Photo: Jeff Sheldon
What are your intentions for 2015? Forget resolutions and
think about the story you want to have told when this year is over.
List your
general intentions first.
Do you want
to lose 24 pounds, write a book, save money, knit 48 hats to
donate to the hospital for preemie babies? Whatever you want to accomplish this
year, write it down.
Maybe you want to serve at a soup kitchen, volunteer at a your church, learn to do something new, or just be more available to your family and friends. Make a list.
Now break
that down into monthly, then weekly goals.
Knit four
hats per month, one hat per week. Lose two pounds per month, one-half pound per
week. Save eighty-three dollars per month, $20.75 per week to save $1000.
Doesn't it
sound like a much easier goal to accomplish that way than an ambiguous, "I
want to save money?"
Then
think about what conflicts may arise that you'll need to overcome.
List the
possible conflicts and how you will handle those. If you can anticipate the
potential obstacles along the way, you'll be better prepared to defeat them.
Take some
time to get with God to find out what His goals are for you this year, and what
story He wants to write on your life. Put them on paper, create a plan and make
it happen!
Check in and
share your goal, keep me posted along the way, and we'll celebrate together in
2016 what you did in 2015!
Don't let
days turn into weeks, turn into months, turn into a whole year being wasted.
Take a small step forward and get started today.
What are
your intentions for 2015?
Read my
previous post: Take Time: Wait and Be Still
