This is my THIRD year using Powersheets: an intentional goal planner specifically designed for women. However, I can honestly say that this is the first year where I have used it as a truly powerful tool.

In the past I have always tried to use Powersheets as a way to fix me. I was a space where I would journal ALL the things that I felt like I needed to change about myself because they were messy and not who I thought I should be.

Which, if you can believe, didn’t work all too well.

This year it finally clicked on how my perspective was all wrong. Writing down all these things that I wanted to change about myself wasn’t going to fix me; only Jesus can do that, and I was relying on my own strength to try and change.

I needed the perspective that this is all part of my sanctification to becoming more like Christ. I didn’t need the Powersheets to do that, but I could use them as a tool to help center me on the truth.

I realized I could use the Powersheets as a guide to uncover the areas that God might want to convict me in vs my own opinions staring back at me condemning me.

So with that, here are my personal 2019 goals for the year.

 

2019 Personal Goals with Powersheets.

Create a family foundation

Pursue and Inspire Christlikeness

Honor God with my body

Love one another (Friends)

Love one another (Family)

Serving and loving Church Family

Recreation and Balance

 

 

Goal 1:

Create a family foundation

This Goal is about really creating healthy routines and habits. Simple routines that can withstand even hard seasons. 

Why: Because our circumstances don’t define our character.  

How progress will look:

• Morning routine
• Evening routine
• Intentional date nights
• Easy kitchen meals
• Keeping a stocked pantry with staples
• Decluttering
• Making home more functional
• Make traditions
• Schedule doctor appointments
• Family recipe book
• Taking and printing pictures.

Starting Steps:

1. Create a simple 2 step morning routine and evening routine
2. Decluttering
3. Looking to start making and planning traditions and celebrations
   

Goal 2:

Pursue and Inspire Christlikeness

Why: Because it’s literally why I exist! At the end of this life I want to look back on life knowing I pursed this my entire life.   

How progress will look:

• Be faithful in tithing
• Strong devotional morning
• 1 Book a month to help in sanctification
• Use prayer journal
• Use prayer memoire

Starting Steps:

1. Be faithful in tithing
2. Set devotional time in the morning
3. Write and prep prayer journal each month
   

Goal 3:

Honor God with my body

Why: When I know what it means to truly honor God with my body, it will help me lose weight and be a good steward of what he has given me.

How progress will look:

• Find a fun way to exercise
• No soda
• Eat more whole healthy food
• Eat out less
• Plan in advance the meals worth indulging
• Stay Consistent
• Read a book about what God says about food.  
• Memorizes verses to help in times of temptation

Starting Steps:

1. Read a book about what God says about food and health
2. Spin Class! – Go Consistently
3. No soda

Goal 4:

Love one another (Friends)

Why: God calls us to love one another. I can show the love of Christ towards other by being hospitable to them and celebrating them throughout the year!

How progress will look:

• Creating a homey environment
• Celebrating birthdays
• Sending just because gifts
• Scheduling time together
• Celebrating small progress
• Pray for them
• Ask out to coffee
• Host movie nights

Starting Steps:

1. Ask for birthdays
2. Getting and creating some birthday cards
3. Putting birthdays in planner

 

Goal 5:

Love one another (Family)

Why: Because I love them and it fills my cup to love and make them feel cherished

How progress will look:

• Celebrating Birthdays
• Just because gifts
• Pray for them
• Scheduling trips to visit
• Facetime them

Starting Steps:

1. Add birthdays to calendar
2. Get some just because cards
3. Look at flights for future visits

 

Goal 6:

Serving and loving Church Family

Why: Desire to make other feel welcomed to the city and live out the calling of living in community.

How progress will look:

• Serving Community Group Girls well
• Help structure and plan community group “events”
• Help give ideas to help children’s church
• Meet and cultivate church family relationships
• Continue to become biblical counseling certified
• Pray for counselees

Starting Steps:

1. Look at ideas to celebrate with community group
2. Play days to bring snacks to group
3. Chat with J about who to cultivate relationships with

 

Goal 7:

Recreation and Balance

Why: Because my life should not revolve around work. I need other things that fire me up!

How progress will look:

• 5 Day work week
• See more musicals
• Learn a new hobby – learning to decorate sugar cookies?
• Make a fitness class a hobby
• Craft more!

Starting Steps:

1. Implement work hours
2. Look at musical opportunities
3. Gather sugar cookie supplies