Me at 40-eve

As many of you know and some of you are discovering, 2013 will be my 40th year, and such, I am compiling a list of things I want to accomplish to commemorate this year. I will admit, I gleaned the list idea from my compadre, who herself is turning 50. My major undertaking is reading through the Bible in one year with the One Year Bible, which provides daily readings from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs. I would also like to reduce To-Be-Read List. The problem with my current selection is that the list grows far faster than I can read! That is the constant curse of an avid reader who just happens to work in a library. Too many times, I'm either swamped with reading student papers, or I get distracted by another book and end up not finishing the last one. I'm currently in the middle of finishing at least three books. That brings me to the next major undertaking for the year, and that is my challenge of completion. Disney XD Channel has a show called "Phineas and Ferb" where the title characters try to think of constructive activities to do during the summer. Phineas starts almost episode with "Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!" In that same spirit, I am going to come up with a task each day that I will endeavor to complete by the end of the day. Too many times, I find myself doing several tasks and leaving just a small fraction left. The task that I complete can be large or small, personal or work-related, as long as I complete it by the end of the day. Ironically, today's goal of completion is to complete this list. But that's not all I want to do this year. I want to really get serious about my health and drop 40 pounds by the time I turn 40. Finally, I want to start going on more excursions. Some things I'd like to do this year are go to the Spy and Newseum, visit the MLK Memorial and some others, visit some wineries, a casino, and attend a sip and paint workshop. Some of these I can do with my family, and others I can try with friends. I think that's it for now; wish me luck!