MAKE THAT CHANGE
It's the 31st day of the year and also the
123rd day that I have been 31 years. I often find myself thinking
about how I will be 40 soon and I do NOT want to look back and see that I haven’t
made any growth. I’m sure you feel the same way; that you want to take advantage
of opportunities to improve your quality of life and you want to make sure you
are enjoying a purposeful life and not just making it through.
So I'm sure you’ve taken the first
step; you’ve written your goals/resolutions.
BOOM!
Then you realize that change doesn’t happen overnight…you
actually have to do some work to prepare for the change. It would be awesome if
you could just wish change and it happens without having to make adjustments to your habits. Sometimes complacency comes knocking on your door saying
You don’t have to do anything right
now. It’ll happen!
Then years have gone past before you realize NOTHING CHANGED...
That’s how I feel when I think about my goals sometimes, and I put off walking up to the starting point time and time again. But here’s the thing. You only have one life to live on Earth so be intentional about moving towards being the best you.
That’s how I feel when I think about my goals sometimes, and I put off walking up to the starting point time and time again. But here’s the thing. You only have one life to live on Earth so be intentional about moving towards being the best you.
If you were slacking, don’t beat yourself up. Just remember:
Tomorrow is a new month. Beyond that, it’s a new day – a perfect time to begin
sewing into your future.
Here’s 3 things that I’m more intentional about. Even though it’s hard and I don’t always feel like it, I had to start. If you don’t go ahead and start, then later you’ll be looking back thinking about where you could have been if you started way back when…
*SPIRIT- There is
nothing more important than God. Period. So I wanted to stop making excuses
about being too “busy” to spend time with him. I’ve been praying and reading more since the
beginning of the new year. I finished Proverbs by reading a chapter each day
since there are 31 days in January. I read from my reading plans on the
YouVersion app, and I have the app to read out loud to me on the way to work. I still hit and miss some days but you have
to make the time for Him.
*BODY- I used to work out very often. I
mean I went hard and I was slim – a little
bit. But many circumstances changed and it was hard to balance exercising
with my new schedule. However, with my blood pressure raised even on
medication, I knew that I really had to cut the excuses and make some changes.
I still have a ways to go but I made a few changes to my diet and I’ve been
working out 2-3 times every week. #SmallVictories
*FINANCES- If you’re
in education at any level, you know that December and January are hard months. What
my husband and I learned more than ever is that we must budget. It’s not an
option. We also learned that just because January 31st finally came
around doesn’t mean we go back to spending frivolously because we got it. No, we still have to live
below our means to build up our savings, and reach other goals. This past month
and a half showed us that it’s possible to live off of less because with God’s
help, we definitely made it work.
What goals do you have and how are you moving towards being
the best you?
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