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Erika's New Year Resolutions

It's the new year so that means I am going to be spending the next couple of weeks trying to turn all my 5's into 6's. The new year also comes with everyone making resolutions and I am not an exception. However, looking back on the ones I made last year I realized I wanted to make more specific goals that I could actually accomplish. So, without further ado here they are.
  1. More Organized in my Daily Life: I created cute meal plans for the next two weeks with the help of my mom. I really love doing this, not only do I know I am helping my family. but I also am learning important skills for later in my life. I also created daily to-do list templates that puts my whole day into one piece of paper. Needless to say I have had a lot of fun on Pinterest these last few days.
2, Get my Workouts in: My passion, ballet requires a level of physical strength and the only way to get better and stronger is with consistent practice and working out. This coming year I really want to up my game and commit to my workouts daily.
3. Prayer Journal: This is one area in my life that I was feeling I was really lacking. I got devotions in, but I felt like my prayers weren't really deep. Using the prayer journal and being able to write out what my heart is saying allows me to really have a important, uninterrupted conversation with my King. Excited to see how this is going to impact my life.
4. Photo a Day: This is a fun one, I got the idea from a bucket list prompt on Pinterest and then I collected a Instagram photo challenge for every month for my picture ideas. Check out my personal FB for the album or wait until the end of the month were I will do a blog post using the photos from that month.
 That's it just four resolutions, but by keeping them minimal and direct I hope to actually get to the end of the year and be able to say that I accomplished them. It is easy to be encouraged and motivated when it is only the 3rd of January and real life hasn't started yet. But it is a new year with new adventures for me to go on, lessons to learn, experiences to experience, and things that I never expected to happen, to happen.
  I have high hopes for 2016, I think it is going to be amazing and I am ready for God to take my life and guide me through this next year. I pray that I am open and responsive to his voice and I really can surrender my life to him. Which is always easier to say than to do. What are your New Year's resolutions?  Leave them in the comments. May your year be amazing!

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  1. UnknownJanuary 3, 2016 at 6:02 PM

    Resolution #1: Attempt to be as amazing as my daughter . . . . . . .

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