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But the past isn't what I look forward to. The past is to be looked at and learned from. The future is what should be viewed with excitement. For me, the future contains a lot of exciting things that I know I can't even begin to comprehend yet. There will be challenging times in my future. There will be awesomely spectacular things. The first of these will be January 21 when I get to see the Jets play in Winnipeg during their inaugural season. When my brother and I heard the Jets were back and the schedule was released we started planning to go to a game, and we will be flying there the night of the 20th and flying back the afternoon of the 22nd.
Enough of that though. This year will be a big one for me. My biggest goal for this year is to own my place. Not a rented condo. Not an apartment. A place that I`ll have my own mortgage on. My own bills. My own expenses. I know most people are probably wondering why I'm looking forward to so many bills but remember that feeling of independence when you got your license, your first car, anything like that? That's what I'm feeling with being able to own a place to live. I'm also setting myself up for later in life as I already have a car and a career.
That's my big goal for the year, but I think one statement from a Switchfoot song sums up how I want to live this year: "I want to thrive, not just survive." Everything about my life I want to grow and become a better person through. When I reflect on the past year and think forward to 2012 the word growth is what first comes to my mind. Growth in my relationships, specifically God. Growth in my attitudes, in my personality, in my character. All of it.
This blog post was meant for the first day of January but to be honest I spent it recovering from the night before. Have a good year everyone, I know not many people read this but hey, growth in readers wouldn't be a bad thing either... I might actually post more if I had more readers. Just sayin'. :P
