Planning is My Favorite!

🖊📒Planning is my favorite❣️😄

Often, it calms me to have a plan; however I have learned to plan with flexibility. Learning to let things go can also be calming.

Lately, I’ve been considering the verse in 2 Timothy that says basically that the spirit of fear is not from God; however, power is from Him; love is from Him…and also a sound mind or self-discipline, depending on the version you’re reading.

📎Self-Discipline—I’ve been working on that one. My planning is related. I’ve developed a monthly and weekly plan to better reach some of my goals. I have found that when I make plans, even if I let some of them go here and there, I usually still feel like I’m moving forward! Sometimes, I need to ‘rewrite’ my plan and try something new, but that’s ok. You don’t always know if a plan will work for you until you try it.

A few things I need to remember in regards to my planning and goal-setting (and I hope you will, too):

1- Set realistic goals that don’t leave you feeling defeated.

2- If you made your list too long, focus on what you DID accomplish rather than what you didn’t. Add that leftover item to another day—OR—LeT IT Go!😉

Progress is progress, no matter how small.

(…I always say!)

3- Plan days with NO plans! Have an unstructured day occasionally and see ‘where the wind blows you’. Sometimes, I accomplish more on those days than when my list is a mile (too) long.

4- If you feel strongly that you need to change your plans entirely for the day, embrace it. If God changes your plans, trust Him.

5-Pray for wisdom to recognize when self-discipline needs to push you {ME} to “stick to the plan!” …and strength to do it!!😁

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“This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”

2 Timothy 1:6-7 NLT