For years, I posted here. So if you feel the need to go back in time and read about things that happened to me before I started blogging here, that's the place to be.
One of the main reasons that I started this new blog is because I had pretty much quit posting in my old one. I'm hoping that a change of scenery might get me blogging more often. I suppose we will see what happens.
In this new blog, and seeing as how this is the first day of a brand new year, I'd like to start things off by setting some goals for myself for 2009. This time next year, assuming I'm still blogging regularly, I'll come back to this list and see how I did.
Blog on a regular basis.
There's really no point in having created this page if I'm not going to update it.
Lose some weight. Get healthier.
Yeah, that's probably on everyone's New Year's Resolutions list. Most won't keep. I've certainly made that goal before and haven't kept it myself. But Brandi and I both are tired of being out of shape. She just started a new job, and one of the perks of that new job is a discounted gym membership. We've also got a couple of friends from church who say they will work out with us occasionally.
Get a Master's degree.
If everything goes according to plan, this is one goal I should certainly obtain. I have one class left to finish, and I take comprehensive exams in March. If I pass those, I'll have a Master's Degree in the Art of Teaching.
Pay of some debt.
It's time to get serious about paying off some old credit card debt. Like I mentioned above, I'll be finished with my Master's degree soon. And while that does mean a pay increase for me, it will also mean that I'm going to have to start paying back some student loans. So what I need to do is get as much credit card debt paid off as I can before those loan bills start coming in.
See an Atlanta Braves baseball game.
I've been a fan of the Atlanta Braves for getting close to twenty years now. But I have never in my life been to see an actual game. So Brandi and I (along with a few of our friends) have decided that this will be my year.
Create something.
I used to write all the time. A year or two back, I decided I was going to get back into that. I dabbled in it, but never got serious. I'm not promising that this will be the year that I actually do get serious about it either. But it is something that I have always wanted to do, and I won't get any better at it without actually doing it.
Be a better teacher.
There's a few things that I know I need to do better. But for the most part, this is just a constant goal that I will probably have every year. This is just one of those things where every year I need to improve some aspect of my career. I can certainly say that this year is better than last year. Hopefully, this time next year, I'll be able to say the same heading into 2010.
Be a better Christian.
Here's another that will probably pop up here every year. And I suppose that it is a goal that every Christian should have every year. Do more for the kingdom of God than you did before. What will that actually entail for me in 2009? I'm not real sure. I just guess I'll know at the end of 2009 if I actually pulled it off or not.
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