13- Goal Setting

Almost as much as I love the holidays, I love this time of year for thinking about the next year. This is the time when we get ready for new beginnings, think about what worked and what didn’t work. It is the time of year to plan and dream and listen for what God might be speaking about what He might be dreaming and planning for us. My goal setting and planning is a hodgepodge from much wiser, more well thought out women (namely Lara Casey and Jennie Allen) but I will share my process and hope to help you think through a little about what you want to see in your life in this next year. One Little Word Picking a word for the year is no new thing here on the internets. I am not sure how many years now I have been picking one word to focus on for the year, maybe 6 or 7 years now, but I love doing it. If you are new to the idea, let me explain. Instead of coming up with a ton of New Years resolutions you pick one Word to really focus on. Lara Casey has great articles on how to find your one word. Here ( https://laracasey.com/2018/12/26/2019-goal-setting-part-3-choose-word-of-the-year/ ) is the one from 2019, but I am sure she will have an awesome one this year as well. As she takes you through her process you look for themes and choose your one word that way. I have done that and I have simply just asked the Lord for the word. The thing that I love about it is you find the theme running throughout your year, like an anchor point bringing you back to center, what you want to focus on. What will your word be for 2020? I encourage you to take some time and sit down with your questions and really take some time to think through it. So, what other parts of goal setting have I found helpful? One of the best parts of Lara’s process I think is asking ourselves the question, “what worked this year” or “what didn’t work” and what we learned from those things. We have all heard it a million times that doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. If we want a different outcome to what our lives look like, we have to be willing to change some things, no matter how scary it might be. What is it we want to accomplish? How do we want to change? What do we want to experience? What is the legacy we want to leave with our families, with our friends and loved ones, with the world? What burns in our hearts? The biggest encouragement I can tell you to do is write it down. Write down what you want to do and how you might go about doing those things. I don’t know what it is about writing it but it makes a difference and it’s a place where you can always go back and see how far you have come, what progress you have made. Happy Goal Setting! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *We want to support all you are called to do, here are some ways to connect…* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow the podcast on Instagram: CALLED TO BUILD ( https://instagram.com/calledtobuild ) Free Workbook: WHAT AM I CALLED TO? ( https://app.redcircle.com/called ) Follow Ashley on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ashley.morgan.jackson Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/called-to-build/donations