new year's resolutions: 2011 edition

On January 1, 2010, I rolled out a new set of new year's resolutions. I titled my resolutions "building a better me." They included things covering 5 important areas of my life: Spiritual, Physical, Emotional, Relational and Mental. I listed them in that order to create the acronym SPERM. This acronym was a reminder to me of my biggest resolution which was for my wife and me to get pregnant. If you haven't seen my wife's basketball belly lately, let me assure you that I completed that resolution. Some of the others were iffy. I won't go into detail of all I succeeded or failed on, but I will roll out my 2011 resolutions which will look to continue building these 5 major areas. Here are my 2011 resolutions:

Spiritual - I resolve to read my Bible and pray every single day this year. I've never gone a full year without missing a day for one reason or another, but I have it in mind to do it this year. And I mean serious prayer time with God, not a quick 10-second checklist prayer.

Physical - I resolve to better my 2010 5k time. I want to get my mile down at least to between 6:00-6:15 by year's end. If I do run a marathon this year, I would like to better my time by 20-30 minutes. I also resolve to exercise at least twice a week, though preferably more (especially during training).

Emotional - I resolve to continue my growth in not being sensitive over certain things. I resolve to be slower to anger and slower to speak.

Relational - I resolve to continue to improve my contact with friends and family this year.

Mental - I resolve to read at least one book per month. I also resolve to blog every day this year.

I can't wait until January 1, 2012 when I can tell everyone that I successfully accomplished each resolution.

How about you? Any resolutions this year? Challenge yourself. Set the bar high so you improve yourself even if you miss the bar.

Be safe and Happy New Year!