopping and planning will be easier. I want to have a chart on the fridge of all upcoming meals and snacks.
2. Unplug Nathan – I want for him to play less computer, watch less TV. I want to be better at playing games with him, doing some academic stuff, getting him more independent in his activities.
3. Spiritual stuff – I have been a lot better at my daily readings for the past few months. I want to keep this up and when I am done with the Bible reading book I am doing now I want to do the Bible-in-a-year sort of plan.
4. Church – I want to be able to get more plugged in at church. First we need to decide for sure where that is and then what that looks like for us (small group and serving).
That’s all I can think of right now.