Every year our local tabernacle displays this probing sign for Rosh Hashanah:

What will you do better this year?

When I asked myself that question for 2025, suggestions swarmed. I needed to get a practical, manageable handle on my thoughts and develop attainable steps. I grouped them into three categories.  

1. Plug the leaks—discover those things that steal my time, rob my health, distract my thoughts, and offer me good-enough rather than what’s best. This is number one. It has required honest introspection but has also stirred anticipation of newfound freedom.
   
2. Plan specific, measurable steps that will increase my strength—physically, spiritually, and mentally. This includes increasing my intake of healthy food, inspiring reading, and meaningful activity.
   
3. Plow intentionally—weed and nourish. Too often I tolerate unwelcome weeds or burrowing pests. When I neglect thoughtless habits or undisciplined thoughts, I have less joy and am not living effectively. It’s not enough to remove the bad, I must nourish the life God’s granted me—which reflects point two.

Grow
in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 
To Him be glory both now and forever! Amen. 2 Peter 3:18

This isn’t about rigid resolutions and doomed sky high goals, it’s about doing life better.

So… what will you do better this year?