"Be active." I have been a lot more active this year than in past years. As you know, I'm training for a half marathon, and I have actually been able to keep myself on track for the most part (not 100%, but I'll be ready January 29th!)
"Eat right." I've been eating a lot more healthily this year than before. I do suffer from low points and I'll get a fatty burger, but it's not a usual occurrence. I've incorporated a lot more fruits and vegetables into my diet. I've been cooking for myself, which means I've been paying more attention to what goes into the food I've been eating.
"Make friends!" I have grown a lot more confident over the year, especially from summer to now. I owe a lot to friends in the ward for that: Charlee, Larisa, and Sheyene. These three have pulled me out of my comfort zone and pulled me into social situations. They've taught me how to make friends instead of relying on old friendships. For that, I thank them so much!
Along with the goal to make friends, I know that I had also had in mind to gain relationships and go on more dates. I can also say that has happened this year! Summer was good to me. I started going on dates that weren't set up by other people- guys started asking me out more, and that gave me a lot more confidence as well. It didn't end with summer. There were many dates since, and for the past couple weeks I've spent a lot of time with Jonathan - a guy from the ward. It's nothing too serious right now, but I like him. :)
"Do well in classes." This one took some time off to get going. Fall semester was great! Granted I only took a few classes, my GPA improved quite a bit.
"Save money!" Well, this was the one goal that I did not meet, and one I plan to retry this coming year. Even with my 2 jobs over the summer, I failed at saving.
Well the New Year is coming up and it's time to set some new goals:
Run a Walt Disney World race. Because I'm already signed up for my Disneyland Half Marathon which I KNOW I will accomplish, I am setting a new goal to accomplish another race. I want this! My sister, Corinne is going to try to convince me to run a race with her, probably a marathon. I don't know if I'm quite there yet, but I'm not ruling that out either.
Meet a goal weight by the end of winter semester. I'm not posting the numbers here, but I plan on losing a good amount of weight by summer time! I want to be able to feel better about going to the public pool and wearing shorts this summer.
Keep the grades up. I hope I can maintain and improve my GPA. I've decided that this semester wasn't difficult to do that, hopefully I'll be able to do well continually!
Save money. I'm going to try this one again. I've got some plans in the works as far as summer goes to make a better income, and that could lead to more saving opportunities! We'll just see how it all goes.
Most importantly: Grow in my relationship with my Heavenly Father and Savior. I do pray and read scriptures everyday, but it's not quite enough. I need to be a lot better at studying, not just reading. No matter where your testimony is, there is always room for growth. :)
This should be another great year. I am looking forward to all the opportunities I will have in 2012!
