Do you, like me, former procrastinators, plan fairly well, but your follow up disappoints you? Our strategy may be the glitch. We can beat that! This month we’ll focus on the value of small steps and how to make them. We’ll learn some about how our brains work so we can take advantage of how…
Do you ever feel, former procrastinators, as if you’re running for a finish line that keeps moving farther away? That’s part of the frustration of not reaching goals. We should dream big and reach high. But when daily life seems to gang up against us, the finish line grows dim. So does our willingness to…
Encouraged about your 2020 goals, former procrastinators? We don’t chuck our aims because we weren’t great performers in January. We refine our goals and our approach and keep moving. The well known SMART guideline provides a reminder of how to set ourselves up for success. Specific – Are my goals clearly defined? Not “Lose weight” but…
Happy Valentine’s Day, former procrastinators! Hope your sweet hearts are encouraged to realize goals set in January are a great starting place for the course correction you do in February. This will bring you greater success. Working goals can feel like trying to grip the side of a brick wall. There’s so much I need…
Take heart, former procrastinators – it’s February! Has your grip on 2020 goals already slipped a bit? Hey, that’s good! January is a great time to seek what the Lord wants us to pursue this year and get started. That makes January a great time to discover the pitfalls in our plans. Now in February,…
As a former procrastinator, I like to benefit from any counsel that will help me do what needs doing when it needs doing. However, I have to be on guard about the source of the counsel. Is it self-promoting? Does it elevate my “self”? Does it hold the Lord and scripture in high regard? I…
Someone wrote, former procrastinators, that I should walk so close to Jesus that the dust from His sandals gets on my feet. Picture telling Jesus, “I’ll be right back” and then running off into the woods to investigate something. Picture telling Him, “I’m taking a little break” and then sitting on a rock while he…
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
. . . you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Colossians 3:9-10