resolutions?

I've been thinking a lot lately about how I want this next semester to go, what things I want to change, what things I want to try to fit in.  I don't really like the term "new year's resolutions" because it seems synonymous with "doing a really good job exercising in January, but then not the rest of the year."  At least in my life.  This morning I opened the Bible to read a bit, and thought to myself, "Hmm, it's the beginning of January. Maybe I should try to read the Bible in a year again....Naaah.  When has that worked in the past?"  But I don't want to be that kind of person. I don't want to give up before I try just because I've failed in the past.  And I also remembered something I've noticed about myself is that discipline begets more discipline. So if I wake up early before the kids, spend some time praying and reading the Bible, then I'm more likely to clean as I go throughout the day, exercise in the evening, and generally be more productive.  It is hard to keep it up, but I can always start new the next day or week.  So I'm motivated to set some new goals, have grace for myself on hard days or hard weeks, and to not give up, but to keep on starting over when I need to.