Oh, another year

I am really not good with New Year's resolutions. To be honest, I cannot remember the last time I made one. I sometimes set goals for myself, but I do not know if those count as resolutions. This year, I do not know what I want to accomplish. Is that sad or what? I see this year as a transition year. It's one that I basically need to keep on the course I began in August and wait to see what happens when it's closer to December.

I know that Jen and I would love to have a child as we experienced such grief last January with our miscarriage. I know that we would love to continue to have a great marriage, but that's a daily goal, not simply a yearly one. I know that we would love to travel, but we do that anyway. I know that we want to do a lot of things, but I cannot really think of any monumental things we have planned. It would be nice to have my "youth director/minister" position upgraded to a bivocational call to Assistant Pastor so I could take ordination exams. (I hate tests and want to get them over with quickly)

I guess some people need to set goals at the beginning of the year. Maybe it's because January 1 seems like a new beginning, a redemption of sorts. You have the chance to do something better than you did before.