Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. ~Thoreau
About 8 years ago i started writing out my goals for the coming year but i start in August/September because when i started i was in youth ministry and we set our goals at the beginning of the school year. All these years later, i still stick to the timing, it makes sense and in January i can always take a look and see if i need to recalibrate.
To be honest i pray for about a week before and then i write them out. The cool thing (if you can call this nerdiness cool) is that there are also questions about how i will make it happen, what steps need to be taken.
Every year there is one goal (spiritual, family, ministry, travel, & financial) that probably gets a little more focus than the other but the goal i hate gets the least attention and that one is the financial goals. Until this year. (You can guess that travel is usually my favorite!)
You may or may not know I'm involved in a lot of different things and one thing... there's not really a budget. But that also means it's harder to stick to financial goals. But this year... dang it. After a month of praying (more than I've ever spent) i knew that's where my focus needed to be.
So i planned out all the organizations and people i serve and allocated a certain amount of money towards each one.
All this means i must plan more, prepare more.
And tonight i did some preparation... i rolled 125 forks/napkins for serving at various places.
Hold on to your hats... I've even got a 3-5 year plan. Which seems crazy!
Often i feel like it's soooo late for me to be changing things up but really, it's never too late to make strides in the right direction.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. ~Thoreau
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