goal setting | Chronicles of an Almost RD

“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me…one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 3:12-14

Hello! My Christmas break was such a busy blur of fun and family, that I literally didn’t open my laptop very much after my last posts. There was still lots of thinking and planning for upcoming blog posts, so I wasn’t completely unproductive. I took a complete mind break from thinking about school, I successfully avoided catching the flu despite my entire family having it, and I was able to spend an entire week with my best friends and stand beside them as one got married. Basically, it was really refreshing and great and I’m now fully recharged and ready for this next semester (aka last semester of undergrad)!!

Considering that I really enjoy writing things down and making lists, I love taking time each January to set some goals for my upcoming year. It’s nice to reflect on the past year, and be able to kind of decide where you’d like to change and reroute now. Here are my goals & dreams for 2015:

To continually be walking heavenward. To deepen my relationship with Christ and allow my heart to be more like His.
To force myself to get out of my comfort zone. I’ve heard it said that “the lust for comfort murders the passions of the soul.” Growth isn’t as abundant when you are constantly only doing what you’re perfectly comfortable with, so I’m going to get out of that.
To be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody. I want to truly invest and invite others into my life. This is honestly hard for me because I’m one who really thrives in and enjoys alone time… but people are unable to see the Christ in me if I’m not sharing life with them. The past year was entirely too busy with school and work and clinicals, and I’m determined to make this year be different and to prioritize pouring into others.
To graduate with my BS and to obtain my RD!!!!! Eeek!
To really be me, and to be totally fine with it. I’m a girl who really likes to watch the news and crime shows and wear house slippers, who is truly an old soul that really enjoys browsing grocery stores for fun. And I’m really okay with everyone knowing that.
To live to give more than I get. There is such joy in giving, and I want to tap into that more this year. I want to extend love.
To focus on enjoying little things, rather than speedily passing by. I don’t want to skip painting my nails or forget to look outside into the pretty world while I’m driving somewhere.
I want to learn to bake and decorate pretty cakes. I realize this is so opposite of me and what I believe haha. But I just think that little cakes are so pretty and I want to make them. I’ll probably attempt to health it up, but I really just enjoy cooking and creating and it’s kind of the perfect blend and I’ll likely end up just giving cakes to people. I don’t even really like cake… I just want to make them.