You will not be Tomorrow the person who you are not becoming Today. I think Dr. Brown said this in chapel a few times and it has to be one of my favorite quotes. It is so true in so many areas of life.
Yes, I have a lot of things that I would like to do. I have a pretty good idea of the person who I would like to be and the direction I would like to be headed. I have hobbies and little things that I would like to spend more time doing.
But sometimes I lose sight of those goals. I get caught up on the ups and downs, the ins and outs of daily life.
I think I'm working for some of my most treasured goals almost subconsciencely, but there are other things that get easily pushed to the wayside.
In the past, I have used a method for creating and s to accomplish goals that I learned at a leadership conference in middle school. When I actually stick to it, I have made significant progress in the areas that I would like to because my priorities are straight.
1.Define my Roles and Values. Examples of some of my roles right now are being a follower of Christ, a student, a girlfriend, a daughter, a sister, etc.
Some of my values might include glorifiying God in all that I do, doing all things with excellence, learning about and appreciating God's creation, and making people a priority.
2. Create concrete short-term and long-term goals based on these roles and values. These goals should have a weekly or monthly time commitment included and a game plan for accomplishing them. For example if I to work towards my role making people a priority, I might commit to having lunch with a different person 3x per week.
3. Schedule. Finally, I create my weekly calendar and make sure that these things have a time slot where they will be accomplished. If I want to commit 1 hour a week to something I make sure that there is time set aside for that.
Usually, my schedule isn't strict on the actual times, however it does give me an idea of how much time I actually have so that the importance of each of my roles and values can be prioritized and given the amount of time per week that seems appropriate.
So, this is the ideal. And when I stick to it...it works! I think I'm going to do this later today, so there can be a little bit of direction to my summer.
I would love for people to be able to look at my calendar and my checkbook and be able to see who I am each and every day in a way that glorifies God. I don't want them to see the hours Facebook, blogging or shopping outweighing my time spent with the Lord, serving others and building relationships, and other pursuits with an eternal value.
Yes, I have a lot of things that I would like to do. I have a pretty good idea of the person who I would like to be and the direction I would like to be headed. I have hobbies and little things that I would like to spend more time doing.
But sometimes I lose sight of those goals. I get caught up on the ups and downs, the ins and outs of daily life.
I think I'm working for some of my most treasured goals almost subconsciencely, but there are other things that get easily pushed to the wayside.
In the past, I have used a method for creating and s to accomplish goals that I learned at a leadership conference in middle school. When I actually stick to it, I have made significant progress in the areas that I would like to because my priorities are straight.
1.Define my Roles and Values. Examples of some of my roles right now are being a follower of Christ, a student, a girlfriend, a daughter, a sister, etc.
Some of my values might include glorifiying God in all that I do, doing all things with excellence, learning about and appreciating God's creation, and making people a priority.
2. Create concrete short-term and long-term goals based on these roles and values. These goals should have a weekly or monthly time commitment included and a game plan for accomplishing them. For example if I to work towards my role making people a priority, I might commit to having lunch with a different person 3x per week.
3. Schedule. Finally, I create my weekly calendar and make sure that these things have a time slot where they will be accomplished. If I want to commit 1 hour a week to something I make sure that there is time set aside for that.
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So, this is the ideal. And when I stick to it...it works! I think I'm going to do this later today, so there can be a little bit of direction to my summer.
I would love for people to be able to look at my calendar and my checkbook and be able to see who I am each and every day in a way that glorifies God. I don't want them to see the hours Facebook, blogging or shopping outweighing my time spent with the Lord, serving others and building relationships, and other pursuits with an eternal value.
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