Welcome back for Part 2 of the 11th-Annual Goal Setting Series. In Part 1, we looked back at the last year together. The interesting thing about writing about goal setting for so long, over so many years, is that you uncover what’s actually true: those truths that don’t change with the years, or circumstances, or times when the world gets turned upside-down. I went back and read this and this from two years ago, written shortly before the world changed…
Welcome to Part 1! Friends! This post officially marks 11 years of sharing our goals together and 10 years of uncovering what matters with our PowerSheets®! This year, in keeping with the simplicity of last year’s series, I’ll be sharing my PowerSheets process and goals here in three simple posts. You’ll find a comprehensive 5-part goal coaching series in Goal School where I walk you step-by-step through setting your 2022 goals in fun videos (and there’s an audio-only option this…
Listen to me. It is time to sit still, to tilt your face to the light and catch the notes of musicwhich sweeten the tonguelike snowflakes as they fall and meltthis bare December morning.– Linda Pastan Time to be still. December is one of those months that feels set apart from all the others. It’s a time to settle after the long year and reflect, notice—and in the noticing, give thanks and look ahead with hope. December, I am glad…
It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon. – Sarah Addison Allen on November My friend, Eric, said something this week that struck me: “It’s wise to live each day as if it is the gift that it is—to live as though your days are numbered” (Psalm 90:12). You’ll see that verse on the top of my tending list this month. This life is a gift and I was inspired by his…
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables. What a month September was! We started school!!!! Sarah lost her first tooth, we pulled out the garden to make room for the new season, and the homeschool has started so well. Getting into new rhythms takes time and patience—and I’m so grateful we’re in the thick of it. Good things are growing. I loved my September goals. We’ve been slowly,…