Sometimes we need is perspective. Sometimes we need direction. Sometimes we need vision. But at all times, we should have a plan.
In thinking about why Americans love reality TV so much, I came to three conclusion:
- We love stories.
- We love the underdog.
- We love drama.
But don’t fault us. It’s in our American DNA. As school kids were learned about the sacrifice and struggle in fighting for our independence. We cheered for our forefathers who won battles they were expected to lose. And as the pages of history turn, we love feeling the victory and freedom many men and women fought for.
It should be no surprise that reality shows like Biggest Loser and American Idol are hits.
But what about YOU? What are YOUR goals? We have a tendency of diminishing our goals by comparing them to others. This, mis compadres, is not cool. As member of the body of Christ, we love stories, we love the underdog, and we lurrrrve drama!
In their book Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath believe that if you cannot articulate your vision/goal/dream in two to three sentences, then nobody will have the patience to listen. As difficult as it sounds, it’s true.
So here’s the exercise:
Write down what you do, then write down what you want to do.
There is power in articulating your goals. Sometimes it simply provides perspective [to remind us of why we do what we do]. Sometimes it to say we need direction [and that’s okay]. And sometimes it helps us to get started in stating our vision [so others can keep us accountable].
Whether you write it out in the comments section is up to you, but I would encourage you to write it out somewhere! Let others know.
This could be your next best step…
I actually had a conversation with my husband about dreams and goals over our Valentine's dinner. Check it out here: http://pitchperfectpicture.blogspot.com/2011/02/v… 🙂
I want to write a book to help bridge the gap for those in their quarter life crisis. There. I said it.
I would SO buy it! Hurry it up lady, we're holding you to it.
Oooh, can you blog a tidbit of what this book will entail?! I would so buy it because I think the so called "midlife crisis" is hitting us younger, at least for those who would dare confess.
I work as an inventory person.
I want to work in the family and marriage profession to encourage teens and couples.
There. I said it… Kinda scary writing it out…
Looks like most of us are behind you – how can we help you make it happen?
I really think that this is a new phenomenon – I know SO many who are in quarter life crises….I so want to help you do this!!!
I feel I’m doing what God called me to do.. Truth be told Bianca, Gabriel has walked away from God completely. I blame myself, my decisions, my failures, my transgressions, my sins..
I feel God has given me another opportunity with my babies. I see what I did wrong and with the help of God and my husband I strive to do better.
I would like to minister those women who have had or are thinking about aborting their babies. This is where my hear has been for yrs… PRAY!
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I want to write into people's loneliness and still have the energy to be a wife and mother. And preferrably be in America to do it 🙂
I am at that crossroad right now. What have you called me to do Lord? ???????
As I seek Him I know I will find where He wants me to be.
@ Bianca – I would buy the book! 🙂
2012…Stay at home mom!!!!!!!!!!! We just have to learn to live simply, and 2012 is my deadline. Plus I need the hubs to have the same desire. "So continuiing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart". Acts 2:46
You know I love this one!!
It’s funny because I use the exercise of “writing down what you do and writing down what you want to do with clients.” It is a wondeful tool to teach focus, gratitude, and goal setting.
Glad to see that you a in line with your purpose…you have certainly inspired me ove the past year 😉
You are great Bianca!! Thank u for this!! Question are you a Gates Millennium Scholar too?? 🙂
Blessings,
Destiny
I taught I knew where I was going but to write it down… its something else…You got me thinking….Thanks.
Ok, sitting in my office at work. Lord, thank you for my job, but in my heart I want to do more…
I want to travel and work with kids. A few summers ago I took a trip to Puerto Vallarta for a mission training school & loved it! We did a VBS for the kids, and just ministered to them. I've also been to other parts of Mexico, and visited orphanages. Sometimes I feel like this vision becomes kind of cliche for young Christian adults, but I cant help it! Ultimately, I'd love to work for World Vision, but I don't have the confidence to commit and work towards this goal. Right now I'm going to school, and working toward it slowly…Lord willing it will happen!
Love this post!!! So important to WRITE your goals!!! 😉
i want to go on a mission trip. i want to make a difference.
The Lord has called me to homeschool my children for the last five years, but I want to finish college and become a dentist. How do I do that without sacrificing my own kids?
