And in January.

January. It's cold, your belly is stuffed with holiday treats, your throat's sore from explaining to countless extended family members' blank faces why you're perfectly happy not being married yet (even at 25..gasp!), and you're left packing up the Christmas cheer for 12 more months. Yeesh. Not a pleasant sight. In an effort to bring the positivity back into their lives, most people make resolutions, but often they're the same things they said at the beginning of last year - i.e. lose weight, make more money, ask that girl out, and...lose more weight. I don't know how I feel about the prevalence of this situation. Actually, I know. It's sucky, and that's not how I want to live my life.

While I can't do much about the cold (even though today's high in Denver is 55! What. Up.), I can change my attitude about my upcoming year. It began two years ago when I made a resolution to make sure my resolutions were about things that would make a significant difference in my life. I was in my first year out of college, and had no idea where life was taking me. In the time since, I have worked to fall in love with my body, stay active both physically and socially, be smart about my money, embrace this adventure, and show God everyday how much I love Him! Well, I'm still working on that last one, which, ironically, is the most important.

There is so much potential at the beginning of a new year. So much hope, and so much promise that this year will be your best year yet. I hope to have many exciting updates in 2012. Stay posted.