01-04-2014

2014 Goals

So I had mentioned that I was doing one word 365 but I still wanted to write down some goals that I wanted to accomplish in 2014.  Now, I don’t think I have failed for the year if I don’t accomplish these, nothing like that at all.  But I still think it is important to write down what you want to be working towards.  Now, you are supposed to make them measurable and I didn’t do that (bad me) but they are still things I want to work on.

  • Learn to play the piano.
  • Craft at least once a week
  • Post more consistantly
  • Spend time in the Word daily
  • Start Crossfit/Running again.  I know this is such a common one but I need to get those holiday pounds off!  Plus I wouldn’t mind being more toned
  • Read more books

In addition I have lots of to-dos I want to work on that aren’t something I need to focus on all year such as organize and declutter.  Do more with less.  I have lots of excess that I do not need.  It is going to be a consistent goal to work on getting rid of things that I don’t need.  All they do is weigh me down!  What are you working towards?

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01-01-2014

Happy New Year

Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year.

“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” L.M Montgomery

The New Year always brings such excitement and fanfare and promises of a new year. It is a time when you can have a new start. The Bible has some wonderful verses to meditate on as we begin the New Year.

Ecclesiastes 3:1- “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens”

Romans 8:18- “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”

Jeremiah 29:11- “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Micah 7:7- “But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.”

Proverbs 16:9- “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.”

Proverbs 23:18- “There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.”

2 Corinthians 5:17- “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

Isaiah 40:31- “but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

Lamentations 3: 22-24- “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11- “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”

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Do you have any New Year Traditions that your family and friends participate in? I really don’t. I normally keep it very simple and watch the ball drop on television. I am wanting to do the idea that I have seen on Pinterest and I am not sure who the original poster was.

New Years Jar

What you do is starting on January 1st, everytime something good happens, or a memory you want to remember you write it down and place it in the jar.  Then the following New Years Eve you read all of the good memories you had.  I think it is an excellent way to end the year by reading all of the fun good memories from the previous year.

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01-02-2012

2012 Goals

I feel like by calling them goals instead of resolutions they are more attainable.  It is almost as if we call something a resolution we are adding another hurdle while calling them goals takes one away.  Who knows, maybe that is just my thinking…

Anyway, my 2012 goals are…

  • Run 365 miles.  By giving this goal an actual value I am ensuring more of a success than if I had just said, run more.

 

  • Pay off my credit card and make a dent in my student loan payments.

 

  • Blog more.  Now, I know I am not giving this one a numerical value like I did with running but I feel like since starting the job I have not been blogging as much and I want to change that.  I need to find a system and stick with it.

 

  • Find a good balance.  As I mentioned above, going from lots of part time jobs to a full time job plays with how you handle your life and how you find a balance for it.  I am still working on this one.

 

  • Do at least one creative thing each week.  It is amazing how when I find the time to make things I can relax more.

 

  • Live with more intention, or purpose.  I don’t like to just drift through things, day by day.  How boring is that?

 

  • Play outside

 

  • Spend less, Give more

 

  • Spend time with God each and every day.  Real meaningful time, not just quickly reading a devotional or quick prayer time.

 

  • Read one book a month.  Reading is so important and how often I toss it aside because something else calls my attention.

 

  • Find adventure.

 

 

Now I realize some of these are not numerical at all and cannot really be tracked but by writing them down I am stating that they are things I want to work on.  Some of them are not things that can even be counted or categorized and that is okay with me.

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