A new leaf or self improvement?

Life is ever changing and those who sit still let life pass them by. I don’t want that nor do I intend on failing to achieving the things I want. I am really not one to quit things very easily, especially if it is a goal or dream of mine. So I have decided to do a few things.

First I want to start a Bible study with my girlfriend. I think it is important in any relationship to grow together and that would also include doing so in our relationship with God. So Bible study it is, hopefully it will go well and we can learn from each other ;)

Secondly I have decided to learn how to play the guitar…yet again. This is difficult task as I have no musical ability, but I figure if I play a little everyday then I will eventually pick it up…or at least I can die with no regret to having at least given it my best effort to do so.

Can’t climb a mountain when you get winded over a mole hole so I figure I will try to learn the basic chords (A, C, G, F, E) playing each until I get them down, then I will factor in changing between them until I can change between them at random. Hopefully I will get to the point I can do this fairly quickly in a few months. At least enough that I can play a basic song or two.

Next is my web design, I love web design and I want to grow my ability in such. PHP, CSS and dynamic insertion are my short term goals to learn, and then I want to build a gallery system with them. I figure this gives me a goal and tools to learn in achieving those goals.

Next is debt management, this year I have done very well in managing my debt and assets from the aspect of keeping track of them. I now need to work harder at reducing my debt and increasing assets. This is really hard for me as I am an impulse buyer (just ask my girlfriend why I am not allowed to go to the grocery store, lol) and due to college/stupidity I have a rather large hole to work out of :(

Then there is working out, nothing serious just getting in shape. Push ups, sit ups and the like are easy non-time consuming activities you can do at home and have no excuse for not doing. So I am going to start!

Last is a time management schedule, you can’t achieve the world without knowing how long you have to do things in. Don’t get me wrong, it is a loose thing but at least it will help give me some structure. Even if I don’t follow it, if it makes me more self conscious about time and what I am doing with it then I should at least gain that.

You can call it what you want. New leaf, self improvement whatever but I find that people that only look at their state of being and try to change things once a year get too caught up in the aspects of everyday life and thus fail their goals. I am trying to move to a state of continuous improvement and eventually look at how I can better myself everyday. Little changes go a long ways in life so why not make them?

Wish me luck ;)