2008 was a great year and I am looking forward to what 2009 is going to bring. Here are a few of my goals and plans for 2009:
- Get my health under control again. What this means for me is losing weight and getting active again. This past Fall I stopped running and walking. When I get back from our trip I am going to start the Couch to 5k program again. Anyone want to join me in losing weight and running?
- Continue to work on having an emotionally healthy spirituality. The areas that I want to focus on are the daily office and working on the life skills that I blogged about in December.
- Be home MORE nights than I am out. This is an area that I let slip this Fall and I am determined to change this.
- Continue to be involved in our community. I am really enjoying my work with the Chamber of Commerce and I am going to continue to be involved. My role there is to help facilitate and be involved in planning community wide events.
- Continue to blog. I want to keep journalling what God is teaching me. This is such a big help for me and I love the connections that I have made here.
- I am planning on attending the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality conference in April. I have a few details (accommodations) that I need to work out but I am confident that everything is going to work out.
- Continue to have a date night once a week with my wonderful and incredible wife Lauren!
- Connect more with my neighbours. I have very surface relationships with my neighbours and I want to spend more time cultivating relationships with them.
- Continue to step out of my comfort zone in ministry. I am not content to continue on with the status quo. I want to continue to be stretched.
- I would like to continue to explore the world of photography. I began dabbling in this during the summer but I haven’t done much since.
What are some of your plans and goals for 2009?
A Few Related Posts You May Find Useful:
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Part 8
I feel GOOD!
Stepping out . . .
Self-care: Is it important?
More self evaluation . . .
Four things we learn as we journey through a wall Part 1
Five different phases of biblical grieving Part 1: Pay attention
Life skills for growth: Learning what VALID expectations are
My 2009 goals
1/ To know JESUS and the gospel more than I did in 2008.
2/ Be a better husband.
3/Be a better dad.
4/ To get a good portion of the novel I’m writng done (at least the first draft)
5/ Get the commedy /serious sketches that I have in my head down on paper.
How about reading through the Bible?
http://philippianjailer.blogspot.com/2009/01/read-through-bible-in-2009.html
I want to recover from my addiction to blog stats.
Is that spiritual enough?
I was never big at laying out expectations, if you keep them low enough it is hard to disappoint anyone.
I guess in 2009,
1-Move smartly in progress at seminary
2-Firm up ideas for ministry while in seminary and beyond
3-Be a better husband, son, brother and friend to those around me.
1. To Pray every day
2. To read through the Bible in one Year.
3. To be a better Husband.
4. To be a better Father.
5. To exercise more and to get ride of the excess pounds.
6. To complete my Masters Degree.
Thanks everyone for chiming in! I pray that God will empower you to fulfill your goals for this year!
It is a good idea to keep the date night with your wife bro, family comes first. I think there is a verse in 1 Tim or 2 Tim that says if you don’t take care of your family first you are worse off than those who do not believe.