Intentional
Intentional. My word for 2019. I don’t know that I really believe in New Year’s Resolutions. I think there’s a lot of hype around the new year, when really every single day we wake up is a chance to make a new goal, make a change, or be better. Don’t get me wrong, I have no judgements against people who make resolutions. They just aren’t for me. To me, the New Year is equivalent to the Monday of the week. “I’ll start my diet on Monday, the weekend doesn’t count”, when, in all reality, the scale on Monday says the weekend DID, in fact, count. I’m not looking to set myself up for failure. I’m looking to make real changes in my life – changes that make me more like Christ. I think it’s because I’m a big picture person, I don’t spend tons of time focusing on the details. In everything I do, I want to leave it better than when I started it. So, I’m writing this down [for anyone who wants to read], and hopeful that when I read this in 2020, I feel like I did what I wanted ...