There are GREAT life planning resources on the website and I am noooo expert at this, but since I'm spending lots of time pre-planning and planning for the sake of my sanity, I might as well share it with some of you ladies. If it's helpful, please feel free to use it, edit it, completely change it.
In conjunction, there is a certain passage of scripture that I'm praying to be true in my life this year. You can find it in Isaiah 32:15-18. Overall, I'm praying that the Lord would grow righteousness in me so that I could be a place of peace, quietness, and trust for my family. So, if you see those key words quite a lot, that's why!
So, my plan of attack is to address these things, pray through them, plan, consult with the husband and then implement with TONS of grace. I don't want having a plan to make me crazy if I can't accomplish it and above all things, I want to listen to the Lord - so yeah -
that is the plan for the plan of the plan.
And, yes, I know how crazy that sounds.
Without any further nuttiness....
(2010 planning session)
Major areas to address:
1. personal growth
2. family
3. service/ministry
4. community
Personal Growth
- determine plan for personal Bible reading
- determine who are the people speaking into me/mentoring
- personal health goals
Family
A. Marriage
- outline ways to continue pursuit of being a righteous wife
- determine how to be a place of peace in our marriage
- pray through ways to practice quietness in our marriage
- evaluate how to continue growing into a trustworthy wife
B. Kids
- what are big prayers for each of the kids this year?
- what are my "learning" goals for them (semi-educational)
- plan monthly overview of themes for January - December what I'd like to be teaching them.
(example: doing a fruit of the spirit Febuary-October, thankfulness for November, advent in December)
- health goals for kids (example: E's first dentist appointment, vaccination plans)
Service
- Short term, who are the people I'd like to be serving and how?
- Long term, who are the people I'd like to be serving and how?
- How can I be serving with the kids?
- How can I spur Nick on in his servce for others?
Community/Friends
- Who are the women that God has placed in my life for my righteousness?
How am I cultivating those relationships.
- Are my friendships promoting peace?
How can I help my friends lives to be more peaceful?
- What are some steps to take towards being a more trustworthy friend?
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Ok friends, I hope that is slightly helpful for someone! If not - I now have a handy place to find it if I lose my notebook. Getting super excited about 2010.
How about you?
3 comments:
wow- i love love love this! for the past several years I have taken part of a day at year end as a day of reflection and meditation on what God has done in the prior year, and I think this year I'm going to add on this planning aspect! :)
Helpful? Ummm...Not really. LOL! It's just that this was totally convicting and overwhelming to me since I should be doing the same thing but would rather just go to SeaWorld and watch the dolphins! :)
Hey lady - I just did this and for what it's worth, one of my big take-aways from the book I was using (Carolyn Mahaney's) was to focus on the biggest one or two areas and pray through a plan of action from there. Maybe that's helpful to you, maybe not!
My list totally overwhelmed me because there are SO many areas I need to work on. :0)
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