Thoughts on the New Year | 2018

Reflecting on these excerpts & the turning of a new year has me thinking about my life - who I am, what I want, what's important to me, and my desire to grow & change. Overall, I'm hoping 2018 is a deepening year for me. Less surfacey, less spread out - in my time, thoughts, and relationships. I want to deepen my marriage, my relationships with friends, my faith, and my knowledge about the world, history, and decisions around me.

So in the year ahead, I hope to:

1) Press in to some hot topics with Mr. Fleece including faith, children, community, sex, health, our default communication patterns. Oh boy!
2) Establish a few relational rhythms i.e. once a month game night with friends, once a month happy hour with LN, once a week walks with AO, block off Mondays for having people over and Thursdays as a night to stay home. Get to know our new neighbors!
3) Continue reading the Bible and thinking through what I believe and why. I'm currently reading What the Bible Really Teaches about Homosexuality by Kevin Deyoung and considering some of R.C. Sproul's writings as well. Goals here - not to be passive. not to be cynical. not to be lukewarm. not to fall into confirmation bias.
4) Read my daily Skimm news, watch documentaries, listen to NPR, and take several free online courses from Coursera in the topics of women and gender studies, child development, and more!

And like most other middle-class white girls...workout 2-3 times a week (yay for ClassPass!), eat healthy (purchase leafy greens every time I'm at the grocery store and limit my sweets-intake), and travel (ski trip to Whistler, family visit in Duluth, MN, camping throughout Washington, Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, and High School Reunion in Texas around Thanksgiving).

Cheers to the year of the dog!

- SJW