First of all, I think I found what I’ll be wearing for the wedding…
Moving on…
I’m not sure what inspired me to do this. Maybe it’s the simple desire to set a few goals for myself. Or maybe it’s a selfish desire to be completely awesome. Whatever it is, I realized recently that there are a few things that I want to accomplish within the next year. Some of these things are actual tasks that I can complete (or tasks I can turn into habits) that will help me become a better person. The rest of these things are things I want…selfishly.
Since I’m on the topic of being selfish, I’ll start there…
1.) I want an iPad.
What? An iPad? YES. I want an iPad. And not because it’s going to be Apple’s newest product but because it will make my life so much easier better. I’ve never been one to jump on everything Apple releases like those blood-hungry fanatics who line up outside of the stores when a new product is released. I’m convinced that Steve Jobs could release an “iGun That You Can Shoot Yourself In The Foot With” and thousands of people would fight for a spot in line. And then shoot themselves. In the foot.
Well those people are stupid. And I’m not. My purchases are made strategically, not on a whim. But the iPad is perfect for me. It’s perfect because my computer is extremely inconvenient at times. I have a nightly/morning ritual that involves reading friend’s blogs and other interesting articles to start/end my day. It’s nice. But my computer is inconvenient for this because it’s annoyingly large. Because it’s a desktop computer. Just kidding. It’s a laptop. But that, to me, is reason enough to buy an iPad. I would use it constantly and I honestly believe that my kids will be lugging one to school everyday instead of carry 100 pounds worth of books like I had to do growing up.
2.) I want to read more.
Another reason the iPad would be great. But that’s not why I want to do this. I want to focus more on reading because of what that one guy said about standing on giant’s shoulders. I have a lot to learn about being a good Christian, husband, father, son, friend, war-hero, etc. The great thing about being alive during this time in history is that there are a lot of great books out there in the world that were written by incredible people. It’s exciting to think that I could learn from their mistakes and their successes without having to actually go through it. This is another reason I like to read my friend’s blogs. I know a lot of wise people…
A book that is on the top of my list that I already own is the biography of Theodore Roosevelt. He’s a lot more awesome than you would think.
3.) I want to get into shape.
You may think that this is because I’m getting married soon and will not be wearing clothes in front of a girl. You’re mostly right.
But it’s also because I don’t want to feel my back jiggle when I jog down a flight of stairs.
4.) I want to get a cool notebook to write in.
Journaling has, at times, been a very important part of my life. I admire my friend Jay for the amount of journaling he does. His kids will pretty much have an entire private library full of books that their dad has written. How awesome is that? But I don’t want to write in a boring notebook. I want to write in one of these notebooks. They take old books and turn them into notepads. I heard about them from Seth Worley and I’m officially obsessed and also sad that I didn’t come up with the idea.
5.) I want to learn to Pray better.
This is pretty straight forward.
It’s like saying I want to learn to be a better friend because the only way to do that is to actually spend time with the people I care about. Or at least be intentional with my friendships.
Similarly, the only way I can learn to pray is to actually put time aside to spend with God. A friend of mine said recently that he views the word “busy” as a cuss word. I think that’s stupid because I use that as an excuse all the time and I hate feeling like I’ve been cussing a lot.
6.) I want to get a Job.
I want to get paid well to work consistently doing a job that I love. Or read this book and learn how to make what I love a consistent job.
7.) I want to write more.
I don’t mean journaling. I already said that. I would like to focus more on getting the ideas in my head out on paper. Whether it’s a short story, a screenplay or a stage play, I need to do more creative writing.
8.) I want to get married on July 31st 2010.
Thank goodness this is happening. I basically put this on the list so that I can actually cross it off when it happens. 1 for 8 isn’t that bad.
