sunday salonGood morning. The sun isn’t up yet, the radio is on, and my kids are already playing in their room. I’m alone at my desk, trying to get maybe an hour to myself before the day officially begins. And yes, I do have a cup of coffee right in front of me.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about 2013 and what I want to accomplish. The years are starting to blur together from lack of doing anything out of the ordinary. I want next year to be different so I decided to join Joy’s New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge. It sounds too good to pass up.

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Joy’s challenge starts December 26 and lasts until January 31 but readers can start now if they want. The goal is to help readers sustain their goals by reading a book on the same topic. There are different levels of participation and I decided to participate at the passionate (4 books) level.

Now only is there a reading challenge, there will also be a Twitter Chat on Wednesday evenings, starting this week. The group read-along of The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg will start January 2nd.  So there are a lot of ways to join this challenge and get the support you need for your resolutions.

            Here are my goals for 2013:

1. Conquer math. I’m getting tired of this being one of my goals every year. 2013 will be the year that I get through the math classes I need.

2. Eat healthier. I can be such a picky eater. It’s time for me to try new things and eat better so I plan on re-reading The Game-On Diet by Krista Vernoff to get me started in the right direction and use The Mom 100 Cookbook by Katie Workman.

3. Read 48 books from my shelves. So far this year, I’ve only read 29 books from my shelves.

4. Live in a space that I love.  I’m joining Apartment Therapy’s January Cure. I’m also re-reading Dominique Browning’s Around the House and In the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement.

5. Write more. I don’t write very often outside of blogging and school, but this year I wrote even less. That needs to change so I’m re-reading Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott and Courage and Craft by Barbara Abercrombie.

6. Think deeply about what comes next. I saw this resolution on Joy’s blog and decided to add it to the list.  I’m going to re-read The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and 344 Questions by Stefan G. Bucher. 344 Questions was highlighted on Brain Pickings which made me buy it. It’s basically a workbook that asks some pretty good questions.

So those are my resolutions for next year. Have you started making your resolutions yet? What are they?

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