Happy New Year!
We're 12 days into 2023 and I have a question for you: What is a goal you made for the year? It can be one, ten, or a million goals, but I'm sure by now, you've started to feel the pressure mounting. You may have already failed at one of your resolutions. You may be thinking to yourself, "I haven't even accomplished the goals I set out to achieve LAST year." Toward the end of the year, we often get excited thinking about all that we want to accomplish in the coming year. We tend to take on many goals and we get the idea into our heads that we want to tackle them all at once. For example: Let's exercise, eat healthy, and keep our entire house clean every single day. Does this sound achievable? I didn't think so either. ;) Instead of trying to tackle everything at once, or "multi-tasking" in other words, how about if we make small steps toward a certain goal? Create achievable checkpoints to hit on your way to reaching that goal. If you set out to learn a difficult piano piece, start by implementing some sort of routine at the piano so you can practice and work your way up to learning the more advanced music. If one of your goals is to read the Bible in a year, why not start by reading one chapter and then work your way up to the 4 or 5 chapters that will get you to that finish line? As a writer, I've often heard the phrase "celebrate the small wins." We've set our goal: to write a novel. We have our computer, notebooks, and research ready to go. . . then what happens? Writing, of course! ;) Some writers knock out 5,000 words a day. Others are daunted by that number and manage to write at least 1,500 words. And then there are some who only have so much time in their busy days, and they knock off 500 words. Whether we write 5,000 words or 500, celebrate those small wins! If you only wrote a prologue for your story, celebrate the accomplishment! The same goes for whatever goal it is you're chasing this year. Tone it down to small bite-size pieces that can easily be accomplished and watch the progress you'll make toward your overall goals. I pray that 2023 will be a wonderful year for all of you wonderful readers, and remember, that even if we don't achieve those goals, we aren't defined by our failures. There will always be next year, Lord willing. Till next time, Carolyn "The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul. . ." Proverbs 13:19a
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