Every year I try and make a New Year's resolution and it's usually the same old eat healthier and work out more type of thing.

I like to visualize all of the good I'm going to be doing and how I'm going to wake up early every morning, work out, eat my healthy yogurt and eggs with a cup of coffee and go on with my day. I always have that vision in my head all while I end up realizing that I've hit snooze 4 times in a row already and it's almost 11 o'clock.

I like to just tell myself I'm going to do things with no exceptions and feel so good about myself, but in reality, I let myself get out of it every single time. I guess we'll see how those early classes next semester treat me then...

As I was thinking about what I wanted to do this year, I immediately thought growing closer to God and try to read my Bible more. This is also a common one I say every year and I'm not gonna lie it goes really well the first week, but then life gets busy, I get tired, and well sometimes I just tend to forget. This year I really am going to try and make it my priority before bed and first thing in the morning so I'm starting and ending my day with him. And not just that, but all the minutes in between.

Another thing that I am going to try and continue and that I have found really helps is journaling. While these articles are more of a blog type thing, I also have a journal that I like to write down quotes and messages that I've read or heard really stuck out to me.

Not only are you able to really understand God's Word better, but also you can learn a lot from yourself. It's so cool to just jot down a cool quote you've heard and what it means to you or a short lesson you learned and reread it later. You would be surprised what you can teach yourself!

While my list can go on and on about those new things I need to start doing, I ultimately just want this year to be and continue to be that God is my right-hand man and I turn to him first for anything and everything.

While I can try and journal more or read my devotional more which is great don't get me wrong, I want my first thoughts and problems to go to Him first. I want to try and see the good in all that He does and live this year moving forward and not looking back.

2018 I can't wait to see what you have in store! What do they say... I think it takes 40 days to form a habit right? ;)