A New Year...

Its a new year and with that comes new hopes, and new goals. I have never been a fan of new years resolutions, probably because I am not very good at keeping them. But the other day I heard something interesting that is similar to setting resolutions for the new year, but better at making sure that they really do come true. I was listening to author Donald Miller, speaking at the Imago Dei community, a church in the pacific northwest, and he was telling of how he spends the beginning of each year. He said that he takes some time to get away, taking with him only a few legal pads and his thoughts and thinks about what the next year ahead of him will look like. He told of how he maps out goals, and even some ways that he might achieve those goals so that by the time he leaves the cabin, he has an idea of what he would like to accomplish for the year. 

This was an intriguing idea to me and one that I thought that I would try. I couldn't get away for a few days, though I would have liked to, and so I sat with a legal pad at my desk at work and came up with some goals for the year. They are nothing spectacular really, mainly just things that I have been meaning to do for some time and haven't had the motivation to do so, but nonetheless it gives me some perspective on what is important to me and what I would like to accomplish. 

It is quite possible that I might forget about this as the year gets underway, as I get busier, and my life gets more cluttered It may matter to me less that I had set these goals at the start of the year but I thought it would be an interesting experiment to try. My hope is that come next December I will be able to look back at these few sheets of paper and reflect on some of the accomplishments made throughout the year. Peace be with you.