2012

It's two days into the new year, and the past two days have left me reflecting on the past year of my life. 2011 brought a lot of joy and pain, a lot of fun and heartache, but I made it through and will continue to do so in 2012. This new year is going to be a new beginning for me. It's always thrilling to look forward to what a new year will bring. You just never know what is going to happen that will change your life forever, but rest assured, something will happen, that part is guaranteed. In 2012, I will graduate college (finally) and be able to move on into the real adult world. How scary is that. Ok, scary isn't quite the right word, but it is exciting, nerve wracking, enchanting, enticing, overwhelming, and intimidating all at the same time. To say that I feel prepared for the year I am plunging into would be a tremendous lie. In fact, I don't feel prepared at all, but I think that's the point. If we went through life prepared for every little thing that was thrown our way, we would miss out on the chance to figure out who we are. We would miss out on the opportunity to grow into the person we are meant to become. A new year is a new chance. We are given new chances everyday. Every morning we wake up is a new chance to be better than we were the day before. It can be discouraging to think about what we didn't do or still don't have when you think about your life. I read a quote that I feel is fitting to theses situations. "If something is not happening for you, it doesn't mean it's never going to happen, it just means you aren't ready for it." I feel like I have been stuck in rut thinking about all the things I feel I am so ready for but still don't have and then I read this quote and also thought of the advice to trust in God's timing. I may think I am ready for something, and that I know what I want and think I am ready for, but if I don't have it, God is still preparing me for it, and if not what I had in mind, something greater. Whenever it comes, it will be when it is meant to happen, not when I think it should but when God knows it should.

I know it's cliche, but I am going to post a few goals I have for this new year.

1.Read my scriptures daily.

2.Write in my journal.

3.Graduate college.

4.Go to the gym at least 4 times a week.

5.Blog weekly.