Getting things in check...

SO...this year I will be hoping to get my life...or parts of it...in check! I am going to get in shape...for real!! I know everyone says this but I have a plan...I also have a plan to get my credit in shape...Doug and I are taking Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University in January. My goal is to be 75% debt free by 2011!! I'm SURE that I can do it by spending smart and saving this year, which is something I'm absolutely terrible at. I know that I can do it. I need to take control over my money and know where it is going which is what Doug and I will accomplish through FPU and I also hope to have a house this year. Above all these things though, I hope to be a better person inside. I hope to be a great friend, mentor, and leader...and maybe a great singer. I want to live this next year as if no one were watching...to be my true self...not to care what others think, to try new things I've wanted to do and haven't done yet, not sure what those things are but as they arise I hope to do them. I also hope to make a fool out of myself for whatever cause I want and to do so without shame. I want to use what God has given me to really make a difference. I'm not sure how but I'm sure I will. I think I'm taking some steps toward that. I want to fully rely on God to lead me this year. To bring me out of some current situations and circumstances of which I do not understand or know how to get out of. I want to be an example for Christ. For Him to use me daily to shine HIS light through me, not my own. I want to be humbled and not to be ashamed of allowing others to be in the spotlight. It's not all about me...it's about God and giving the glory to Him and I hope to live this truth fully in my life and in everything I do.