New Year..New Beginnings?

2013...are you sure!?

It can't be. Where have all 27 1/2 of my years gone? I recently read an inspirational quote on pinterest that asked "Is what you're living for worth Christ dying for?"

Well that makes me feel pretty guilty. I'm not altogether unhappy. I don't feel like I'm letting God down in any extraordinary way. I haven't committed any major crimes or grievous sins (to my knowledge--just your average,every day, run of the mill sins). I do however feel like I should be living life more. Like maybe there's some big secret out there, and I'm not in on it. I wake up, go to work, come home, spend time with my family, go to bed, repeat. There are a few minor variances, but not many. Am I missing out?

A new year is always a time to reflect and take stock of yourself and your life. As I said, I'm not altogether unhappy, but do feel like something is missing and like I should change something. Where to start though?

I've tried resolutions in the past and have always failed. I have a few in mind for this year but worry that they will fall to the same fate. Should I make several and therefore increase my chances of one of them succeeding, or should I just pick one and focus all of my energy and committment to that sole resolution?

Some of the front runners this year are to improve my domestic skills, ie: Laundry, cooking, and organization in general. I feel like I am staying afloat in this area but could make my life a lot easier and more efficient if I fine tuned it. I'd also like to become more fluent in spanish. I do speak some (and understand more) but still am not able to converse effectively. It would greatly help out at work. Along with millions of other people around the world, I'd also like to lose weight/tone up/increase my fitness level/get HEALTHY! :)  I've been doing the biggest loser at work and while I haven't gained any weight, I'm not losing any either. LOL, not sure if thats the point.

I've also considered having my resolution centered around my marriage. I was reading an article the other day that said all couples, new/not so new, old/young, married/just started dating, happy/unhappy...(you get the picture) should take a proactive approach to their marriage. It basically said that even the happiest of couples can let their relationship dissolve and a lot of marriages could be saved if people took a proactive approach to preventing their marriage from reaching that point. It made a lot of sense. I feel happy and content with my marriage. We fight like every couple. He has quirks that irriate me and vise versa but what if those things developed into something more and could have been prevented if we had learned to better communicate and prevent "toxic thinking"? We work hard at everything else in our lives, for instance our health. We participate in routine screening and health maintenance. Why wouldn't we do that in other aspects of our life that are important to us?

Regardless of what my resolution is this year, a few things will always be most important: My family, specifically Brad and Piper; and God.

It's easy to lose sight of that in the moment, especially when times are hard and stressful but in todays world, its even more important to hold close to that. Life can change in an instance so holding on tight to those that are dear is vital.