A New Year, A New Resolve

I know that my goals will be more likely to be achieved if I am accountable for them; thus, I am going to let everyone know about my New Years resolutions so that I have extra encouragement to do them this year.  

1. Try one new recipe a month.  

I get pretty comfortable with my staples (frozen french fries and pasta) and I would like to expand our options this year...not to mention that I want to use our spice rack and some of the many cookbooks we got for our wedding!

2. Do service.  

I came up with this one as I was walking from my apartment to my mom's house- there was trash along the road and I thought that if I had a bag I would have picked it up...but maybe not.  At BYU I got comfortable with a service project coming to me quite often- I think I am going to have to work a little harder here.  

3. Take more/better pictures.

Photography used to be something I was very active in and I miss it.  I still see an artistic shot here or there, but I don't really take the time to take them; and even if I do nothing really comes of it!  

4. Run a half-marathon.

I have been building up my daily jogs (this morning I went the whole five with my mom) and I think that a half-marathon is an attainable goal if I keep running consistently.  The one I have my eye on is in March which means that there might be an opportunity to run another one later in the year if I recover!

Now I feel more responsible for the goals I have set- people know and now I can't back out!  Wish me luck!