It's a goal, but right now it seems to be merely just a dream.
you know when thinking about what i want to do..fear takes over…so in a perfect world…
i love media…so anything to spread the gospel through a media outlet is what i want to do..whether it's tv, radio, web, print..that's what i want to do…i know it's kinds vague, but the thought of the steps i would need to take overwhelm me…
second choice would be marital and family counseling…but again fear takes over…or maybe satan just tries to take me down before i even consider it..i mean how can i counsel other marriages or families when mine isn't even close to being perfect and still has its struggles and unhealthy issues? we have struggled so much though, that i wanna be there for those who are struggling too…before they throw in the towel…
love the post!
Hey Christy!
I think it's so great that you want to help other struggling families. What I have learned through experience is that sometimes Jesus will allow you to go through something so that later you can help someone who goes through the same thing. For example, my mom lost her house and was super bummed. A while back she got to talk to a lady who was doing her hair (the lady did not believe in Jesus) and the lady told her that she was about to lose her house as well. My mom felt like Jesus was telling her to pray with the lady so my mom stepped out in obedience and prayed with the lady in the front of the hair salon in the Name of Jesus and because my mom had been through that tremendous difficulty and pain, she could and did pray genuinely for the lady (they both cried because my mom knew exactly what the other lady felt). Jesus is good and He works all things together for our good. I've heard that there is a great book called "Leading with a Limp" that is about this. It's an option for you to check out.
Romans 8:28 (NIV) 28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
thanks so much for that recomendation..i am definitely gonna check out that book…
I want to minister to women worldwide with the powerful message that the healing, redemptive power of Jesus is available to them, and that He has made them worthy! I want to be the hands and feet of Jesus, no matter what, even when it scares me.
First of all, I love your videos. I think you are adorable and are a gifted speaker. Praise God for what He is doing in and through you. I like this exercise and have to give it some thought. I'll get back to you. 😉
I am a software engineer. I want to be teacher or get my degree in herbal/holistic medicine.
Hello Bianca and everyone,
My gigantic goal is to live unrestricted from the religious fakeness and hypocrisy I created for myself for most of my life. To make the world better by being better. To truly love people for the awesomeness God created them to be and to see the world as it ought to be. And to encourage/motivate peope to do the same….and I want to be able to work for myself through my writing (I also want to lift a lot of weights and bulk up to look like the Incredibe Hulk, that would be awesome)
I'm a junior in college, and I still have absolutely no clue what God has called me to do! I feel so lost!
I want to share the gospel with one person a day. Doesn't happen every single day but it is a privilege when it does.
It does seem that everybody is into this kind of stuff lately. Appriciate you shedding light into this matter. Keep it up.
Oh boy I was just telling Jesus what my dreams were today… in a nonsensical kind of way. My dreams are to hold up the banner that I feel Jesus has blessed me with (this sounds so super weird, I know) but what I mean is I hope that all people will see that Jesus is God. I wondered who He was for so long and no one could give me that answer until finally, He did! Jesus is God.
Next, I really pray (you all can pray for me too, in fact I would really appreciate that) that Jesus will provide me with the career that is just for me. The job that I can both serve Jesus with and be really good at. A job where I feel challenged, just enough, and where I don't feel like any of the talents He has given me have gone to waste because of fear, laziness or apathy. I have just started a credential program now and… I'm kind of not very into it. I feel like this is not it for me. There are other people who are so excited to teach elementary or middle or high school and I'm just not one of them. I'm trusting that Jesus will open the right doors and close the wrong ones because He is good.
Finally, I would really like to go back to Portugal, where I'm originally from, and I would love see my whole family accept Jesus as their God. I would love to have a small apartment where my mom, brother and I could live and grow closer with Jesus.
I want to decide on a major
I'm a paralegal. I want to assist families with the college admissions process.
I currently work as a loan processor… most mundane job… and for a creative mind like me it's the equivilent to chinese water torture.
I love to write… so if I could make a living off of painting pictures with words… I would do it in a heartbeat
I am a Freelace Photographer and I want to take my business across the world and share the gospel to others through Photography.
forth until. here’s hoping there’s a part greater top-notch crucial coming!
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