Daylight Savings Resolutions

Well friends, it seems as though I have been in a funk. This blog post will not likely be funny. So if that's what you're looking for, hopefully, that will be a forthcoming post.

Now that my life seems to be pretty routine, I have been feeling purposeless. I'm sure I've blogged about this before. Now that I'm done with school and have started working full-time, I feel like I don't really know what to be working toward. I've felt a bit lost - like I need the next big thing to mark a milestone in my life. This is probably the quarter life crisis. (Also known as "adulthood").

I've been thinking a lot about my life and what would make it better. And I think strengthening the relationships that I've developed and learning how to develop new deep and meaningful relationships with those that I meet. Since it's not as easy to develop deep friendships at this stage in my life, I'm hoping to develop the qualities that I find interesting and I hope that others find interesting, too.

I didn't make new year's resolutions this year. I wasn't up for it. But maybe daylight savings' resolutions were really what I needed. So here is my list of resolutions:

1.      SHORT TERM (or ongoing)

a.      General Conference Preparation– read an Oct 2012 conference talk everyday leading up to April 2013 conference (March 11-April 6)

b.      Finish Book of Revelation by April 6, 2013

c.       Go to Cherry Blossom Festival

                                                                          i.      Send postcard to niece by 4/15/2013

d.      Read Scriptures 10 minutes daily

e.      Read chapter aloud in Libro de Mormon Daily

f.        Read 2 books/month

g.      Exercise 5x/week 

             i.   (50 sit-ups in 1 min, 56.5 sec 300 m sprint, 22 push-ups, 8:15 min mile)

h.      Write in journal biweekly

i.        Do 1 cultural/different activity in DC per month

                                                                          i.      Invite 1 different person to go to activity each time

j.        Make 1 new recipe per month

k.       Go on 1 date/month

l.        Meet 2 new people at every social gathering (that has at least 20 people)

m.    Become actively involved in a local charity - research charities by 3/31/2013

2.      MEDIUM TERM

a.      New Job by 9/30/2013

b.      Learn to knit and knit 2 scarves by 11/30/2013  

c.      Machu Picchu vacation by 6/1/2014

d.    Read Old Testament by 6/1/2014

3.      LONG TERM

a.     Management position by 3/31/2016

b.    Buy a house by 3/31/2018

c.     Loan Forgiveness or Pay OFF loans by 11/30/2022