Accountability Squad

So maybe I am ridiculous, and given my post just a few days ago, over-booked (pun intended!), but I wanted to do something somewhat untraditional given great inspiration from blogger Los Whittaker and use the holidays as a time to become stronger physically, spiritually, and relationally. The holidays tend to stress us out, making us focus on what we "should" do and thus over-stuffing us with food, money-spending and stress. Well, enough of that. Suffice it to say the baby Jesus would not want that for humankind, and I really don't want that either.

So here's my plan. I call this post "Accountability Squad," since my blog's now linked to Los' and every other person he's rallied behind this holiday self-improvement movement, and I intend to stick with my goals by recording them here and updating my progress as I go along. This might require a little bit of slacking on the blog-front itself, but given the book reviews and the check-ins, I bet we'll still be seeing quite a lot of one another still.

To begin, here are my goals:

1) Physical: Work out for at least 25 minutes a day for at least 4 days each week until Christmas.

2) Spiritual: Memorize & blog about passages from a lovely gift I recently received, The Love Dare.

3) Relational: Make a nice, heartfelt gift for each of my family members.

I can't say too much more, because there are surprises involved with #3, but I am excited to get started. Instead of a 30 day challenge, since I think I started late, this will be a 24 day challenge for me, as a kind of advent calendar of wellness.

Each of my three goals seems a little wee teeny bit impossible now, but that's why hope, courage, discipline, and the other virtues exist, right? So let's begin!