One day I asked myself this question- “What do I want to accomplish before I leave this earth?” This thought inspired me to start writing down things I want to do. This list of things that I want to do turned into a long list of life goals.
The Bible teaches us to set goals with the thought of God. Instead of setting goals with the intent to achieve them all in your time and your way, set goals with the ambition to fulfill God’s desires and plans for your life. “Instead you ought say, ‘if it is the Lord’s will, He will live and do this or that.’” (James 4:15) We have to leave space in our list of goals and dreams for God and his plans. We must be accepting of when our plans change paths and God’s goals differ from our own.
Everyone needs long term goals in their life. Making these goals will be the difference in determination and frustration. My life goal list is always morphing, but here is my latest version. These goals are not ranked in terms of importance or priority; some are big, some are small, but they are all goals that I have for my life.
So, here are my goals for the next 50+ years of my life…
1.Get married to the love of my life
2.Celebrate an anniversary somewhere tropical
3.Coach a sports team for my children
4.Start a family
5.Buy or build my dream house
6.Travel to Italy
7.Adopt a baby from another country
8.Attend the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN
9.Go on a mission trip with my family
10.Foster children
11.Have $10,000+ in savings
12.Give Christmas to a family in need
13.Become an avid donator to a charity
14.Get my phd
15.Be featured in a magazine/online publication with my photography work
16.Have my own in-home photography studio
17.Witness my children’s baptism
18.Get involved in my local church
19.Read the entire Bible in a year
20.Visit NYC during Christmas time
21.Sit front row at a Thomas Rhett Concert
22.Visit the White House
23.Take my parents on a vacation
24.Take our children to New York
25.Take our children to Disney
26.Take our children somewhere tropical
27.Learn how to snowboard
28.Pay for our children’s college education
29.Travel to Hawaii
30.Have a family farm with lots of animals
31.Attend CMA Fest in Nashville
32.Swim with pigs in the Bahamas
33.Mentor a group of young girls for a year
34.Blog once a week for a year
35.Make photography my primary job
36.Raise my children in a loving, Christian home
37.Be a stay at home mom
38.Meet Jana Kramer
39.See the Eiffel Tower
40.Attend the National Championship College Football Game (when Auburn goes, of course)
My goals may change overtime, and as they do, I will come back and revise and add. Please encourage me to reach all of them, as I will encourage you to reach your life long goals.
“Setting goals is a practical way of dreaming big”
