I am not a very good blogger
Not because I don't have anything to say because those who know me...know I have A LOT to talk about. I currently have 6 drafts saved of things I want to write about and I have lists saved on my "notes" app on my phone of things I want to share with you all. When I approached one of my favorite bloggers and friends (Tattooed Martha) about possibly starting a blog she of course gave me all the encouragement in the world because I kept telling her how much I wanted to do it but that I thought I wouldn't be able to dedicate enough time. She just kept telling me that I should just do it and to do as much as I could. I am thankful for that advice because it drove me to actually create this blog and although I haven't put as much time in it as I want, I know it's always here for me. I could call it procrastination I suppose. With all these ideas in my head I should be flooding this thing. But instead of blogging I watch my favorite tv shows, or I sleep, or I do something else, anything else really. I do have a really good excuse that with school and the once a week 1200 word paper I have to write, finding time to write here is just taking a back seat. Someday...that won't be the case but for now I am blessed that I can find some time every now and then to get some things off my chest in this format and that I have all of you to care enough to keep visiting to read what I have to say.
The one thing about New Years that I don't like is those pesky resolutions. Everyone makes them every year and I think it takes all but a few weeks and we get bored with them or find them too hard and we give up. I would love to be able to make some resolutions that I can actually keep. I don't think resolutions are necessarily bad but like goals we need to make sure they are reachable, attainable, measurable, and realistic so that we don't find ourselves in that same rut of giving up before we've even started. I really want to make 2015 a year of changes. There are going to be changes in my life including graduating with my Bachelor's in Human Services Management, starting my Master's in Christian counseling with a focus on addiction, moving from this negative place I've been living in for far to long, and hopefully advancing in a few different area's. These are physical things that are going to happen but there are also emotional changes that I would like to make in my life as well. My hope is to blog about a few of them but for now I would like to share with you a few of the goals that I have set for the year....
1. I don't have to comment on respond to every ignorant or taunting Facebook post I see on my thread, or any negative or unrighteous talk in real life. Walk away.
New Year Resolutions
The one thing about New Years that I don't like is those pesky resolutions. Everyone makes them every year and I think it takes all but a few weeks and we get bored with them or find them too hard and we give up. I would love to be able to make some resolutions that I can actually keep. I don't think resolutions are necessarily bad but like goals we need to make sure they are reachable, attainable, measurable, and realistic so that we don't find ourselves in that same rut of giving up before we've even started. I really want to make 2015 a year of changes. There are going to be changes in my life including graduating with my Bachelor's in Human Services Management, starting my Master's in Christian counseling with a focus on addiction, moving from this negative place I've been living in for far to long, and hopefully advancing in a few different area's. These are physical things that are going to happen but there are also emotional changes that I would like to make in my life as well. My hope is to blog about a few of them but for now I would like to share with you a few of the goals that I have set for the year....
1. I don't have to comment on respond to every ignorant or taunting Facebook post I see on my thread, or any negative or unrighteous talk in real life. Walk away.
We do not have to entertain or engage into every argument we're invited into and let me tell you, there are a ton out there. I find myself getting into some of the stupidest arguments and debates with people on social media because I just can't resist giving my opinion. I need to learn that my opinion is mine and that not everyone needs to hear it or wants to hear it. I need to choose carefully my words when interacting with others so that I am a blessing to them and not another hindrance in their lives. Arguing with people over issues that I know I'm not going to change their mind over, just adds frustration and bitterness to my life. In 2015 I am going to make a very conscious and purposeful effort to not do this because it's just a a waste of time and emotion.
2. Thanking Jesus every morning. I am a prayer. I believe in prayer. I write down my prayers, I pray for other people. I talk to Jesus all day long in my head. I don't however make a habit or have a purposeful thing of thanking Him the minute I wake up and my eyes open. Instead I open my eyes and I growl or I complain to Him that I don't want to get up, or that I am tired, or something about something I don't want to do. I've read so many things about how our mind is a battlefield and we have the best weapon in the world and that is our Savior and I know that by thanking Him the minute I open my eyes instead of complaining is going to set a very different tone for my day.
3. Ridding my life of negativity and negative people. There is so much negativity in the world. There always has been but it's gotten worse in my opinion over the last few years and a lot of it has to do with social media. Everyone has a public voice now and no one (including me) seems to have a filter or have a regard for how their words can be a weapon against other people. We wonder why kids bully each other and we're heartbroken when children will actually take their own lives because of how they are treated by other children but looking at how we as adults talk to and treat each other, it's honestly no wonder. There is something psychological and physical about how we talk to ourselves and to other people. The Bible talks a lot about this and how our tongue is a weapon that can either build someone up or tear them down. Speaking negative words about ourselves to our selves, or speaking negative words to other people and about other people is a weapon that tears down and it's my goal this year to stop doing that. I also plan to get rid of the people in my life that cause negative feelings. If you don't have anything positive to contribute to my life, get out of it because I'm going to be about growing and thriving and I have no time for you. Negativity is just something I don't have time for this year!
Those are just a few of the things I have planned for myself this year...what resolutions or goals do you have ? Do you have a plan or a map for the year that you can keep these goals?
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