Love & Monsters

I didn't make any New Year resolutions for 2014.

Not for any profound reasons or anything. Honestly, on New Years Eve I was really tired and though the thought of making resolutions crossed my mind, taking a nap before I had to wake up and ring in the new year won out in the end. 

#oldladystatus

It was actually really refreshing to wake up on the first of January not feeling pressured to start my year out perfectly.

However, since then I have been compiling a mental list of the things I would like to work harder at this year, because like most of the world, I am motivated by the feeling of a fresh start that January brings.

This is the first time that I've actually written down these goals.

Read 25 books I've never read before in 2014.

When I first made this goal I began to feel discouraged because people all over tumblr and pinterest were pledging to read twice or three times as many.

But for me, 25 books is realistic. And if I surpass that, well, awesome!

{I'm working on my actual list now, but I'll save that for another post}

Read the bible in a year.

I actually began this one on time ;)

My family is using the Daily Audio Bible recorded by Brian Harding to go through the entire bible in a year, and we've promised that if one of us misses a day of listening all together we will catch up on our own. So far, so good.

If you've never checked out the Daily Audio Bible you should.

Here's a link.

http://dailyaudiobible.com/

Go for more walks and runs.

I'm not even trying to do a schedule for this one. And honestly, I totally haven't started it yet because it's either been raining or really cold. Right now it is neither... and I still haven't started it. Oh well.

In the last year I did walk and run a lot more though, and I found it was not only just a way to be active, but it was also a really great stress reliever.

Journal more.

hence the photo at the top of this post.

I really really really love stylized journaling. It makes me feel so happy and artistic.

Create goals for my photography.

Yes. I made a goal to create goals.

Don't judge.

For real though, this year is going to be super different for me.

 I graduate high school, and have to decide what to do next.

I'm looking at taking Photographic Technology classes at my community college. But, if I learned one thing in 2013 it was that things hardly ever go according to plan. 

The thing I want the most in 2014 is to find out what God's will for my life is, but I am aware that even that probably won't go like I plan ;)

I not only want to find out what God's will is, but I want him to give me the grace to accept his plan for me.

That's hard.

But I'm trying to let go, and I'm trying to trust God.

"When you're a kid, they tell you it's all... grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid, and that's it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It's so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better."

-Doctor Who (Love and Monsters)