New Beginnings
Posted in The Life of the Historian and tagged with Goals, God, Holidays, Reading, Seasons, Winter on January 5, 2010
I love January. Everything’s so fresh and new. Christmas decorations, though beautiful, are rather cluttery. I always make an effort to clean through my things in January, too, after being abundantly blessed at Christmas and my birthday. Though I haven’t completely tackled my desk and its stack of papers (which I saved for last), I feel much more comfortable in my apartment now that almost everything is in it’s place.
January also comes with a fresh start. Sure, it’s rather arbitrary what time of year we decide is the start of a new year, but I like having it in the dead of winter, the season I naturally have the least motivation. I think if we celebrated New Year’s some other time, I’d likely fall into a funk after Christmas. I look forward to having longer days (actually seeing more than the 20 minutes of sunlight I drive in to work) and more natural energy that comes with it.
I suppose I should talk about my lofty goals for this year, if this was a proper New Year’s post. But of course it’s not, being 4 days late, and I don’t have major goals for this year. While I have a hunger to learn and grow, I don’t necessarily have resolutions tied to those ambitions. Really, the only thing I have laid out as plans for this year is my book goals, of which I have a few. The only other two resolutions/goals I could come up with is to exercise three times a week (which was my goal anyway) and to wear a skirt/dress once a week (since I’ve gotten rather lazy, and really do love to wear a skirt).
More than anything, I want this to be a year where I grow closer to God and more obedient to His word. For me, one of the hardest things about living for Christ is the living for others. As my book goals can attest, I’m a bit of a loner. Like every other fallen human being, I tend to live for myself, seeking my own desires and pleasures. May God show me the needs of the people around me…and may I open my eyes to them and make it a priority to meet those needs.
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January 5th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Everything you say is true. But it’s just. so. darned. COLD.
To me, Spring is a time for new beginnings. Bring on the spring :)
January 5th, 2010 at 10:26 am
I’m telling you – we are so much alike! I too have a book goal for the year & I am a skirt person too… Can never find any I like so my hubs got me a sewing machine for Christmas so hoping to be able to make me some long skirt for the Spring/Summer year!
January 5th, 2010 at 11:31 am
Yesterday I did some de-cluttering as well. It’s a good time of year for it, as you say.
Happy New Year, btw!
January 5th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Thank you for visiting my blog and sharing your experience with wordpress. I am really thinking about switching. I’m just so used to Blogger that I’m scared I won’t transition over smoothly. I guess I fear a little since it’s unfamiliar to me. Thaks Again!
January 5th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Pretty picture and sentiment! And I agree with the first comment.. it’s just so dang cold!!
January 6th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Amen, I’m feeling the same way.