Life "Goals"
'Life goals' seem daunting. For a driver like me, I can't check them off fast enough, so I don't bother making a list. But in our small group the last few months I've been inspired, using Mark Batteron's 100 Life Goals (and 10 steps to setting them) as our guide. Look it up. Some good stuff! One of the things he suggests is sharing, and even copying, some other people's goals that inspire you. Thus my first stab at sharing my list... These are my first 29. Enjoy (or copy or roll your eyes!)
1. Travel with my kids internationally before they graduate high school
2. Speak to a group of 1000+ people about God's working in my life
3. Publish a book
4. Maintain a healthy lifestyle- being fit and under 140 pounds the rest of my life
5. Run a marathon with Jake (I realize that he will probably refuse)
6. To have saved $30,000 by the time I'm 30
7. To be completely debt free most of my life
8. Walk where Jesus walked
9. Pay for my childrens' honeymoons
10. Meet a famous person and speak deeply encouraging words to them (prophetic perhaps)
11. Implement an annual serve experience for my family to remember
12. Hot air balloon ride in Italy
13. Trip to Greece with Jake
14. Surprise my parents with a trip for their 50th anniversary (mom/dad- you didn't see this)
15. Teach financial soundness to young people
16. Go to the Days of Days event with my sister-in-law Katie before they cancel the show
17. Make a large scholarship donation for a teenager who wouldn't be able to afford it.
18. Backpack through Sisters wilderness with a bunch of girlfriends for 5 days
19. Give Jake a trip to Lambeau field with his guy friends to see the Packers play in a playoffs game
20. Win an international photo contest
21. Celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary
22. See Jake's back healed/fixed within the next few years
23. Be a grandma who's available to watch my grandchildren if needed
24. Visit my Compassion child, Diana, in Ecuador
25. Officiate a wedding of close friends
26. Revisit Rwanda after 2015 (go back to talk with the same ngo's) and see what's changed
27. Go on a Juniors Abroad trip with a group of George Fox students
28. Be in Times Square at New Year's Eve
29. Own a vacation cabin we can use and gift to people (after losing a loved one, honeymoon, anniversary, young parents etc)