Monday, June 20, 2005

Bring it on, Old Man Winter

Life changes I am starting this week:
- daily and focused devotions, in which I will not just read the Bible, then put it down and forget it, but write down what I have learned and do my best to remember and apply it for the rest of the day.
- regular muscle building and cardiovascular exercise. Even when I'm standing and walking for 6-8 hours a day at work, I haven't managed to harden my physique at all. So it looks like I'm going to have to work at it. Dang.
- discipline in what I am eating. Turns out, during the summer I eat a whole lot of crap. So that trend needs to slow way down.
- living cleaner. I want to stop living like a slob, with a consistently messy room, etc. If I was in school, this would also include keeping my school stuff neat and orderly, but that will have to wait until I get school stuff again.
- improving my image. I admit, I will start wearing makeup a bit more often. I'm sorry if this disappoints, and it's not like I will instantly become Barbie. I don't have the features to become Barbie anyways. But, yeah, I'm going to start with eyeliner and mascara. I may also be trying more stuff with my hair. Lookout, femininity, here I come!
- living genuinely. I want to be a lot more real. I usually take the easy way out with people, pretending to be seriously concerned with the ins and outs of their lives, but as soon as I walk away, it's all forgotten. I want to be genuinely interested in and concerned with people, even people who come through my lane and have had a rough day, or are having trouble finding something in the infant's department at work. This could entail a lot of hard work, but it will ultimately make me a much better ambassador for Christ.
- eating breakfast. I will! I think this will help me out in most of the above changes. In fact, I'm going to go eat some right now.
- share the news about Tri-Danielson/The Danielson Family. Steph, and anyone else, see if you can find some of their music. It affords hours of entertainment.
So, I guess, if people want, they can leave what kind of changes they would like to make. Or they could be annoyed at this seeming self-righteousness, which was not my aim at all. This is more of an attempt to garner some accountability from those who read this. I'm doing a no-no and posting this on both blogspot and xanga, which I haven't done for a while, but I figure it's a big enough deal that most of you will forgive me some day.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm, this shall be a most interesting change Bethy, I cannot wait to see it. I do hope you stick to it, cause it will be mucho moy bien. Good luck and we'll keep an eye on you :P but God is watching all the time, so he's much better at the accountability thing.

Ciao.

Stephenie said...

All the best. I'm not yet willing to make any significant life changes as my current status seems to be apathetic. Terrible, I know, but perhaps your actions will inspire some change. Keep us informed.

Anonymous said...

muy, not moy. you should change your underwear every morning, bethany.