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According to Wiki: A New Year's resolution is a commitment that a person makes to one or more personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit. A key element to a New Year's resolution that sets it apart from other resolutions is that it is made in anticipation of the New Year and new beginnings. People committing themselves to a New Year's resolution generally plan to do so for the whole following year. This lifestyle change is generally interpreted as advantageous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_resolution
So here goes: that moment of truth when I actually write down my goals for the year, making them: official and myself: accountable. In the past, I have resolved to change a habit or complete a project but this year, by committing to some personal goals, I have a feeling changing habits and completing projects will be a byproduct anyway.
Rather than making nutritional resolutions, (I will not eat cookies for breakfast for a year...) I am focusing on increasing and improving my running and hope by doing so, I will also improve and increase my nutrition. At first, my New Year's resolution was going to be: run 15 miles a week for the year. But I was told because there was no building or increasing of mileage, it wasn't a challenging goal. (After not running for almost 3 full weeks, it sounded like a challenging goal to me!) So - I plan on starting at 15 miles a week and increasing every quarter from there. I set a weekly mileage goal (versus daily) because I wanted the flexibility to run short some days and long others, and take a day off here or there. I also want to run some races throughout the year. I realize while marathon training, I will likely run more than my weekly goal but I want to treat those weekly mileage markers as minimums. I will also continue to teach 5-7 classes a week so will have to plan my runs accordingly.
Weekly Mileage Goals: Race Goals:
Jan - 15 miles Complete 1 marathon
Feb - 15 miles Complete 2 half marathons
Mar - 15 miles
Apr - 20 miles
May - 20 miles
Jun - 20 miles
Jul - 24 miles
Aug - 24 miles
Sep - 24 miles
Oct - 28 miles
Nov - 28 miles
Dec - 28 miles
So fitness goals are set. Faith goals are a little harder...
I want to grow my faith, do more for others, and feel more connected to my church and community this year. I plan to satisfy these goals by:
1. volunteering at least 8 hours a month (ideally more but I need to start with a do-able, measure-able goal)
2. participating in our next women's bible study in a duel capacity: take care of the babies and children of the women who attend the daytime study, and then attend the evening study myself
Hmmm. Reading this over, I am a little intimidated. It sounds like a lot. But really, if I look at each as a daily commitment, we are talking an hour or two at most. I can do this!
Are you committing to any New Year's resolutions?