I love a new year!! In my mind, I know that it's just another day with a new number on the end of the date but something deep inside of my heart gets excited that it's a brand new year, a full 12 months, without blemish and full of possibilities!! I decided that this year instead of making resolutions I would make a 2012 bucket list. I have had it with seeing a new year come and go without doing any of the things that I set out to do and feeling no different than the year before. I want to live a life of purpose and to do that, I have to live each day... each moment on purpose!! As I began to think on these things, I was reminded of the "big rocks" in my life; in other words, the big priorities in my life, God, Tommy (our marriage), Eli, my health and fitness, school, Mary Kay, church work, close friends, and finances. If I am going to live a life of purpose, that's where I have to start!! On to my bucket list, I looked at all the big rocks and thought of what I would like to do to enhance these areas of my life, to make them count, and that's how my bucket list came to be! I have organized my bucket list into 9 categories AKA the 9 big rocks... here is what I plan to look at everyday and cross things off as I do them, and look back at on December 31, 2012 and say, you did it, GLORY TO GOD!!
2012 Bucket List:
Big Rock #1 - God
1. Read the entire Bible
2. Have at least 30 minutes of quiet time everyday (prayer and Bible study)
3. Ask God to show me where I can help others and be intentional about sharing the salvation message!!
4. Find a way to feed hungry people (don't know what this looks like but it's weighing on my heart)
Big Rock #2- Tommy (our marriage)
5. 365 days of notes (simple I love you or I appreciate you because... written on a post note)
6. Daily Check in/ devotional time (no phones, no television, after the munchkin is asleep!)
7. Monthly hot date!
8. 2 night camping trip (just the two of us)
Big Rock #3- Eli
9. 1 hour of outside time each day that I don't have school
10. Daily devotional time with the God and Me book I gave him for Christmas
11. Research and enroll Eli in a pre k 2 year old program
12. Take a trip to the ATL Aquariaum and Zoo
13. Visit WA once per week (when they are open)
Big Rock #4- Health and Fitness
14. Lose 75 pounds
15. 30 minutes of exercise 5 times per week
16. Walk in the Boston mini marathon
17. Take 1 hr for myself each week
18. Give up Diet Coke
Big Rock #5- School
19. Finish all classes that I register for
20. Maintain a 3.0 GPA
Big Rock #6- Mary Kay
21. Become a star consultant
21. Earn a red jacket
Big Rock #7- Church Work
22. Complete Lay Speaker Certification
23. Complete The Christian as a Minister
24. Continue to embrace the role of pastor's wife
Big Rock #8- Close Friends
25. Stay connected via e mail and facebook
26. Stay involved in weekly Bible Study
Big Rock #9- Finances
27. Pay off credit card
28. Pay off hospital bill
29. sell Tahoe
30. Learn to coupon
MISC
31. Read 6 books
Happy New Year Everyone!! May your year be filled with blessings and be lived out on purpose!!
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