This year, I've decided to set themes each month - my essential oil classes, videos, and writing will focus around the themes (okay so I will probably share random thoughts as well), but I really want to aim at meeting the needs of the people I encounter in ministry, in business and in life.
This month, our focus is goals. I started a Facebook group for women called, Women Together and my hope is to facilitate conversation and connection through the group. We started the goal-talk discussion on there and later this month, I will be doing a local oil class centered around participant discussion on our goals. Of course, we will talk them here too!
It might sound a bit expected and even cliche to discuss goals in January. But a fresh start is great, even if its just a calendar doing so. We are highly suggestive people and I do believe the hype of a new year can inspire us to go for it.
The problem is we often set lofty goals for ourselves and then get easily discouraged when they don't work out.
Listen to any goal-setting guru (I love Michael Hyatt, Seth Godin & Marie Forleo) and they will tell you goals need to be measurable. They need to set a long-term goal and benchmarks for how you will get there.
I found this photo on unsplash (one of my favorite websites for free photos to use)
It lingered in my mind because of the reach out into nothing.
That is what we often do. I do think we need to dream big and imagine what could be. What would you want your life to look like? If your life was a basket what you want it filled with? What is in it that needs to go? These are questions that we should get into the habit of asking. Move forward in life - don't settle for status quo unless status quo is what you want.
But if all we do is reach out into nothing, we will never have anything. We must mark a plan for how we will reach that goal.
So here is my assignment for you and for me.
Write out your big cloud dreams - then decide how you can quantify that.
So if you want to lose 120 lbs, maybe you do that in the next 2 years. Which means 60 lbs a year, which mean 15 pounds every three months. So then you have to figure out calories taking in, which food choices, how much you will work out, when you will work out...dream big, but know it takes work and planning, but in the end its worth it!
The journey along the ride is also an amazing gift!
I'd love to hear from you. What are your goals? What is in your basket? What have you always dreamed of but never gone for? What is stopping you?
Are you excited for 2019? Let's start this year with a dream and work the rest of the year to see how we can build it!
Meet me here next week!!! Happy Wednesday!
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