{"id":190,"date":"2010-01-01T13:54:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T21:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2010-01-01T13:54:55","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T21:54:55","slug":"new-years-resolutions-looking-back-and-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/01\/new-years-resolutions-looking-back-and-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Resolutions &#8211; Looking Back and Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Greetings and Happy New Year to all!\u00a0 First, as I&#8217;m writing this, Purdue has just knocked off West Virginia in Men&#8217;s basketball and that was very enjoyable to watch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is really the first year where I (mostly) kept up with and tracked my previous resolutions.\u00a0 Here are my final thoughts about 2009&#8217;s resolutions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daily Devotional &#8211; This had its ups and downs throughout the year and ended more down than up so I can only give myself a &#8216;C&#8217; for this (as you can tell, I am MUCH more honest about my grading myself than Obama is).<\/li>\n<li>Weight Loss &#8211; My goal for the year was 190, and I ended up the year at 182.\u00a0 This gets the &#8216;A&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Regular Blogging &#8211; I took the summer off from bowling and blogging and had a rough time getting back into it in the fall.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll give myself the &#8216;B+&#8217;. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, while I will work to maintain my weight, I don&#8217;t have any specific loss goals or resolutions.\u00a0 As far as blogging, I&#8217;m taking the same approach.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll try to post fairly regularly, but don&#8217;t really have any targets or goals.\u00a0 This year, I have one resolution; something I&#8217;ve never tried before and there isn&#8217;t any grading except for pass\/fail&#8230; read the Holy Bible in a year.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve found a schedule that has me read it through in book order which I felt was important for my first attempt.\u00a0 Today I will start with the first 3 chapters of Genesis.\u00a0 I have always tended toward the New International Version of the Bible and plan to use that for my first go through.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To keep myself held accountable, I will continue to give updates through this blog of my status and any setbacks I may encounter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I hope you all have a safe and wonderful 2010.\u00a0 Our country especially has a lot of trials coming up with our government set on taking away our freedoms and liberties right in front of our eyes.\u00a0 I have hesitated on turning this into a primarily political blog, but expect more political commentary and insight as it suits the times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/01\/new-years-resolutions-looking-back-and-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-facebook-plugin\/facebook_share_icon.gif\" alt=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and Happy New Year to all!\u00a0 First, as I&#8217;m writing this, Purdue has just knocked off West Virginia in Men&#8217;s basketball and that was very enjoyable to watch.<br \/>\nThis is really the first year where I (mostly) kept up with and tracked my previous resolutions.\u00a0 Here are my final thoughts about 2009&#8217;s resolutions:<\/p>\n<p>Daily Devotional &#8211; 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