Day 2

It's day two of 2013. I am optimistic and hopeful that this will be a year of "fresh starts" and a year of "amazing". But let's not get ahead of ourselves. It's only day two.

On my adventure at 2 A.M. a few nights ago I stumbled across the following blog post:

http://www.naptimediaries.com/2010/11/ugly-crying-in-driveway.html

It wasn't very long and it wasn't very complicated, but I have thought about it everyday since. I have listened to the song everyday since. And I have felt a little less alone in how I've been feeling about God.

"This is how I feel about You and it's not quite right and it's not theologically correct and it is not pretty."

But back to day two. I am already so excited about my fresh start and feeling so motivated that I think I'm trying to change too much too fast. I've done that before and I always burn out. Here are all the changes I would like to make at the start of this new year:

• Read #SheReadsTruth everyday
• Read through the Bible in a year
• Read Streams in the Desert everyday
• Actually keep up with a journal/blog consistantly
• Eat healthier
• Exercise regularly
• Get a job
• Start caring about how I look (maybe; messy buns are just so convenient.)
• Stop wasting away entire days, weeks, and months watching TV

And a few more large scale 2013 goals:

• Finish off my last two college quarters with 4.0's
• Work on my voice and (maybe maybe maybe) start to learn piano
• Come up with a business plan (because what kind of entrepreneurial student has no idea what to do with her life?)
• Start my Bible education
•  Figure out what the heck to do after I graduate...

None of these goals are impossible or two out of reach. There aren't even all that many of them. But realistically I will never keep up with them all. Not all at once anyway.

What can I do today?

Well I've done my devo, written this blog post, and I'll read SITD as soon as I finish.

Then I can eat something healthy (because oh goodness its 1 P.M. and I haven't gotten up yet. SHAME.)

Then I can go buy some running shoes. I don't necessarily have to exercise today, but shoes are definitely a good first step.

I can clean my house and do some grocery shopping instead of watching television today.

I can call the job agency.

I can pick something off my untouched winter break to do list and actually do it. (Ok now we're pushing it. Calm down.)

And if absolutely nothing else gets done today, I think thats ok. It would be somewhere to start. It doesn't look overwhelming. Well maybe the whole house won't get cleaned, but it's still a good start. A little bit everyday. And if everything doesn't get done everyday, maybe that's ok too.

JUST A LITTLE EVERYDAY

The control freak perfectionist inside of me is screaming, but that's ok too. Because she never gets her way anyway. Just a little everyday. 

EDIT: I finished everything I planned to do that day :)