Several months before my birthday, I made a list of 20 things I wanted to accomplish before I turned 20. Some items on the list are personal and will remain undisclosed, but most are completely shareable. I may even need your help to achieve them!
9 months to go . . . Here's the list . . .
- Learn how to bake fresh bread
- Learn how to change a tire
- Learn how to jumpstart a car
- Learn how to sew on a button (for real)
- Learn how to truly deep clean a house in a way that works for me
- Learn how to "extreme" coupon in a way that works for us
- Make one full holiday dinner myself
- Learn how to mow the yard
- Read the Bible through in a year
- Learn how to make natural laundry detergent
- Learn how to change the oil in my car
- Send out a family Christmas card/letter
- Jog in a 5k
- Grow a small inside herb garden
A few things on my list have already been checked off!
- Adopt a cat - We adopted Sydney through the Animal Shelter on December 20th,2014
- Start a blog - Joyfully Ever After was started on December 17th, 2014.
- Sell doTERRA essential oils - Shawn and I signed up as consultants in January 2015
- Get a job - I began working at the 911 Center in November 2014
What about you? Do you have goals set for the next year of your life? Maybe they aren't set up in a list like mine, or maybe they are.
Depending on what season of life you are in, your list may look very different than mine.
In fact, it probably does.
Whatever goals we set in our lives, I hope and pray that we remember to set them for the glory of God and remember that our truest joy comes not from individual achievement but from Jesus Christ Himself. His redemptive power over our lives can help us achieve wonderful things, both great and small.
Thanks for reading,
Keep living joyfully,
Melody Maynard