2004? no way!

this was me a year ago:

Friday, January 03, 2003
New years resolutions. I'm not very good at keeping these..... i know very few who are. But i'm gonna make some this year..... as i do every year. Hoping and praying that i keep these... as i do every year.

1.focus
2.committed
3.sleep
But then... the sleep one... if i get focused and be committed... i get more sleep... so basically my resolutions go hand in hand. I do not believe that i quite believe that it's 2003 just yet. I was writing a letter yesterday, and i actually remembered to write 1/2/03. I always dislike odd years though. Crappy stuff always tends to happen. I moved away from cali in 95.. moved away from wash in 01... All the good stuff tends to happen even years. Moved to cali in 90.. sister was born in 96.. will graduate 04. But for some odd odd reason, i have a gut feeling that this year will be different though. It will be an odd year unlike all others. I do believe that the odds of having a good odd year will be high. So okay... i'm having a good 03 already....3 days into an odd year.. and it's good already. Alrite... that's a good sign. Well, i wish u all a great 03.

besides sounding much more juvenile back then, i must say that my visions were correct. '03 was definitely an odd year unlike any others. If i had to describe it in one phrase: It was rich in substance.
2003 was full of a lot of growth. I learned a lot about myself as well as the God i live for everyday. so a recap of my resolutions

1. Focus
I think i did a poor job of that second semester junior year, but I made come back first semester senior year (somewhat)....academically anyhow. This past year i've really been able to set many priorities straight, which has guided my focus to God in many areas of my life. I was able to seek God's will and focus on obeying him. Although, nothing comes without a fight. This past year has been filled with distractions and pain, but through it all, God has really taught me to know what my heart should be set on.
2. committed
I dont remember what i was thinking for this resolution. Perhaps i intended to be committed to the commitments made in '03. So much stuff happens and changes in one year, and commitments are constantly being made. It's difficult to draw the line to committing. But i guess "committed" means, not to make any commitments you dont intend to keep. For the most part, I've stuck to commitments, but nothing's perfect.
3. sleep
I think this resolution was to have more sleep. That didnt turn out so great. If anything, it wasnt more sleep that i got, but more opportunities to teach myself how to deal with lack of it. Note to self: never try to commit to getting more sleep. =P

What resolutions this year?