New Years Resolutions vs Goals

I quit making New Years resolutions a long time ago.  I used to make a big list of things I was going to do and big list of things I was not going to do anymore.  That usually lasted about a week and then I was saddled up with guilt for having failed to keep them.

Goals are a better way to go.  Goals can be adjusted without guilt if they turn out to be too ambitious.   A goal says, "I will do my best to read the Bible through in one year, but if I can't keep up at that rate, I will at least read it all the way through even if the "due" date has to be extended beyond a year."

So with that said, here are my New Years Goals:

1. I would like to take two bags of stuff to the second hand store each month.
2. I would like to read at least one book every month.
3. I want to continue to read through the Bible until I finish it & then start over again.
4. I want to pray more faithfully for persecuted Christians
5. I want to do a better job at keeping clutter picked up so the house isn't so hard to tidy up for company.
6. I want to go through one box or drawer or cupboard each month to declutter & reorganize.

Theses are goals, not resolutions.  These are things I would like to do and I will attempt to do.  I will not feel guilty if I fall off the wagon from time to time and have to re-evaluate and adjust my goals.