First Monday of the Year

Resolutions smeselutions.....

This year is all about becoming the best version of myself. I realize that taking on a million different things at one time can be overwhelming and could blow up in my face, but so far I'm feeling good about it. Here's what I've got going on:

-Reading "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rich Warren, 40 day journey
-Reading the bible in a year: "Reading God's Story: One-Year Chronological Plan" (www.youversion.com)
-Flylady cleaning plan (www.flylady.com)
-Couch-to-5k running plan (www.coolrunning.com)

As you can see, I may have bitten off more than I can chew... but I accomplished all of these tasks today in about a hour to hour and a half. I even got up, made breakfast, took a shower, ran errands, did some laundry, and even did a devotional* with my kids. This seems really doable right now, I'm hoping that it continues to feel that way when I start my internship on the 16th.

Thoughts on today's plans (Day 1 for everything):

PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
It's not about me, it's about God... I need to remember that everyday, I think I'm going to put a post-it on my mirror that says that. I need to think about how everything I do is for Him, how loving my kids or taking care of my home is worship because these are things that He has blessed me with. Wow... this is definitely something to keep in perspective and the forefront of my thoughts.


BIBLE IN A YEAR (NASB Version)
Today's passages were Genesis 1 and 2, birth of all creation.
1:27 God created man in his own image (I'm an image-bearer, how awesome is that?!)
I love knowing that God allowed man to choose the names for the creatures (2:19)
2:24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. (two shall become one)

FLYLADY
The main focus of the month of January is shine your sink, literally meaning to shine your kitchen sink. I took the time to do the steps that are lined out and my sink looks amazing and I feel like I accomplished something.
This week is all about Zone 1 (front porch, entrance area, and dining room). I cleared the clutter from our entry hallway, that's as far as I got. Tomorrow I intend to wipe down the walls/baseboards and mop, I might even get a head start on the dining room clutter.

COUCH-TO-5K
I intend to run a 5k in October with one of my best friends (can you say motivation and support?) and she mentioned this plan. I downloaded the app (I have an iPhone, it was $0.99) and it's awesome. However, because I've been sedentary for so long I didn't make it through the entire first workout. I did make it to the half way point (15 minutes) and stopped because I was light-headed. I will be attempting to complete workout 1 again on Wednesday and again on Friday. I will keep trying until I finish it before I move on to workout 2, this is all about becoming healthy not about a time frame.

*KID'S DEVOTION: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6
(The One Year Book of Devotions for Kids)