{"id":8749,"date":"2012-01-05T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=8749"},"modified":"2012-03-29T09:31:55","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T16:31:55","slug":"new-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/05\/new-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okaaaaay….it’s new resolution time…\u00a0Here’s what 2012 has in store for me…<\/p>\n

1. Read through the New Testament Twice:<\/strong>\u00a0This is actually quite a modest goal if I’m honest. I did toy with the idea of reading the entire Bible this year, but in the end I favoured this<\/em> goal in the hope that I will achieve the daily\u00a0prayerful\u00a0Lectio Divina<\/em>\u00a0reading that I tried (and failed) to do in 2011.<\/p>\n

<\/em>2. More dancing:<\/strong>\u00a0This is being carried over from last year. \u00a0My goal is to be dancing weekly by the end of 2012.<\/p>\n

3. Be more gentle with people:<\/strong>\u00a0Later this month I’ll do a blog entry<\/a> explaining exactly what I have in mind here…<\/p>\n

4. No sodas\/fizzy drinks:<\/strong>\u00a0Sodas are the new chocolate \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

5. Get into the best shape of my life:<\/strong>\u00a0This is another resolution continued from last year. I’m aiming to complete this resolution by my next birthday in April. I’ve signed up for the Warrior Dash and I may<\/em>\u00a0do a half-marathon…<\/p>\n

6. Complete reading list:<\/strong>\u00a0I’m going to be a bit more purposeful in my reading in 2012. I have assembled a list of twelve books that I want to finish by the end of the year. I’ll do a post on these books when they’ve all arrived.<\/p>\n

7. Keep proper track of finances:<\/strong>\u00a0Last year I got some way towards achieving this goal. This year I’m going to be a bit more specific: I’m aiming to check my bank accounts and check my budget once a week.<\/p>\n

8. Tick something off my TODO list:<\/strong>\u00a0I usually have a list of TODOs up on the mirror in my apartment. I want to get into the habit of\u00a0ticking off something every day<\/span>, even if it’s just something simple like “Answer Joe’s email”<\/em> or “Do washing up”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

10. Fast on Wednesday and Friday:<\/strong>\u00a0Fasting twice a week was a practice of the Early Church and I’d like to integrate it into my life.<\/p>\n

11. Give up Facebook for 40 days:<\/strong> Just to show I can \ud83d\ude09 I’ll probably do it after Daughters Of The King<\/a>.<\/p>\n

12. Make an effort to dress well for Mass:<\/strong>\u00a0For years I was an altar server, so the only thing that mattered was that I wore black shoes since a cassock covered everything else. I’ve therefore never given much thought to what I’ve worn to the liturgy but a few months ago I decided that I should address this.<\/p>\n

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Okaaaaay….it’s new resolution time…\u00a0Here’s what 2012 has in store for me… 1. Read through the New Testament Twice:\u00a0This is actually quite a modest goal if I’m honest. I did toy with the idea of reading the entire Bible this year, but in the end I favoured this goal in the hope that I will achieve the daily\u00a0prayerful\u00a0Lectio Divina\u00a0reading that I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[106],"class_list":["post-8749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","tag-new-year-resolution"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8749"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10643,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749\/revisions\/10643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}