I Am Resolved

Here follows an account of my New Year’s Resolutions.  The priest at mass today told us to choose ONE resolution (it’s a pity I can’t do his Spanish accent justice via keyboard).  Well, I will now (respectfully) ignore his advice.  I’m 20 years old: I officially have less than a year until I traverse the dateline into adulthood.  This year, I want to attempt to set up some habits that will serve me well as I enter the world of the Big Folk.  So here I go:

 

  Mind:

• Read four books (namely, the Lord of the Rings, and a spiritual book)
• Make (and STICK to) a budget

Body:

• Gym twice a week
• Starbucks: tall drinks only, twice a week.  If I must camp out studying, then tea only.

Spirit (Ambitious, but if one category should be, it is this one):

• Daily mass once a week
• Rosary once a week
• Write in journal once a week
• Confession once every two months
• Read the aforementioned spiritual book (top candidates are a biography of Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati or The Screwtape Letters)
• Regis Examen before bed each night

Habits:

• Dress up once a week
• Wait two seconds before answering questions (especially the dreaded, “Hey! How are you?”), and two seconds after someone has finished talking

Live every day as if it was your first, last, and only.  Happy New Year.