Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! ALREADY?

Another year has come and gone, and once again, I find myself saying “where did the year go?”

Even though it is already mid-January, I am just now pondering my New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve decided I am not going to make a resolution, because a “new year” isn’t enough to get me to change. So instead, I am thinking about the big picture. What are my life goals? What will I strive towards this year and the rest of the decade?

To help answer this question, I took a very informal poll of a handful of my friends. I asked them to tell me their most important life goals. Below is the summation of the list in order of importance, in my opinion.

1. Health for me and my family

2. A happy marriage

3. Children (however many you are blessed with)

4. Healthy lifestyle (eat right and exercise, maintain a healthy weight)

5. Make enough money

6. Fulfilling career

I am very satisfied with this list. I think these six things could be life goals for many of us – men, women, young, old.

When my son starts whining, or when my husband leaves his shoes in my way, I will try to remember this list, and what matters most.

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