Time for some changes....

I have a great life! While I sometimes forget that, it's true, I am truly blessed with so many things. But now is the time in my life where I make some changes, to make my life even better!

I am 27 years old, I'm about 5-10 pounds over the weight I'd like to be, but otherwise healthy, I work two jobs, both which I like. I have great family and friends who serve me and often support, so really what changes do I need to make right? Well I'm 27 and while I know it could be worse, I have a lot of debt (especially for a girl who lives back at home and works two jobs) I am slowly gaining back the weight that I worked hard to lose, I often don't have the greatest priorities with my time and energy. So here I am listing the things I really want to focus on in my life over the next few months to make me a better person-

1- Get out of debt. I know that if I focus on this I can do it by summer 2009, but it's going to take concentration and discipline. I don't want to be someone who can't ever do anything fun with friends or for myself becuase I'm on such a tight budget, but for the next few months I'm going to really concentrate and be very choosy at what I do so that come summer, I will be saving money and will be able to live free of debt.

2- Become a stronger person spiritually- In Brand New Year, for the youth, they offered a challenge to all the youth around the world to say their prayers morning and night and to read their scriptures at least 5 minutes a day. 5 minutes- I should be able to find that no problem- My mom once found a quote that said something along the lines of If you are too busy to read your scriptures, then you are much busier than the Lord ever intended you to be. I don't want to be too busy for the Lord, not when he has blessed me so much. In addition to those two things challenged to the youth, I want to make it to the temple at least once a month.

3- I want to be healthier. I am not a fan of the gym, mainly cause I just have a hard time finding a time that works for me. Mornings and I are not often friends. But there are other things I can do to be healthy. Limit the sugars I eat, limit the diet coke I drink, (you may notice I did NOT say QUIT diet coke, that would just be silly) limit how much I eat out (that will help with healthy and with getting out of debt) Go back to a weight watchers mentality, watching my portion size and including more vegtables.

4- I want to be a more organized person, I want to work at keeping things in their place (and that place not being on the end of my bed)

5- I want to serve more- Our bishop challenged the ward to do 8000 acts of service between now and Christmas. I hope that I can do my part in abundance! I want to be a better friend, to realize what friends need when they don't say it, the same goes for my family.

I want to be a better person all around. I want to be the me, who is ok with me all of the time, not just when my friends convince me that who I am is great. I blog these things, because sometimes I lack in the follow through of things. I don't usually set new years resolutions because I know by February I'll have forgotten about them. So I'm asking you to keep me in check, help me be the person I want to be. I have many great examples to look to and I know that if I can stay focused there isn't much I can't accomplish.