New Year Resolutions
Today has been spent away from work because of our four-day weeks. They really are nice once you get used to them! The day was spent either shopping, in front of my computer or down the library reading computer magazines. Exciting life that I lead (!). This evening I was at the church for a youth group that I help run for young teens. Tonight was the first meeting after the new year and we were rather unimaginatively doing it on New Year Resolutions. Last year at this time we wrote out a list of resolutions and tonight the envelopes were dug out and read. Mine was interesting. Among the resolutions many related to the youth work, (that's me trying to be spiritual!), others were more down-to-earth. Here they are:
Do more walking
Get a girlfriend!!
Move out of my parents
Get a good career-progressing job
Well let's see how I did over the year. The first one I must say I did succeed in fulfilling; I spent a week in the Lake District at Easter, walked the West Highland Way in July, spent a number of weekends walking in Snowdonia over the summer, and walked around the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines in September. That's success with number one, okay how about the rest? Girlfriend? Well there was this girl in Sheffield, we went out a couple of times and we're still friends, but I can't really say we were ever a couple. Unfortunately that resolution doesn't work out; still two more to go. Moving out of my parents? Well, I'm still here, more determined to get out but still stuck here. And finally, a new job. No, I'm still making biscuits.
So for the non-spiritual resolutions I have not done very well. As for the rest the youth group has progressed well over the last year. Last year I resolved to help to double the numbers to Encounter (that's the name of the group) and I believe that may have happened, with or without my help. We usually get around ten young people and at the beginning of last year it may have been about five, maybe. The youthwork which is only eighteen months old has gone through some ups and downs during the last year but I do believe it's stronger now than last year. Certainly we now have a lot more experience of running a youth group than we did last year. Other aspects of the youthwork still need more work and commitment from myself; that is a resolution for this year.
Other resolutions of a spiritual nature relate to my personal spiritual development which is patchy at best. Still more work required there as well. We are none of us perfect, me just as much as anyone else. Well, I have a whole year to improve (actually 11½ months, but I don't want to start getting pedantic), let's see how the year develops.
Do more walking
Get a girlfriend!!
Move out of my parents
Get a good career-progressing job
Well let's see how I did over the year. The first one I must say I did succeed in fulfilling; I spent a week in the Lake District at Easter, walked the West Highland Way in July, spent a number of weekends walking in Snowdonia over the summer, and walked around the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines in September. That's success with number one, okay how about the rest? Girlfriend? Well there was this girl in Sheffield, we went out a couple of times and we're still friends, but I can't really say we were ever a couple. Unfortunately that resolution doesn't work out; still two more to go. Moving out of my parents? Well, I'm still here, more determined to get out but still stuck here. And finally, a new job. No, I'm still making biscuits.
So for the non-spiritual resolutions I have not done very well. As for the rest the youth group has progressed well over the last year. Last year I resolved to help to double the numbers to Encounter (that's the name of the group) and I believe that may have happened, with or without my help. We usually get around ten young people and at the beginning of last year it may have been about five, maybe. The youthwork which is only eighteen months old has gone through some ups and downs during the last year but I do believe it's stronger now than last year. Certainly we now have a lot more experience of running a youth group than we did last year. Other aspects of the youthwork still need more work and commitment from myself; that is a resolution for this year.
Other resolutions of a spiritual nature relate to my personal spiritual development which is patchy at best. Still more work required there as well. We are none of us perfect, me just as much as anyone else. Well, I have a whole year to improve (actually 11½ months, but I don't want to start getting pedantic), let's see how the year develops.
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