I'm not really one to make New Year's Resolutions. It's not that I have something against making them. I think it can be helpful to reflect on your life once in a while and see what needs to be changed. On the other hand, if you're making a change for the sake of changing, I think that more often than not, it's not going to stick.
While I'm joining the many people across the world writing a blog on New Year's, it's not because I'm making a New Year's resolution to begin blogging regularly. In fact, I know I won't be blogging with any kind of regularity this year. 2011 marks a year where I already know that I'm going to be going through some huge changes in my life. Most of those changes will begin in May, when I will graduate from Texas A&M with a bachelor's degree in Accounting (and a minor in Communication), and a Master's degree in Management Information Systems. I'll be spending half of my summer at Sky Ranch Christian Camps in Van, TX working as a lifeguard and will spend the remainder of my summer getting ready for Impact, a Christ-centered retreat for incoming freshmen at A&M in August. After Impact, I'll get settled in my new home (apartment?) in Dallas and begin working as a consultant in the Enterprise Risk Services practice (or maybe it's called Advisory now? I can't keep up) of Deloitte & Touche sometime in mid-September.
See? I told you a lot is changing in 2011.
On top of all of that, I'm about to begin what I anticipate to be some of the busiest months of my life. Today I begin studying for the CPA exam so that, Lord-willing, by May I'll have fulfilled all of the requirements to be a Certified Public Accountant (you also have to have 1 year of work experience so I won't be officially certified until next summer). The exam is actually a series of 4 individuals tests that I will have to pass, and I will study for each test for 3-5 weeks (up to ~40 hrs/week) so really, this is going to consume my entire semester. In addition to the CPA exam, I'm taking 6 hours of classes to finish my degrees, I am the Media Exec for Impact (www.impactretreat.com), and I am the Production Coordinator as well as helping with the accounting/money stuff for a conference called Masterpiece that is coming up in March (www.masterpiececonference.com). Not to mention being involved in my church, FBC Bryan, by being on the worship team and involved in the college ministry. Oh, and I have a job, too.
I didn't need to write that all out to realize that I have a lot going on, and it definitely creeps into my mind that I may have bitten off more than I can chew.
Thinking about all of that, and the consequences of neglecting any one of those responsibilities honestly scares me to death. The comfort I have is that I know the Lord has specifically called me to each one of these things, and even though sometimes I don't see how I can do all of them at once, I'm trusting that He will sustain me and am looking forward to seeing what He'll teach me through it all.
"Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it." -- 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 ESV
