Goals

I have received some questions about how my goals are different this year and I apologize for not sharing more before. I have struggled to put into words this year's change because, honestly, on paper it looks the same. It is more of a shift in the way I am looking at them and thinking about them. In the past I had been very specific in documentation of each goal and the steps needed to attain them. How else would I know when or even if I ever met them?

For example:  I want to be healthier, so I want the scale to say this specific number. As the months go on, I can measure my success (or lack there of) quite literally. At the end of the year there is no debating as to whether or not I met my goal. However, I have found a whole lot more to being "healthier" than a number on the scale. I can improve my health and never reach the number I want...or I can reach that number and still be quite unhealthy. This year my goal is to have a specific, measurable goal for each month ('cause 30 days is easier than 365) like exercising at least 20 min or drinking 16 glasses of water every day, preparing for a 5k that month or activities with the kids.

Technically, this is the same goal, but the way I'm thinking about it has changed. Money, education, ministries...thinking more of the "spirit" rather than the "letter" of the goal. And while although my husband and I have always planned goals for the family together, this year my personal have overlapped more with the family goals which has involved my husband more in helping me and ultimately us meet them.