Goals…

It’s a daunting word and an even more daunting idea when I think about my personal goals. My heart begins to beat a bit more rapidly as I relate “goals” to myself, my nonexistent 5-year plan, and realizing that I’ve let my old goals simply evaporate into my past with all the thoughts of what-I-need-to-do and what-I-should-do. They trump my present and do not let me proceed to my future.

I’m caught in my own whirlwind of being who I am and becoming who I want to be but realizing that I’m not who I was so where do these old goals fit into the new me that I’m still getting to know?

If you followed that, you’re either in the same spot as me, just as crazy as me, or we’re kindred spirits at heart!

I remember myself as a little girl — brave, curious, excitable, determined, stubborn even. I liked who I was a lot. My imagination guided my days and I would get lost within it. I would spend hours outside, exploring my forested backyard with my younger brother. We created worlds between our backdoor and the small creek that bordered our property line. We ventured beyond the creek, crawling and then soon running over a fallen tree as we crossed the creek; we got accustomed to knowing every branch, bump in the bark, and curve of the tree so we knew precisely where to put our feet while balancing our bodies with our arms stretched outward while we crossed over to a familiar unknown. We were unafraid to move forward.

I want to be unafraid to pursue my goals and dreams.

My college soccer coach posted the below video on Facebook that has my Hollywood crush Idris Elba asking every day people about who they want to be when they’re grown up. Their responses are like mine — “There’s no free moment in the day”, “I’ve past the point of where it’s achievable”, “I’ve lost ambition”, and the one that hit me hardest, “I haven’t given myself time to dream”.

https://www.facebook.com/idriselba/?fref=nf

I spend so much time telling myself the excuses of why I can’t or shouldn’t and hardly any time believing that I can. We are here to THRIVE, don’t you feel it? There is some desire, deep down inside you that wants to come to the surface and breathe! It wants to bring you life if you allow it. It all begins with a positive thought, a step forward, and all that will push you into the next steps and places you need to be to get you to where your dreams are.

Then, you’ll be living among your dream, your goal. So, what are your goals? Write them out with me, then write out one step to get to you closer to accomplishing that goal. We’ll never make it if we don’t have each other.

My Goals:

1. Write 2–3 times a week and publish each blog.
2. Eat clean, workout 2–3 times a week, weigh under 150lbs and have fun doing it!
3. Help my missionary friend start and build an English learning program in Peru to be profitable and sustainable.
4. Improve my Spanish to be able to do my job without hesitation or fear.
5. Visit Australia, New Zealand, and Rarotonga.

What are yours? Share your goals and dreams because you never know who wants to do the same goal and who will help you get there.