New Year's Revolution

Good evening blogosphere!  And a grand welcome back to.. myself.. as I seemed to have taken a semester long hiatus from doing any writing!  In case you didn't know, I finished my undergrad just a few short weeks ago and am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my diploma in the mail!

Wooooo so let's get down to business!

So I'm currently snuggled under the electric heat blanket in a guest bedroom of my grandparents house in sunny  warm  sub-zero Minnesota.  One of my favorite places to visit growing up, I still get giddy when I get to grandma and grandpa's big, familiar house.  As I've grown up I've been truly blessed to have all of my grandparents (that's 9 to be exact..) around and *relatively close by.

*relatively as in within 10 hours driving distance....

Now though, it's a different kind of fun being with my grandparents because now I actually have to opportunity to get to know them as individual people, and not just fun visitors who usually have presents or cookies for me.  Now, I am interested in talking to them about things I know, learning from and teaching them the ways of our worlds.  This morning afternoon (literally 12:15) once I made it out of bed, the discussion was New Year's resolutions... or as I drowsily named them "revolutions."  We all got a good laugh as I welcomed a cup of coffee and the conversation was dissolved with my brain fart as we retreated to the sun room.

As I lazily hung out today I kept coming back to this "revolution" idea.. and I gotta say, I think I kind of like it!  I mean usually our resolutions are to lose 15 pounds, exercise daily, stop drinking pop, stop drinking period... but it's always kind of got a negative connotation.  Like, "oh I need to start out the new year by punishing myself for the way I ended the last."  But instead today I got to thinking, "I'm going to revolutionize 2014 by implementing something to really radically change the way I live this year."

A mixture of my verbal slip and an article I found at Relevantmagazine.com (an awesome! online magazine for today's believers) called 13 Lessons I learned in 2013 started off with the idea of choosing "One Word" with the idea that instead of coming up with a list of unrealistic goals as a resolution that won't last 5 minutes, to choose one word that you will use to shape everything you do in the coming year.  I'll let you go out and read the article so I don't have to paraphrase it here, it's a really great one!!!

Even though I had already decided on a resolution, I'm going to try to become a vegetarian..., I am going to do this "One Word" thing too.  I've got my list down to two words I'm choosing from, and maybe there's a way for me to whittle them down into one.

My first choice is enough.  This is kind of a broad option, but it's also straight to the point.  I want to recognize how much is enough.  Just to use enough for me and not be gluttonous or excessive in my thoughts and actions.  Try to live as simply as possible and be thankful that all I have is enough.

My second choice is intentional.  This is something I sometimes struggle with.  To be intentional in every single thing I do.  To make realistic goals and intentionally try to achieve them.  To leave no to-do's uncrossed, but to also put a few on my list that will take hard work to accomplish.  To have and to know the reason behind everything I do, every decision I make.

What do you think?  Is a 2014 going to be revolutionary for you?

Happy New Year!