I've been thinking about New Year's Resolutions this week, including if I want to make any. I, like most people, don't follow through with most of the resolutions I make.
My solution is to chronicle some of the things that I accomplished in the last year and list a few things that I know I will be doing in 2013. 2012's accomplishments may not have been covered by any resolutions I made on January 1, 2012, but I am proud of them nonetheless.
1) Early last year, I attended a Breast Imaging Boot Camp at the American College of Radiology. It had been years since I had read mammograms, so I needed a refresher. I completed that, and then the 700 mammograms that were required to meet MQSA regulations.
2) I was appointed co-chair of my department's Patient Safety Committee. As a committee, we have rolled out training information to the staff and assisted in the development of Best Practices in Patient Safety.
3) Rowdy and I traveled a lot last year, which was fun, educational, invigorating and sometimes exhausting.
4) I rode a horse several times without falling off or being too scared.
5) I learned how to play the bass guitar.
6) My sister-in-law, Molly, recruited me to be in a wellness competition, beginning in August of last year. As a result of that, I lost some pesky pounds and inches and returned to the boot camp classes at my gym. Plus, it was fun to get to know some of my teammates better.
Being called to be the YW president or being named Radiologist of the Year don't really rate as accomplishments, because I certainly was not lobbying or working to be either of those things. They just happened, and I have tried to stay worthy of those responsibilities.
Usually, my resolutions include things like learning to play an instrument or improving my ability to speak a foreign language. Those would be great, but I think that what keeps me from achieving those goals is the amount of time that I would need to dedicate to those pursuits. Turns out that just don't have the long-term motivation or focus for those things, or the time to spend every week in classes. If I could sneak that in, or if I felt so strongly about it that it became a priority, I would make it happen.
There are some things that I see myself accomplishing this year:
1) Rowdy and I have made a goal to read the scriptures together every day. We are 100% so far this year.
2) I am going to learn to ride a motorcycle, starting two weeks from tomorrow. The point of this is to be ready to go to the
Texas Tornado Boot Camp in April. If you don't think that looks like tons of fun, I feel sorry for you.
3) This morning, I went to the
TRX class at my gym for the first time. Of course, since I missed three weeks of boot camp due to travel and injury I am not in prime shape, but that class kicked my butt! I resolve to keep going and master that dang class.
Who knows what else will come along during the year to inspire me?
