12 for 2012

Somehow it is 2012...I have no idea how this happened because I feel like it was just yesterday that I was thinking about how weird it was going to be to write 2000 instead of something with a 19 in front of it. Does that make me sound old? No? Okay good...

2012 is going to my year. How do I know? Because I am going to make it my year. No, I will not make a resolution because they inevitably fail. Instead I am going to write a list of things, a kind of bucket list, that I will accomplish this year. In sharing it here where someone is bound to read it and ask me how my list is going, and I will be proudly report on my progress. So, here it is. The 12 things for 2012.

1. Go to Church every Sunday.
2. Read my Bible every day.
3. Be more thankful - let people know that they are appreciated and valued.
4. Be more active - I already have aerobics classes on my schedule :)
5. Stop procrastinating. 
6. Spend more time in real life and less time online. (This means you Facebook)
7. Write letters.
8. Call my Grandma and my Dad once a week.
9. Take more pictures. They really do last a lifetime.
10. No more meaningless crushes.
11. Go on more walks and take time to appreciate the outdoors. I do live in Oregon after all...
12. Learn to love myself for who I am, all the time, no matter what. 

Some of these are hard, others will be easy. I am printing out this list and posting it in multiple locations as a constant reminder to myself of the things I need to do this year. Please, ask me about them. I will want to tell you about it!