I hate making resolutions/goals whatever you want to call it. Every year Jarom and I sit down and do it and I dread it every year. I try to think of things I would like to do and accomplish but just can't seem to come up with any reasonable "goals." Every year I write down about 6-7 or seven things, long-term, and they get broader every year. I close the book and never look back at them again. That would have to be another goal. Then the next year comes and I've only accomplished 2 or 3. It's so frustrating because I feel that even though I didn't complete all my "written" goals I still managed to accomplish many things. But all of that is quickly over looked when I reopen that book and hear from "some persons" that I don't like making goals because I never achieve them. Ouch! Talk about feeling like crap.
With my years has come a little, tiny bit of wisdom. That is, I have a long term goal and it's to be a good mother, wife, daughter, sister, and friend. To be a righteous daughter of God and to live with Him and my family in the eternities someday. He's made me unique and different and how I set and achieve my goals don't have to be like everyone else!
With that said, my only goal for this year was to set a monthly goal and meet it. Baby steps, right? It always is for me. But it gets me where I want to go. To often I have tried to do things the way Jarom was doing it and it just wasn't working for me. I've realized that's OK. I don't have to do it the same way as long as we are focused on the same thing. The point is simply make a goal and achieve and be a better person for it. I hope with my new plan in place I can do just that!
My first goal is to read a chapter from the Book of Mormon everyday. Sounds crazy!? It's hard to read everyday on my own. I always read with my boys and tend to "count" that or I only manage to get in a verse or two. So, even though it's not a full out 30 minutes of study it's making the time to read them everyday a little more than I was before.
I'd love to hear some of y'all's goals.
2 comments:
I'm inspired! I think that I'm going to throw out my sprial note book full of never accomplished goals and just set one a month. We can do that, right?
monthly goals sounds doable. although for me, sometimes all i can handle are week-to-week goals. maybe even just day to day. i have limited self-control.
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