Goals for the New Year!
Each of us go through seasons in our lives that drive us in new directions. Sometimes they are exciting and full of adventure and sometimes they are full of sadness and uneasiness. In this upcoming season in my life that I am already venturing is a combination of both.
I am in the depths of the season of Empty Nest!!! Our baby boy will be graduating in May from high school. It is a season I had not thoroughly been prepared for all that came with this season of life. However, in every season of life God pops in and guides me through the season without me really knowing. I don't see His hand in the guiding until I slow down and focus on His plan.
In the last few weeks I have been looking over the last year and have seen how things that have happened over the past 12 months has all been preparing me for the year ahead. In this new year the scripture I have chosen to focus on is...
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
My goals this year are based on where the Lord has led me over the last year, writing! I have been on a journey over the past year and it has led to more writing! I am so excited to see where it goes and where it will bring me! However, I am more realistic with goals this year and I am going to reevaluate at the end of each month and see where I am in that season and where I need to go.
So at last........drum roll......My Goals for 2015
1. Write every day! This is goal is also to fulfill a commitment to 10 Minute Novelists Facebook Page's 365K Challenge. In this challenge we are writing 365K words in 2015. That is 1000 words a day!
2. I am going to write one Christian devotion per week. I write for Baseball Chapel Women's Devotions and have not been as committed over the last year. I want to do more of that!
3. I will write a proposal by March 2015 for a Non-Fiction book. God help me!!! I have never thought about publishing, but with the encouragement of a very good friend I will give it a try!
4. I will post EVERY Monday on Walking Through Seasons! Please join me through this journey of life! The beginning them will be Joy, Peace and Hope! Don't we all need more of these? Let's do it together in 2015.
Praying for you all to have a Happy New Year!!!
Good luck with your 2015 goals.. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Suzy!! Here's to 2015!!!!
DeleteYour goals sound incredible. As for the empty nest thing, it's amazing how fast the time goes isn't it? By end of this year, we'll have only one left under the age of 18.
ReplyDeleteThe past year has been a process that has led me to this point of acceptance, while kicking and screaming at some! Amazing how time has flown past us with kids!!!!
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