Happy New Year! Goals for 2024!

Happy New Year friends!! Wow, 2024 came and is HERE! One week in, how are we feeling friends?! I'm feeling empowered and ready for all God has in store for me in 2024! I have a lot of topics and ideas I'm excited to write about! I did put a poll on Insta to see what y'all wanted me to write about as well! This was one of the topics mentioned for me to talk about, which funny enough I had planned on this one! There's a lot of goals I have for this year in all areas! My relationship with God, my business, my blog, my health, my life! So, I figured I'd list a few from each and name the biggest one at the end with my current favorite scripture fitting for the current season!

1. Continue to work and build my relationship with God, make God first in every single thing I do, trust Him completely and let Him lead me with the blueprint He's designed for my life (got that last part from the sermon at The LifeChurch in RVA- IYKYK).

2. Run a Half Marathon! Now, I know some of y'all just called me crazy, and I know I know! If you would have told me 2 years ago this would be a goal of mine, I'd tell you you were crazy! Lol but it's the goal, and we're slowly in training for it!

3. Focused and Disciplined: in business, it could be easy to get caught up on certain structure goals and things like that, Lord knows I've gotten caught up in it! This year won't be the same though, we're caught up in the goals of habits, of focus, and of discipline. The beautiful thing is this will be applied in all areas of my life!

4. One of the top blogs! I'm thankful God had me start this blog, and I believe He wants me to be one of the biggest voices, with that I also want to be the woman and voice God wants me to become so He can use me the way His plan is intended for! So, the current plan is to post 2 blogs a week minimum!

5. Getting comfortable with being UNCOMFORTABLE! I'm tired of hiding, of holding myself back, of letting the what ifs and insecurities and fears prevent me, which truly means me holding myself back! Everyday, I want to do something that's totally uncomfortable and out of my comfort zone! I mean, if God wants to use me, I've got to give Him somewhere to work!

6. Strong Sisterhood/friendships: I want to let God continue to prune every area in my life, and any friendships He blesses me with, I want to do the best to be the best friend and sister in Christ to anyone I'm blessed to do so! Not just with friends, but with my family as well!

7. Read 24 books/2 books per month! I love reading, and am realizing I need to renew my mind even more so, so making sure I'm reading good things

8. Intentionality! Being intentional with everything I'm able to be, which I know what you might be thinking, and let me help you out! No, my goal isn't to be perfect, but to be better today, everyday, focusing on winning the day. Being more intentional than I've ever been before!

9. Get my finances right! Now granted, they're not too bad! There's definitely room for improvement. My goal is to become 90% of my debt paid off, have a certain amount in savings, and be producing a certain amount from my business and even my blog!

And now, the last goal: "I am like a tree planted by the rivers of water. I bring forth fruit in my season, my leaf shall not wither, and whatever I do will prosper. THE GRACE OF GOD EVEN MAKES MY MISTAKES TO PROSPER" Psalms 1:3. I've always been shy, scared of making mistakes, of being too much, of trying to be me and someone judging me or not liking, of taking up space, of simply being fully me. I can only imagine how much that hurts God, especially since He designed me, He numbered the hairs on my head, He specifically created me to be me, He put everything inside of me. God loves me, and I realized recently I haven't fully embraced it or received it like I needed or even wanted to. So, this year, I'm going to continue who I am, how God created me, what gifts He gave me, and just go for it. Make mistakes so God can come in and make them prosper. Now, I don't mean being reckless haha, but simply doing things, going out on faith, making a decision and letting God direct everything according to His Plan, just going for things! Even if I'm scared, uneasy, uncomfortable, all the butterflies, I just want to finally go for it! So, here's to 2024 and all the wonderful things to come!