goals

You may have noticed that i talk a big game.
Well, i have decided that the time for talk is over.
In counseling we say that when you make goals, they have to be SMART.

Specific
Measurable
Action oriented
Reasonable
Time bound

So, i am doing a one month experiment to change the way that i am doing life right now. i know typically you do this stuff at the beginning of the month, but i need to do something. i have been talking a lot about change and choices, but i haven't really done anything to change my situation. So here it goes:

Goal number one: get a job. i will be required to apply to at least one job a day. i am on track so far this week as i applied to a job yesterday and today.

Goal number two: make friends. i will endeavor to do one social activity a week (excluding Bible study and church attendance) and i will tell myself that people want to be my friend.

Goal number three: be healthy(er). i will exercise five times a week and try to make better choices in eating. i think my goal has to be just trying to make better choices and not necessarily the best choice, because i just can't go cold turkey when it comes to eating what i want.

Goal number four: Practice the guitar thirty minutes a day, five days a week. i keep loosing my calluses because i go too long in between playing.

Goal number five: only one tv show a day. i won't be able to accomplish my goals if i just watch Psych all day.

Goal number six: spend time with the Lord everyday. If i think about it as just replacing one tv show with prayer, it doesn't seem like a hard thing to do.

Goal number seven: not to sleep later than nine, no matter how long it took me to fall asleep the night before. Maybe the more i am sleep deprived, the better able i will be to fall asleep when i lay down. Ideally i will get up at eight everyday, but i think i need to take baby steps in that direction.

Goal number eight: stay optimistic.

i am off track for this week already simply because i have my class this weekend in Tennessee and i have an assignment to complete, so i think that i will use this week as preparation and really get started next week. You guys are my accountability partners. i know that i will never change my life by just wanting it to change. i have to actually do something about it.

What should i call this, thirty days to change my life? It sounds like a self-help book.

thoughts, opinions, suggestions?

help?