We are hitting that time of year when I start to hear a lot more about changes. Something draws people to a New Year resolution that technically makes no sense, but the psychology of it all seems to work. I’m not going to spend any time analyzing why… really – who cares? The good news is that this is a time of year when all of you will have to decide… what is really working for me (keep), what is really failing for me (loose), and what is missing for me (new) to be better in 2012 than I was in 2011.
In this spirit I offer my personal glimpse of out with the old… in with the new.
I’ll start on the positive… some things that are working well and I plan to keep are my Air Max, AppleTV, life planning, serving the poor, St. Louis Cardinals, texting, family vacations, D2L, family fellowship, blogging, NAMM, maintaining my own lawn, Netflix, playing basketball, IDS Bible Study, Balance Bars, MLB app for iPad, Quicken
Next are some things that are not working so well, and I need to leave them behind… ice cream, Four Square, TripIt, Tungle, my Yamaha Drums, a “bah-humbug” attitude about Christmas lights, over-eating, BlackBerry, cable TV, maintaining my pool, printing/filing paper, body fat, Sun Devil Athletics, my 2006 Dell Latitude
And looking ahead… I need to add these to my arsenal in 2012: Daily prayer journal, broadcasting, hiking, Evernote, cold-calling, taking Sydney on a mission trip, Friday date nights w/Lori, leasing 120 Kiowa, GM @ ITW, let Pujols go, Serving/Discipling at SBC, new acoustic drum kit, fasting cleanse
I skipped a lot of take-it-0r-leave-its… like beer, Facebook, golf, movies, Twitter, etc… All good fun, but not important enough to prioritize.
I’ll probably think of more and continue adding to each list and looking back to see how successful I have been with these keep, loose, or add’s.
How about you – what will you choose to lose, choose to keep, and choose to add in the New Year? Remember, its a long way to the top if you wanna rock & roll…
Michael, always insightful and ever entertaining. As no surprise, I like your health related dietary goals! Thank you for reminding me regarding the prayer journaling. Number one…pray, number two…journal. How we neglect the important for the urgent.