I spent the last of 2011 back overseas, somewhat sick (cause I have gotten sick every time I have come back into this country) and watching Lord of the Rings Trilogy with about 15 wonderful group of co-workers and their teenage kids. It was a great time to just hang out with some sweet friends who moved back to America after being here for 7 years. They too are going to have a big transitioning year ahead of them just like me.
For some reason, I have this fear that 2012 is going to just be hard. There are lots of changes coming my way. Not small ones... BIG ones.
If you haven't heard yet, I am finishing my time overseas in about 8 months. Really if I leave in July, I only have a less than 6 months. By the time I finish, I will have lived overseas 4 years. I am unsure as to what moving back to the states looks like, meaning if it is only temporary or if it is for the long-haul. The Father has yet to reveal the next plan except for the part where I move back. So, as of now, I am just looking to finish well and head back to the states for a season.
Here is what 2012 looks like it is holding for me:
JANUARY - JULY - Continue work here as usual.
MARCH -Short trip back to the states for my last roommate's wedding!
APRIL - Turn 27! CRAZY
JULY- Exit for our summer meeting in Dubai.
AUGUST - Hang out in Turkey for a short time visiting both Turks and Americans that I know there.
FALL - Moved back to the states! Oh believe me, I already have grand plans for this time, but that will come later. It for sure will hold the wedding of my friends Katy and Sean in it!
Goals 2012:
* Be more disciplined.
* Blog 2x a week (on average)
* Send out my Monthly Newsletter.
* Read 10 Books this year. Preferably non-fiction. (But I bet able half of them being Fiction)
* Study Revelation.
* Take a class online from a Sem.
* Memorize my list of verses I have chosen.
* Finish my last two 2011 Photo Books.
* Work on Photo Books from my time in Turkey.
* Keep up to date with 2012 Photo Books.
* Learn to crochet a scarf. (Let's see if this one actually happens.)
* Travel to some town within country to see our other offices there. More specifically Htown and Ctown. If possible I would like to make it to Jtown and Mtown (which makes no since to you but it doesn't matter)
* Finish my job well here.
* Send cards home from here to my family and friends back home.
* Take a Money Management Class.
* Save money up for when I move home. (This includes Emergency Fund, Housing, Insurance- even if it is just a start).
* Be more generous with my money.
* Travel to a new Country.
* Visit Turkey again.
* When I move home in the Fall, Start up my hard-core running again.
* Run a 5K, 10K, and a half Marathon.
* Move back to the States.
* Be a part of K and S's wedding!
* See the Bradley Family and my sweet niece in Iowa in the Fall.
* Go the the City of Lights Festival in Natchitoches the first weekend of December!
* Discern what the Father has for me to do next! (Job, City, School?, Housing)
Here are a list of questions I went through below on my own. If you are looking for something that will help you process what you want to see happen this year/make goal for this year. I got it from here. I only filled in the answered the first section for my blog. Maybe at the end of this year, in my review I will go through some of them with you or fill them in later.
* I would like to be more disciplined. (somewhat immeasureable) See some of the goals above that will help me see progress.)
2. What is your plan for maintaining accountability for progressing in personal growth?
* I have a sweet friend that actually took time last year and went through a B study with me. Though we didn't meet every week on schedule, she did make an effort to take time out of schedule to work through the discussion questions with me. Hopefully, we can do this a little more this year. :) I am praying for someone in the states who will be looking to mentor someone during the fall when I get home.
3. What are some of your learning goals for this year?
Lets see ... I wrote a couple of things.
*Take a Money Management Class.
*Take an online Sem Class.
*Read some books. I have a list already :) (and most are fiction! haha)
4. What books would you like to read this year?
* The Hobbit- because there is a movie coming out. I have a weird thing about reading books before watching movies (that doesn't necessarily always stop me from watching the movies first)
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series (It was on my list last year but I never got to it.)
* The Word. (I'm already a little behind.)
5. Do you enjoy your job or jobs (include being a stay-at-home parent, if this pertains to you)? If so, what are your favorite things about your work? If not, what are some ways you can change this?
Things I enjoy:
*Knowing everyone in the country with our company
*Working with the flight chartering service
*I enjoy visiting my Language teacher but not always taking the classes anymore. I'm tired!
*Having Parties with the Locals.
Things I can change:
*My attitude when things don't go right or take me by surprise.
*Be better at keeping recods of what I do and remembering things.
*Improve my organization at my desk.
*Improve the staffhouse menus, check system, etc. Things that will help the next person.
2. What are some tangible, daily choices you can add to your life that will improve your health?
3. In what way would you like to be physically healthier by December of this year?
4. What is your plan this month for starting this progress towards a healthier you?
2. How is your current income? In what ways can you make this increase?
3. How much debt do you have? In what ways can you eliminate a sizeable portion of it (or all of it) this year?
4. How is your savings account? In what ways can you save more money this year?
5. What are some of your long-term financial goals? In what ways can you make progress on them this year?
6. Are you giving regularly? If not, in what way can you give financially this year?
7. What is your plan this month for starting progress towards better financial health?
2. What are some ways you can be of service to your immediate community?
3. Who are some specific people in your life that can use some encouragement? What will you do to encourage them this year?
4. Who are some people in your life that you admire? What are some practical ways you can positively use their influence in your life?
5. Are there any damaging relationships in your life? What will you do this year to make these relationships better?
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I have pretty ambition goals. I know for sure which one will get done. A few other I will have to be more diligent to complete. What are some of your goals?
Happy 2012 Everyone!
