New Years brings resolutions. I have a few, but I want to examine my resolutions from 2022 before moving forward. I feel like I always make personal resolutions, and I make business resolutions. Looking back, I kept the majority of the business resolutions I made last year (being more organized in my workflow and scheduling, focusing on marketing), but the majority of my personal ones fell by the wayside.
One personal goal that I am extremely glad that I have stuck with (even if really I got a late start on it) was to do more Bible study. As we come into the first week of 2023, I am planning my fifth monthly Women’s Bible study and a Christian Women’s Retreat in March. I have dedicated so much time to making this work in my life and in my church because the benefits of it far outweigh any burden it may present in my life. My knowledge of the Lord and His word had multiplied vastly. I want to add to this goal this year to just do better every day. I want to strengthen my relationship with the Lord and keep my progress consistent.
Through the progression with faith my attitude has gotten better. I am not claiming to be anywhere near perfect, because I know that part of my personality is a little volatile; however, I wanted to focus mainly on my reactions last year. My reactions aren’t always appropriate, but they’ve definitely improved and I hope to keep the progress going so that I can claim improvement each year until my temper is conquered.
This may seem like an odd resolution to some, but to me, it was necessary for peace. I vowed to just let it be when it comes to friendships. Expecting too much and trusting that others have the best intentions has often led to disappointment and hurt. Compartmentalizing friendships separate from family has helped put things in perspective. My family and I can have disagreements and still love each other, and they’re always going to be accepting and good to my kids and vice-versa. My family will always be there. Friendships are nice, and I still have very good friends who I know love me and my kids, but friends are friends. Very few really become family in the sense of the closeness that I have with my family. I realize this is not the case for everyone, and that family is not always blood due to different circumstances and situations, but, for me, the peace that came with not allowing people from outside my circle to keep affecting my self-worth made life more peaceful. Knowing where my circle is and who wants to be in it made it easier to walk away when necessary. I don’t really know how healthy this mindset is, but anything that brings one peace can’t be too bad.
With all of that being said, resolution number one going into 2023 is to take better care of me. I’ve gained so much weight I’m miserable and mad at myself. I couldn’t tell you the last time I was at a doctor (besides a dentist). Two years ago I worked so hard on my physical health and had such good results, but my mental health was faultering. I need to find a balance with the two. These winter months really work on my sanity sometimes and the urge to just eat away my feelings is strong. Usually about February I start perking up and getting revved to get healthy. I feel like I’m there now, and I need to hand this over to God to let Him help me to be the best version of myself not only mentally and spiritually, but physically as well.
My last personal resolution is one I make every year. That’s to be a better mom and wife. I struggle with feeling like a failure all the time. I read the Proverbs woman and how perfect she is and sometimes instead of encouraging me, the passage makes me feel defeated. I know that’s not God’s intention for His Word. The best way to remedy that is just to allow Him to finally fix me. I try too hard to fix myself and my results are always disappointing. God wants so badly to be part of my process and progress. My stubborn nature just doesn’t always allow it.
New Year scripture that I am vowing to keep:
Philippians 4:6-7
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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