Goals
- Closer relationship with God- Today was second Corinthians chapter 1. I have read this before as I have verse 3&4 starred and outlined. These passages stand out to me . # “God of all comfort”. It isn’t it wonderful to hear that? That no matter what I go through I have the God of all comfort standing before me. Verse 4 tells is that we are comforted in all tribulations so that we will be able to comfort those that are going through tribulations. This tells me that since I have been granted comfort that I need to also grant that comfort to those in need. Who can you pray for or reach out today to offer comfort?
- Get fit/strong- today is lower body day and day 5 of 75Hard, I said yesterday was day 5 but nope that is today. I have lost 4 pounds on that so I know it is the water. Today I am did my lower body routine of belt squats, calf raises , traditional squats with barbell, split squats and knee raises with the monkey feet. I am almost at 6 weeks of training so next week I will add different weight exercises to my lower body work out.
- House Organization- I continued in the basement laundry room. Going through clothes.
- Write- I did 15 minutes today
- Camper Reno- I am going to watch another video on my break at work today
What does your future look like?
I never picture my future. With everything I have watched and read on goal setting this is a mistake. Part of Goal setting is looking into your future at 1 year at 5 years to make sure you are on track to hit your goals. I read that one of the mistakes we make in setting goals is for people that are setting business goals they tend to craft their goals around their current job/career situation without stopping to think it that job/career fits their goal. We should first craft our goals around our life. The life that we want to have , the life that brings us joy. Part of the thing about setting goals that makes me happy is you can change a goal or re write it at any time. We have to always re-evaluate our goals and our plan. This is why I use Sunday as a reflection day. I ask myself will these goals contribute to my life? Will they bring me happiness? What I have not done is envisioned my life in the future. What does my life look like at 1 year at 5 years? Do the goals I am working on lay that trajectory? We all know that if an airplane is just a couple of degrees off course it is never going to land at it’s destination. Close is not the target.
I have never been future oriented. I am sure this is a result of living a chaotic childhood. I have learned to always be in crisis mode. I know there are many out there the same. Always living in a crisis mode is not healthy. For years I told myself that thinking catastrophically just prepared me for the worst. This way I would never be surprised and would be ready. I want to write lol here because we all know, or should know the only thing we have control over is the way we react. I had to learn that I have absolutely no control on the outside world. When you are always on crisis watch you are not able to grow. Everything you do is really at a superficial level because you are constantly on guard. I read an article that stated we skim, we skim out relationships, our emotional state, our spiritual life. To keep everything going we are skimming. This cheats us out of a growth that we need.
How do we get out of this mode and begin to grow where we are able to picture a future we want and plan for it? For me setting goals and working through them daily has helped me a lot. I really recognized I was in survival mode years ago and thought that I had worked through it but when I recently realized that I never look ahead and plan for the future, this told me I had yet to totally conquer survival mode. I am including an article below that give some tips. We need to be thriving and not just surviving. I know many are new to this mode with the Covid epidemic. I know many are struggling with their mental health over the past 2 years. We know there is always going to some crisis around the corner.
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