For some reason, I have this fear that 2012 is going to just be hard. There are lots of changes coming my way. Not small ones... BIG ones.
If you haven't heard yet, I am finishing my time overseas in about 8 months. Really if I leave in July, I only have a less than 6 months. By the time I finish, I will have lived overseas 4 years. I am unsure as to what moving back to the states looks like, meaning if it is only temporary or if it is for the long-haul. The Father has yet to reveal the next plan except for the part where I move back. So, as of now, I am just looking to finish well and head back to the states for a season.
Here is what 2012 looks like it is holding for me:
JANUARY - JULY - Continue work here as usual.
MARCH -Short trip back to the states for my last roommate's wedding!
APRIL - Turn 27! CRAZY
JULY- Exit for our summer meeting in Dubai.
AUGUST - Hang out in Turkey for a short time visiting both Turks and Americans that I know there.
FALL - Moved back to the states! Oh believe me, I already have grand plans for this time, but that will come later. It for sure will hold the wedding of my friends Katy and Sean in it!
Goals 2012:
* Be more disciplined.
* Blog 2x a week (on average)
* Send out my Monthly Newsletter.
* Read 10 Books this year. Preferably non-fiction. (But I bet able half of them being Fiction)
* Study Revelation.
* Take a class online from a Sem.
* Memorize my list of verses I have chosen.
* Finish my last two 2011 Photo Books.
* Work on Photo Books from my time in Turkey.
* Keep up to date with 2012 Photo Books.
* Learn to crochet a scarf. (Let's see if this one actually happens.)
* Travel to some town within country to see our other offices there. More specifically Htown and Ctown. If possible I would like to make it to Jtown and Mtown (which makes no since to you but it doesn't matter)
* Finish my job well here.
* Send cards home from here to my family and friends back home.
* Take a Money Management Class.
* Save money up for when I move home. (This includes Emergency Fund, Housing, Insurance- even if it is just a start).
* Be more generous with my money.
* Travel to a new Country.
* Visit Turkey again.
* When I move home in the Fall, Start up my hard-core running again.
* Run a 5K, 10K, and a half Marathon.
* Move back to the States.
* Be a part of K and S's wedding!
* See the Bradley Family and my sweet niece in Iowa in the Fall.
* Go the the City of Lights Festival in Natchitoches the first weekend of December!
* Discern what the Father has for me to do next! (Job, City, School?, Housing)
Here are a list of questions I went through below on my own. If you are looking for something that will help you process what you want to see happen this year/make goal for this year. I got it from here. I only filled in the answered the first section for my blog. Maybe at the end of this year, in my review I will go through some of them with you or fill them in later.
I. Personal Growth
1. What healthy character traits would you like to see developed in your life this year? What are some specific steps you can take to develop these?* I would like to be more disciplined. (somewhat immeasureable) See some of the goals above that will help me see progress.)
2. What is your plan for maintaining accountability for progressing in personal growth?
* I have a sweet friend that actually took time last year and went through a B study with me. Though we didn't meet every week on schedule, she did make an effort to take time out of schedule to work through the discussion questions with me. Hopefully, we can do this a little more this year. :) I am praying for someone in the states who will be looking to mentor someone during the fall when I get home.
3. What are some of your learning goals for this year?
Lets see ... I wrote a couple of things.
*Take a Money Management Class.
*Take an online Sem Class.
*Read some books. I have a list already :) (and most are fiction! haha)
4. What books would you like to read this year?
* The Hobbit- because there is a movie coming out. I have a weird thing about reading books before watching movies (that doesn't necessarily always stop me from watching the movies first)
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series (It was on my list last year but I never got to it.)
* The Word. (I'm already a little behind.)
5. Do you enjoy your job or jobs (include being a stay-at-home parent, if this pertains to you)? If so, what are your favorite things about your work? If not, what are some ways you can change this?
Things I enjoy:
*Knowing everyone in the country with our company
*Working with the flight chartering service
*I enjoy visiting my Language teacher but not always taking the classes anymore. I'm tired!
*Having Parties with the Locals.
Things I can change:
*My attitude when things don't go right or take me by surprise.
*Be better at keeping recods of what I do and remembering things.
*Improve my organization at my desk.
*Improve the staffhouse menus, check system, etc. Things that will help the next person.
II. Physical Health
1. What is one area of progress you’d like to see this year for maintaining or improving your physical health?2. What are some tangible, daily choices you can add to your life that will improve your health?
3. In what way would you like to be physically healthier by December of this year?
4. What is your plan this month for starting this progress towards a healthier you?
III. Money Matters
1. What is one specific area of progress you’d like to see this year in your financial health?2. How is your current income? In what ways can you make this increase?
3. How much debt do you have? In what ways can you eliminate a sizeable portion of it (or all of it) this year?
4. How is your savings account? In what ways can you save more money this year?
5. What are some of your long-term financial goals? In what ways can you make progress on them this year?
6. Are you giving regularly? If not, in what way can you give financially this year?
7. What is your plan this month for starting progress towards better financial health?
IV. Relationships Outside the Home
1. In what specific way would you like to grow in relating to your friends this year?2. What are some ways you can be of service to your immediate community?
3. Who are some specific people in your life that can use some encouragement? What will you do to encourage them this year?
4. Who are some people in your life that you admire? What are some practical ways you can positively use their influence in your life?
5. Are there any damaging relationships in your life? What will you do this year to make these relationships better?
_________________________________________________
I have pretty ambition goals. I know for sure which one will get done. A few other I will have to be more diligent to complete. What are some of your goals?
Happy 2012 Everyone!
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