A New Year: A New To-Do List and Not To-Do List!

In 2010, I will do all of the following:

1. Read the Bible...as in the whole thing. I have had this on my list before. The last time I attempted this I made it through Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and part of Numbers. I started slacking off when I got to Leviticus.

2. Think and write about what I read. Perhaps I write on this very blog.

3. Be on time. I used to be on time. I'm not sure when I started being fashionably late but it's not really all that fashionable, so I'm starting right now. I will be on time. You just wait and see.

4. Graduate from college. This one's a given, but I should really have something on the list that I will accomplish easily to boost my self-esteem.

5. Get a job or go to graduate school. That's realistic and boring but necessary nonetheless.

6. When I make a list of things to do, I am actually going to do everything on the list.

7. Do my laundry more frequently...as in not all at once when my closet is empty and I have nothing to wear.

8. Turn my most horrible days into good days, even if it justs means eating ice cream at the end of a horrendous sequence of events. Ice cream can fix even the worst days...so can a hug.

9. Keep up with this silly blog I've started. A friend suggested I start one, so I did. Why not?

10. I'm only getting on facebook once a day for a maximum of 15 minutes. I spend hours of my precious life online, and facebook is definitely my biggest time waster. If I had spent that much time reading my Bible, I would have finished it and reread it several times by now.

Things I will NOT do in 2010:

1. Waste time procrastinating. As my mom always says, "If you'd just done the job instead of whining about it for 45 minutes, you'd already be finished, and you'd be happier."

2. Be cranky for no good reason. And usually, my "good" reasons aren't that great. So basically, I should just not be cranky.

3. Be selfish with my time and effort. If someone asks me to help them, I will help them to the best of my ability, and I will serve the people around me whenever I find an opportunity.

There. 2010 will be quite challenging, but anything is possible, right?