2011 Goal Progress

It is now only hours away from 2012.  At the beginning of 2011, I posted that 2011 would be a year of transformation, and I set 5 goals for myself, below you will find the results:

Bible Reading - I had always wanted to read the Bible all the way through.  I had tried many other years, but failed.  This year, I finished!  It was a great lesson to me in discipline, and I learned a great deal from it.  If you have never done this, I would highly recommend it.

Read more - After getting a Kindle for Christmas 2010, I decided that I wanted to spend less time watching TV, and more time reading.  In 2011, I read 92 books (including the Bible, which contains 66 books, so it was kind of like I read 157 books).  I read a wide variety of books, and through borrowing books and finding free books, I was able to save money as well.  It was great fun, and look forward to reading many more books in 2012.

Exercise - I started off the beginning of the year doing well on this.  Then, I stopped making it a priority.  But, after fracturing my ankle, I have realized anew, what I had taken for granted.  The ability to walk and get around.  So, in 2012, I want to make this a higher priority.

Soda - I go through spurts with this.  Sometimes I do well, other times I drink way too much.  While in Peru, I did well in 2011 not drinking my favorite soda, Mountain Dew.  I only had 2, and that was on my birthday.  But, I often drank too much Inca Kola, primarily as a replacement caffeine source when tired.  Since being in the US for Christmas, I have reverted and have drank more soda.  So, in 2012, hope to continue to cut back on this.

Sweets - Sugar and chocolate continue to be a challenge.  Enough said :)

2011 was definitely a year of transformation.  It was a year where I learned a lot in many areas of my life.  It was a year of good times and bad.  A year that has changed me forever.  It was a year where my faith was challenged, yet persevered. 

In just over a week, I head back to Peru.  I have NO idea what God has for me in 2012 and beyond.  But, it is freeing NOT to know.  I will follow Him one day at a time, continuing to live by faith.  Improving myself personally in any way possible, in order to be ready for whatever God has in store.