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However, my compulsive nature loves the idea of attempting something I want to do in nice even increments. For example setting my mind to do something from January 1st through December 31st. An even 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,5… ok, so maybe not even number increments. But in our time measurement, it’s satisfyingly complete.

So, this year, I’m going to attempt to take advantage of the nice even time increments and I’m going to attempt to accomplish something for myself.

Vegetarianism… sort of.

Yeah, you read it right. I’m going to attempt to be a vegetarian in the year 2010. While I’m not crazy about the way the food industry goes about acquiring meat, to some people’s dismay, animal treatment has nothing to do with my vegetarian endeavor. And, in the traditional sense of the word, I’m what most vegetarians would consider a poser. I’m alright with that.

I will be cutting out chicken, beef and pork in it’s whole form from my diet. What does that mean? It means I’ll still be eating fish (and some seafood), dairy, eggs and broths. With such a lax form of vegetarianism you might wonder why I’d decide to do it in the first place.

1. Health. Not that eating meat is particularly unhealthy, but the portions I choose, and are often offered to me, are unreasonable. And, being that I am an all-or-nothing kind of guy, I will have far more difficulty ordering a three piece chicken strips meal, than simply not ordering them at all.

2. Discipline. I believe discipline is contagious. Being disciplined in one area helps develop disciplines in other areas. I have had great success in my discipline of scripture study, but very poor discipline in areas of food consumption and exercise. Being that I’m getting older and my metabolism is no longer on my side, my eating habits must change. I foresee that a clear, across-the-board discipline in my eating habits is likely to stabilize the way I choose to eat.

3. Health, again. Having a specific set of ingredients that I choose not to eat will also force me to think more carefully about what I’m about to consume. This forethought is likely to have positive effects on the kinds of food I choose to eat in general. (i.e., fewer things from fast-food restaurants).

Video Blogging

This one is admittedly a bit more ambiguous in it’s intention.

For over two years now I have been blogging every day on topics that I find meaningful. Some of my posts have had more of my heart in them than others. But, the practice and the discipline has been good for me in a lot of different ways. This year, I intend to add video blogging to that regimen.

The plan, at least initially, will be to publish a new video each weekend in 2010. Thus far, the topics are unknown. The format is unknown. Just about everything is unknown. In fact, initially, It may just be me in front of my MacBook. This is all yet to be seen.

This is probably another resolve one might scratch their head at.

1. Unmet dreams. Call it a cliché,  but there are quite a lot of things that are very close my my heart, which I have failed yet to achieve. In fact, for various reason, I have failed to even pursue them. While video blogging on YouTube isn’t really even close to where I want to be, it is within the genre. I owe it to myself to do something and video blogging seems to be the most financially and personally accessible at the moment.

2. Hope. Much of the reason I have yet failed to pursue my true passions is a disillusionment with my own abilities and a fear of failing at my endeavors. By making a decision to do something, however simple it may be, I bolster hope that I might one day get to where I want to be.

In Conclusion.

With discipline, persistence, and of course, God’s grace, I hope to become a better person in 2010. Not only in a spiritual and social sense, but in my health and personal endeavors. I think these two resolves will help pave the way to seeing that hope realized.

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