Birthday blog

It's a day of milestones for both the blog and myself. One of us just turned 33-years old, and the other 6 months, but I'll let you guess which is which.

I decided to start doing this blog last spring because I felt like life was missing something-- that somehow I was supposed to be doing more with my life than what I was. As another year of my life has passed, I again start to think about how what I want life to look like this time next year.

The two-part answer I invariably come to is simple: rich and well rested!

But neither of those is likely to happen.

So I'll settle for 10 other things instead:

1) I want to wake up in the morning and see the purpose of my day;

2) I want to look forward to daily interactions with those I love;

3) I want to feel God's presence and direction in my life;

4) I want to go to sleep at night without fear of how I'll pay the bills in the morning;

5) I want to look forward to my next adventure;

6) I want to gain more than 9 followers of this blog;

7) I want to be proud of what I did yesterday instead of stressed about all I'll have to finish before tomorrow;

8) I want to reach the point in life where I celebrate my own accomplishments instead of those of my favorite football team;

9) Also, I want to celebrate those of my favorite football team;

10) I want the world to be a better place because I existed in it.

That's what I want for next year.

Right now, I just want some ice cream.

ps: I'll be back November 3 with post-election thoughts. Thanks for reading, everyone.