Today marked the end of my first thirty years and the commencement of my thirty-first year, and all week long I've been contemplating what I want the rest of my life to look like. Or, at least the next big chunk of it anyway.
I decided to make this a 30 in 30 type of post to try and limit my tendency to verbosity - we'll see how that goes.
Things I'd like to become, do or see in the next 30 years:
- A woman who daily walks a purposeful, intentional path with God, and not remain this girl who seeks God when she remembers to pencil Him in
- Debt-free
- A woman who healthily balances the quest for fitness with sound nutrition, plenty of exercise, and the ability to love what still hangs on her hips/thighs/etc. so that her daughter has a good example of how to love our bodies
- With my husband, a marriage mentor for younger couples we encounter
- A woman distinguished by the presence of fruits of the Spirit in her life, rather than the lack of them
- Run a half-marathon
- Run a marathon
- Climb at least one fourteener a year with my husband, and later, with the kids as well.
- Climb Mt. Rainier, with my husband, and see the majesty of a 14'er that claims the most prominence in the lower 48 states, despite Seth's claims that all mountains in WA are "hills."
- Visit all of the National Parks in CO
- Consume less
- Strive for a more sustainable, organic lifestyle
- And become a gardening pro
- Who knows [and has the equipment] how to can and preserve the fruits of my labors
- Finish my kids' scrapbooks
- Write a book
- And have it published
- Buy a good camera
- And take a photography class
- Read all the way through the Bible - several times, hopefully
- And really comprehend and embrace what God is trying to say to us in His holy Word
- Then act upon it, regularly - see #1
- Learn from my mistakes
- And allow my children to make their own, so that they can have the treasure of learning their lessons each mistake presents them
- Adhere to monthly date nights with my husband - no matter what
- To stretch myself in all areas, as a wife and mother, a friend, neighbor, employee[?], student [of life], and grow continually
- Renew our vows
- See others through the eyes of God, for the value that He has given them, not through my judgments, societal merits, etc.
- Give more, take less
- Give instruction and example well enough to my children that they will always love the Lord and seek Him in their own lives
It's definitely not ALL I hope to accomplish in life, but it's a rather tall order, I'd say.
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I totally loved this list. It's inspired me to make my own, perhaps not public but in a notebook. Even though it looks like a lot, it must be incredibly inspiring to put in motion actions that will lead to you being able to tick a few off the list.
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ReplyDeleteIn an attempt to help you with #20 on your list, I recommend the "5 minute New Testament" edited by Stephen Arterburn, New Living Translation. It breaks the New Testament down into an easy to read and understand daily passage with a thought provoking question at the end of each passage. It is organized so that you can read through it in a year. I really like it. --KJ in WA (land of the "molehill" mountains) :)
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