In January I like to set goals for myself. I'm a person who needs a goal to work towards. Last year I had my "Winter Blah Plan" where I committed to starting a diet to loose my 10 lb Christmas food baby, signing up for a Half marathon in Feb/March to keep me running through the winter and doing my devotions and reading inspirational books over the winter.
This year I got the idea for my plan from our pastor who started a sermon series in January called "Money Matters". At first I thought blah blah blah, I've heard it all before and I don't like hearing about money because I'm not very good with it especially saving. I always beat myself up about it. But our pastor pointed out 4 important points that caught my attention.
1. Pay down debt.
2. Save little by little.
3. Set financial goals.
4. Trust in God's providential care.
That statement "save little by little" really struck a cord with me. I can do that?! That sounds doable. It doesn't have to be a big amount just a little by little adds up!
I thought I can apply that to the other issues in my life as well. Relationships that Im having difficulty with I don't need to fix in a day. Just do something positive to make it better every once and awhile, as long as it's moving forward little by little. Children I'm worried about, just love them and pray for them and do what I can, little by little and leave the rest up to God. Health problems with friends or family, take it day by day etc.
In December I set a goal to run everyday till Christmas (my 140K "Journey to Bethlehem") and that really helped me discipline myself to go running everyday. The idea was to exercise everyday, even if it was just a little. By doing this I found that I had less aches and pains, less concern with calories and my mood was better and more consistent.
So my original January goal was going to be run everyday of 2014 and do by devotions and work on my budget everyday. Well........I quickly realized that was not going to happen!
So I changed it to:
Do my devotions everyday, do my budget everyday and TRY and workout at least 5 times a week. Doable??? We'll see. I know I can achieve my goals with God's help little by little.
