2013 New Year's Resolutions

I generally make a list at the start of the new year for things that I hope to improve upon or to start.  I don't have any misgivings that in creating this list, I'll somehow transform myself become the person God had intended for me to be, but I find it's a super-good starting place to have a routine time to take inventory and self-evaluate.  Then I can start or modify practices so that God can continue to mold me.  Heaven knows there's lots of work to be done!

So here's the list.

2013 RESOLUTIONS

1.  Make my daily quiet time a SACRED time -- 

that it be the same time every day and not just when I can fit it in.  I hate to admit this, but I'm super-bad about squeezing in lots of important things, and this should not be the case!  If it's important, then there should be priority in scheduling.  It just makes sense, right?

2.  Continue my weight loss.  I'm down 20 lbs. with 

a goal for another 20 lbs.  in 2013!  Isn't this on everyone's list?!

3.  Keep a reading log of the books I read -- with a goal of at least one a month.

(I read a ton online, but generally my trouble in reading books it that the library doesn't carry the new reads from the Lifeway catalog, and I don't always have room in the budget to grab my next wishlist read.)

4.  This is just for fun:  keep a running list of hilarious things my officemate says on a daily basis.  She cracks me up.  Today she said:  "I don't work for communists; I work for God!"  Don't even ask the context; it wouldn't make it any less hysterical. 

5.  SUPER-IMPORTANT, intentional focus on patience and humility with my children.  I hate to confess this, but my kids are extreme worriers.  Throughout the day it can often suck my joy, and by evening I find that I've lost my silliness and good spirits.  But this shouldn't be the case!  My joy should not be dependent upon the others around me.  I've been convicted about this a great deal lately.

What's on your list?  Do you have any exceptional ideas that I need to consider for 2013 or 2014?  I'd love to hear them.  Not that I fancy a large readership following my daily ramblings, but if you there and want to share, I'd absolutely love it.