Once again, the calendar shows that another week of 2012 has past. It's time for me to look back over the week and evaluate how I did in working on my goals for 2012.
In honor of the Pro Bowl Football Game which is being played in Hawaii as I type this post, I'm going to use a football analogy for my update. (I personally know three ticket holders-- my brother, his son and daughter-in-law are scheduled to be at the game. And unless any of them are deathly ill, I'm confident that they are in the stands.)
1. Finances - the team has consistently marched the ball down the field and has scored a touchdown! Once again (third week in a row), we have come under budget for our discretionary spending. Because of this consistency, I just paid an extra $365 on debt reduction! High Fives everywhere as the team celebrates this score!
2. Spiritual - unfortunately, this week was a "3 & out" for the offense. My chapter for the week was supposed to be Galatians 4. I was not consistent in getting into the Word so I do not feel that I am ready to move onto the next chapter in Galatians. In addition, I haven't yet memorized my verses for January. The very busy weekend (wedding coordinator duty) aside, I chose other pursuits on days in which my time for study was not limited. No excuses -- I failed to advance the ball in this goal this week. I'm going to tackle Galatians 4 this coming week. And by the end of the day on Tuesday, I will have learned my memory verses.
3. Personal - this week was a defensive struggle. I struggled to maintain my momentum. The posts were down in number -- mostly because I didn't have any posts about Galatians 4. As far as the writing degree pursuit, I was encouraged by class on Tuesday. We were quizzed on the material that we had been assigned to read so there was value placed on completing the assignment prior to class. We also spent time going over the material the professor would be using for the test coming up this next week. Because much of the course is focused on a career in journalism, I'm struggling with maintaining an interest in the coursework. I have had to remind myself several times this week that this class is a requirement in my Writing major. When the thought creeps into my brain asking why I don't just drop the class, I remind myself that I have to take this class. Thankfully, Friday's class was canceled in advance so I didn't have the challenge of being up an half hour early!
Speaking of rest, I was exhausted when I got home late afternoon on Saturday after the wedding. I fell asleep on the coach just after 9:00 p.m., and after dragging myself to bed at 11:00 p.m., slept wonderfully until the alarm went off on Sunday morning. Then, this afternoon, instead of getting on the computer and posting my blogs, I took a 3 hour nap! It was GREAT!!! Sometimes, physical and mental rest is the key play needed to score big in the pursuit of goals.
Some people would say that 2-1 is a winning record. I wouldn't agree with that assessment this week knowing that the loss was in the pursuit of my Spiritual goal. However, as my memory verse reminds me, "forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal..." It's time to start anew and continue moving forward.
Look for my next post to be on what I'm learning from Galatians 4.
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