New Year, New Plan

Most years I create my New Year's resolutions.  This year, I am inspired by Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project.  I joined a group of friends to discuss this book throughout 2013, but because of health problems and travel I only attended maybe half of the meetings.  I did read the book, however, and I have a whole list of things to work on for 2014.
     One day, I will blog about my love for another book It's Just My Nature by Carol Tuttle.  I learned a lot about myself and why New Year's Resolutions haven't worked for me in the past.  I'm a dominant Type 1 energy, which means I have a tendency to get excited about new ideas, but rarely have the focus or determination to finish something before I get distracted by the next big thing.  I'm hoping my Happiness Project format will work well with my easily side-tracked nature.
     I chose to begin with Priorities, because I have a serious challenge here.  This is the girl that spent 2 years at a university, 2 years working full-time, three years at a business school and 18 months as a missionary. Basically, it took me 8.5 years to earn an associates degree in business!
     I often shove important things to the back burner, like the storage room that has seriously been neglected for years, in spite of the fact that I have promised my husband I would clean it out and organize it for..... years.  I think about the storage room every time I walk into it, then promptly forget it because I have just started a new book, or a new exercise program, or I have a lunch and movie date with my gal pals on Thursday.  Some of you might wonder why I'm concerned with the storage room at all (fellow Type 1's, perhaps?), but I made a promise and it's slowly eating away at my self-respect.  And I need to show my husband that I am a girl of my word, even if it takes me years to finish something!
     Here is a quote by Dallin H Oaks to get me started:  “Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.”