I’m Gonna Give it All I Can Give

          It is that time of year for most people to make goals. The majority makes a goal to lose weight and they work on it for about 3 days then give up. Well I think the problem with that is they have no one to account to. For my new year resolutions I am going to make sure I have someone to account to; all my readers. I want my friends to check up with me and make sure I am doing what I am supposed to. Let’s start:

          Looking over this past year, the two thousand and eleventh year of our Lord, I learned that I am a very selfish person. I want to make 12 new friends this year. I am not talking about best friends, but people I can get along with and talk to at church, or school, or even hang out once in a while. I think that if I can help others I won’t be so bitter all the time. Along with that same idea, I want to strengthen friendships I already have; my closest friends have become distant, I blame it on marriage or school. The real issue is me; I need to be the one to make an effort to see them because they have more important things than me. I have friends in California that I want to keep. I want to make sure they know they are very important people to me. Facebook is an alright way of keeping in touch. But my real intentions for this year are to make sure they know how important they are to me, other than through social networking. Last thing with the friends is I want to solidify friendships that have already begun.

          I was looking at some of my fitness magazines the other day and realized I told everyone on Facebook that I was going to be a “fit man” according to Men’s Health Magazine by this December. I am sad to say that I did not get anywhere near that. So my resolution for this year is no make sure I am progressing along with my plan to be more physically fit and to gain the muscle I want. I am not putting a limit on myself because I think I need to be a little flexible with my health. Being overboard the first few weeks or even days might kill me. I have a plan and I am going to stick to it; diet and all. I have a dietary leader (Thanks Jenna Shirley) and now all I need is a friend to work out with (anyone open to the idea?) I am serious about going. I need someone who will not back out on me, someone who will make the same effort with me (any takers!?)

          I want to be finished with my generals at UVU and I want to be at least starting my program by December of 2012. It takes some dedication for me to get this one accomplished. That’s about all for school. It is short and to the point.

          One thing I want to change about myself is how lazy I am. I want to have some drive to actually do something with my time. I do not want to be wasteful of my time like I have been in the past year. I want to be productive. If that means developing a new talent, so be it (Don’t count on that though). Reading to gain knowledge or studying a topic just for the heck of it is something I will say I am going to do, but I will not let it interfere with my school work.

          I have had a huge problem with how people take advantage of me because I can’t really say no. Another problem I have is the way I am bossed around at work. I am going to stand up for myself. I have a problem with authority when it is used in a bad way; and for a lot of managers where I work this is a problem. Let’s add another goal to this one, I want to do such a good job at my work that I will be promoted to a different store. 

         I have a very strong belief in my religion. I want to make sure this year that this does not diminish. I want to learn a great deal more of the scriptures. I want to gain much more insight about the Bible and The book of Mormon. How they work together and hand in hand. I am going to get pass along cards and make sure that people know that I have a very strong belief in Christ. I want them to not get offended by my beliefs and I want people to understand that this is a part of who I am. Not by my teaching them or because I am intense with them. I want them to know that I am a follower of Christ because of my actions. I want to show them that I am not here to judge them, I am here to live my life and if someone would like to be educated or needs to be educated I will tell them. Remember I will not allow anyone to walk all over me this year, so I will not allow them to trash on my religion either.

          My last goal is one I have been thinking about for a while. I want to do something next year that will have an effect on many lives. I do not want this thing to be negative. I want it to be a very positive thing. Now, I have a whole year to think of something. I want to have an idea of what I can do by the end of June. I have a very good idea, although it has already been done, I want to make it a thought in people’s heads again. Stay tuned for that.

          I have never understood the point of resolutions because I have always had small goals in my life. I have small goals every day of things I need to get accomplished. Today I want to make the decision to have large changes in my life.

 Dr.K

(Song: Free, Artist: Jenny Jordan Frogley)