{"id":9829,"date":"2012-09-13T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=9829"},"modified":"2012-09-14T08:54:19","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T15:54:19","slug":"resolution-update-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2012\/09\/13\/resolution-update-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution Update #5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time for a\u00a0<a title=\"New Resolutions\" href=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/05\/new-resolutions\/\">resolution<\/a>\u00a0update\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>1. Read through the New Testament Twice<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nUgh. Really bad. Total fail. I think I have to resign myself to the fact that I&#8217;m not going to achieve this one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><\/em><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>2. More dancing<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nYou know what? I&#8217;m getting there! I&#8217;ve started going to a West Coast Swing club once a week, and last night I got my country on at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.incahoots.com\/\">InCahoots<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>3. Be more gentle with people<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nQuite a few successes to report! The body count left in my wake is diminishing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>4. No sodas\/fizzy drinks<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nI very nearly had a Root Beer by accident the other day, but I&#8217;m still going strong!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>5. Get into the best shape of my life<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nLast month was pretty bad, but I&#8217;ve fought back and I&#8217;m back to 162lbs. C&#8217;mon, it&#8217;s now time to get serious and thing done!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>6. Complete reading list<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nA few more books have been polished off:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Listen-When-God-Speaking\/dp\/1593251831\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326830209&amp;sr=8-1\">How To Listen When God Is Speaking<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Godless-Delusion-Catholic-Challenge-Atheism\/dp\/1592767877\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326830154&amp;sr=8-1\">Godless Delusion<\/a>. I&#8217;m currently working on Pope Benedict&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jesus-Nazareth-Baptism-Jordan-Transfiguration\/dp\/1586171984\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326829980&amp;sr=1-1\">Jesus of Nazareth<\/a>.\u00a0I have the follow other books to complete by the end of the year:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rediscover-Catholicism-Matthew-Kelly\/dp\/0984131892\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326830013&amp;sr=1-1\">Rediscover Catholicism<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Matthew Kelly<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Path-Life-Cyprian-Smith-Osb\/dp\/0852443021\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326829920&amp;sr=8-1\">The Path of Life<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Cyprian Smith OSB<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jesus-Among-Other-Gods-Christian\/dp\/0849943272\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326830244&amp;sr=1-1\">Jesus Among Other Gods<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ravi Zacharias<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Philosophy-Dummies-Tom-Morris\/dp\/0764551531\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326830289&amp;sr=1-1\">Philosophy For Dummies<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Thomas Morris<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">This puts me just a little bit behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>7. Keep proper track of finances<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s fallen off my radar a bit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>8. Tick something off my TODO list<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nStill good \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>10. Fast on Wednesday and Friday<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGood stuff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\"><strong>11. Give up Facebook for 40 days<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nI gave up Facebook for Lent. It was rather refreshing. It has certainly changed my relationship with Facebook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>12. Make an effort to dress well for Mass<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve done pretty well here, shaving, wearing a shirt, nice shoes etc. I have certainly been more conscious of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9830\" src=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Resolutions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Resolutions.png 425w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Resolutions-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for a\u00a0resolution\u00a0update\u2026 1. Read through the New Testament Twice Ugh. Really bad. Total fail. I think I have to resign myself to the fact that I&#8217;m not going to achieve this one&#8230; 2. More dancing You know what? I&#8217;m getting there! 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