New Year's Resolutions

It's hard to believe I haven't blogged for a week. In other words, this post is the first one for Year 2012. Being swamped with grading students' final papers, I postponed my daily blogging until today--Jan. 7. Well, it's never too late to start something we have always wanted to do, right?
I was too busy to think of New Year's Resolutions until today, so I'd like to write about a couple of them. First, I hope I can continue to blog every day. Daily blogging is a blessing from God because it takes time and mood to do so. If I can blog every day it means that I have both time and mood. For example, I had more free time last month, so I could post 24 articles in December. The first two weeks of this month is the last two weeks of the fall semester. I've been so swamped with all the job duties that I posted my first article today. I've been in good mood but haven't had free time for blogging. In a couple of months, I'll have my yearly depression. It'll last half a year. I'm afraid I'll be too depressed to blog. That's why I said being able to blog daily is a blessing from God. I pray that I can write even when I'm depressed. Second, I hope I can finish reading the Bible, both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Having been a Christian since 1991, I haven't finished reading the whole Bible even once. It's not because I don't like to read the Bible but because I prefer the New Testament to the Old Testament. I've read my favorite books such as Romans, Corinthians, Philippians, and James numerous times, but when I tried to read through the Old Testament, I would always skip Numbers and Deuteronomy. I pray that God can strengthen me and help me finish reading the Old Testament.
These two resolutions may not sound ambitious to others, but they mean a lot to me. Hope I can post my reflections on the Bible at least once a week. I hope that I can have these two goals fulfilled by the end of Year 2012!