11/01/2004
Setting Goals
At our church Ladies' Night Out tonight, the speaker, Brenda, asked us to list our goals on a tablet. She gave us the tablets to keep. Mine had zebra stripes. So cool.
But I digress. . . She told us that to be more focused in our lives, we need goals. I figure she's been reading my blog.
The instructions were to list general goals at first and then narrow each broad goal down to specifics. We did a lot of "Hmming" and even a little "Hawing" but finally we started to write.
I have no idea what everyone else wrote. Not that I didn't try to catch a quick glimpse just to make sure I was on the right track, but these ladies kept their arms around their papers like we were taking a college entrance exam. All I ended up with was a pain in the neck and my own list of goals.
I want to have:
1. A Happy Family (Can you sing the Barney song with me? My kids have outgrown it, but from time to time I still long to hear "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family." Actually, I feel pretty good about this one, but it's a long-term, ongoing goal. Just because they seem happy now, doesn't mean that Oscar the Grouch won't move in during the night.)
2. Health (I figure this is general enough to include all my specific pipedreams, er. . .um. . .goals about eating right, losing weight, walking, taking supplements, getting adjusted more regularly, etc.)
3. A Clean House (Forget it. I can think of too many smart remarks to make about this one. I'm just going to let it stand on its own. Those of you who clean house like I do will be laughing anyway. To figure out if this is you, ask yourself the question - "When unexpected company's coming, do I grab black garbage bags and find one room with a door that locks to stuff them all in when they're full?" We call this "From Dump to Dazzling in twenty breathless minutes".)
4. A closer relationship with God (As soon as I wrote this on my list, I remembered that we often grow closer to Him through trials. I was hoping for warm fuzzy devotional time and maybe even going on a mission trip to Mexico to build houses for people in need. But I can't bring myself to ask for trials.)
After we finished, Brenda asked us to read a "fun" goal on our list. Hmm. . .Nobody told me we were supposed to have FUN goals. I looked back over my list. I think a mission trip to Mexico sounds fun, don't you?
Going on a cruise was the overall "fun goal" winner for the group. I think the lady sitting next to me may have voted twice, though. (Just for the record, I wanted to make a crack here about her probably being from Florida, but I'm refraining on behalf of my friend, Rachel.)
Speaking of that, remember - if you don't VOTE, you can't COMPLAIN at all for the next four years! :) Goodnight!
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But I digress. . . She told us that to be more focused in our lives, we need goals. I figure she's been reading my blog.
The instructions were to list general goals at first and then narrow each broad goal down to specifics. We did a lot of "Hmming" and even a little "Hawing" but finally we started to write.
I have no idea what everyone else wrote. Not that I didn't try to catch a quick glimpse just to make sure I was on the right track, but these ladies kept their arms around their papers like we were taking a college entrance exam. All I ended up with was a pain in the neck and my own list of goals.
I want to have:
1. A Happy Family (Can you sing the Barney song with me? My kids have outgrown it, but from time to time I still long to hear "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family." Actually, I feel pretty good about this one, but it's a long-term, ongoing goal. Just because they seem happy now, doesn't mean that Oscar the Grouch won't move in during the night.)
2. Health (I figure this is general enough to include all my specific pipedreams, er. . .um. . .goals about eating right, losing weight, walking, taking supplements, getting adjusted more regularly, etc.)
3. A Clean House (Forget it. I can think of too many smart remarks to make about this one. I'm just going to let it stand on its own. Those of you who clean house like I do will be laughing anyway. To figure out if this is you, ask yourself the question - "When unexpected company's coming, do I grab black garbage bags and find one room with a door that locks to stuff them all in when they're full?" We call this "From Dump to Dazzling in twenty breathless minutes".)
4. A closer relationship with God (As soon as I wrote this on my list, I remembered that we often grow closer to Him through trials. I was hoping for warm fuzzy devotional time and maybe even going on a mission trip to Mexico to build houses for people in need. But I can't bring myself to ask for trials.)
After we finished, Brenda asked us to read a "fun" goal on our list. Hmm. . .Nobody told me we were supposed to have FUN goals. I looked back over my list. I think a mission trip to Mexico sounds fun, don't you?
Going on a cruise was the overall "fun goal" winner for the group. I think the lady sitting next to me may have voted twice, though. (Just for the record, I wanted to make a crack here about her probably being from Florida, but I'm refraining on behalf of my friend, Rachel.)
Speaking of that, remember - if you don't VOTE, you can't COMPLAIN at all for the next four years! :) Goodnight!
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