This year, for one of my new year's resolutions, I decided to keep a blog.  So, this is it.  HOORAY! haha.

I decided for my first blog, I would post my new years resolutions so that they are written down and I can see them and be able to see them throughout the year.

1.  Keep a blog.  Check!
2. Get into graduate school.  Preferably Roosevelt so I can study with DALE!!
3.  Practice more than I need to... ok, maybe not more than I need to, but more than I do.
4. Get through this semester without going crazy.
5. Read for pleasure.  Top of the list now: The Good Life by Chuck Colson and Kardashian Kondfidential :)
6. Become organized and get rid of things that clutter my life!
7. Face my fears.

That last one is probably the biggest challenge on this list.  I've realized recently that fear in my life keeps me from doing a lot of things.  I'm not talking about staying in my house because the sky might fall or I might get hit by a bus kind of fear, but fear of not knowing what is coming.  As I begin my last semester at Olivet, my fear has only increased with the things going on around me.  I start student teaching in two days, BWS is a month away, I have no idea what I'll be doing come May 8th, and whats more, I have no idea what I want to do with my life.

The day after Thanksgiving, I was talking with my dad and I realized I often tend to run away when things get dark.  If it looks difficult, causes change or creates any sort of tension in my life, I tend to run away or push it to the side until absolutely necessary, or until it confronts me again.

Thats not how I should be living.  God calls us to live by faith.  He wants me to be so in tune to Him that I can walk out onto the water, not be able to see the bottom, and know that I am safe with Him.  So this year, thats what I'm going to do.  Keep my eyes focused on what matters, grab life by the [horns] and stop living in constant fear.