Goals for 2009
For a few years now I’ve been contemplating some important steps that I know would be good for me but require some time and effort to really do well. The fact that I know these things will require a significant effort has caused me to keep putting them off. This is not necessarily bad:
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’” (Luke 14:28-30, NIV)
But if I don’t ever do them, then of course I’ll miss out on all the benefits that I could gain from them, not to mention the ways that they could help me be of greater benefit to my family and others. Some of the things I’ve been wanting to do include:
- Having a consistent cardiovascular and anaerobic workout. Nothing fancy, but I plan on doing the exercise bike for 1/2 hour and then doing pushups and situps, increasing my reps regularly. The idea here is just to keep my body in decent shape, not become an olympic athlete. I’ve done this on and off, but lately illness and traveling has got in the way.
- Eating more purposefully, trying to plan out meals and purchase ingredients for the week in advance.