It’s currently 10:30pm on December 31st 2013. I
decided to write this blog now in anticipation of posting for the new year. I
am incredibly blessed and happy right now because I’m in my home country,
Jamaica. I got to come here for 3 weeks (I’m currently on my 2nd
week) to be with family for Christmas and New Years. I wanted to keep up with
the traditions I seem to have created for myself for the past 2 years and
review what I my goals for 2013 and make goals for 2014.
2013 goals:
1. I want to read the entire Bible again. This time 4 times by the end of 2013.
Can you believe I did it? I’m one determined cookie. I
signed up for the Youversion Bible plan “Read
the Bible in 90 days” and started it over each time it ended. I read the Bible in
different versions each time 1) King James Version 2) New International Version
3) English Standard Version and 4) Message Version. For someone as busy as
myself I would not recommend doing this. It’s committing to 1 hour of straight
Bible reading because of the short period of time you have to get the entire
Bible in. It was really hard and stressful for me, but as I said, I’m a
determine cookie. I’m excited! I've now read the entire Bible for a total of 5 times in 5 different version (2012 I read the entire Bible in 1 year).
2. Eat better overall and incorporate a steady work out routine into my life.
Honestly, this is a constant struggle for me. I have a few weeks when I do really good and then I have periods where I just fall off so hard. For the most part I did pretty well this year. My car accident threw me off my schedule since October but I plan on getting right back in the gym when I return to the States. The trick really is to prepare ahead of time. I was always so busy all the time that I never had time to prepare. That will be one of my new resolutions.
2. Eat better overall and incorporate a steady work out routine into my life.
Honestly, this is a constant struggle for me. I have a few weeks when I do really good and then I have periods where I just fall off so hard. For the most part I did pretty well this year. My car accident threw me off my schedule since October but I plan on getting right back in the gym when I return to the States. The trick really is to prepare ahead of time. I was always so busy all the time that I never had time to prepare. That will be one of my new resolutions.
3. Finish my masters degree
Aaah I remember this time last year I was so excited with
the thought of finishing. This is also an accomplished goal. I officially
finished classes in June of this year and my degree conferral was in September
this year. Thank God! #TeamMastersDegree
4. Continue to seek God for my purpose in life
4. Continue to seek God for my purpose in life
I would mark this as ongoing. It takes daily devotion and
constant communication with God and it never really stops. I believe that He is
leading me to where I need to be.
Goals for 2014
1) Declutter: I tend to want to jump in and get involved in
everything and end up overwhelming myself and being busy all the time. I don’t
like that. It gives me very little down time, I have little time for myself and
my family, I’m always tired and never seem to have time to stop and smell the
roses. Life is too short to not smell the roses. I need to figure out what I
want in life and how that lines up with what God wants for me and get rid of
some things so that I can have more time to just…be
2)Read the entire Bible again: Haha it will never end.
Seeing that the 4 times a year plan was so intense I think I’ll do 2 times this
year. I’ll enroll in the 180 day reading plan this time around. One version
will be in the Amplified version and I think I might revisit the Message
version again
3) Finish Bible
X: I talked about this Bible reading plan in a previous blog “So You Wanna Study
the
Bible”. I think I got half way through then stopped being consistent. I
want to finish that this year and I have
plenty of time to do so
4) Get better
with finances: I create budget after budget and never stick to it, I never know
where my
money goes and I always seem to be…broke. I want to officially get out
of that habit in 2014. I want to
purchase a house someday, be able to pay off
student loans and be able to put emergency money away for a
rainy day. The goal
is to create a budget, stick to it and start getting rid of these debts.
5) Workout and eat
healthy: As I declutter I will have more time to plan and I should be able to
stick to a
healthier regimen and workout routine. This year is my year. The goal is not
to be skinny but to be healthy.
I'm so blessed to be able to see another year. I think sometimes we don't stop to realize just how blessed we
are. There are those that never lived to see this year or loved ones that never lived to see this year. I'm
looking forward to 2014. I know there may be struggles, drama, obstacles but there will also be happiness,
excitement and breakthroughs bigger than I can ever imagine.
Thank you for following me throughout 2013 and I hope you continue to follow me as I journey through
2014.
xo
Tasha
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