Create a life plan

I wrote an entry that a friend cheered today and reminded me that my life plan was pretty much set again then if I would only listen.

I am realizing my goals here are my new life plan. If I was doing them I wouldn’t have time to question what my life plan should be. So I am marking this done and getting busy actually living again. :)

I created a very vivid life plan that got me through the first half of my life easily. I knew who I was and where I was going. I moved to Texas, married well and raised my family, had a career, had a church home, was active in the community…then my husband died, my children grew up, I got sick and everything changed.

I haven’t adapted to those changes well because I still picture my life as it was instead of growing into a new phase… this goal will help me plan out the next chapters of my life. :)

“all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.”

Edward Everett Hale, Clergyman

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... the same as my other goal – so I might as well cut out the excess goal…

... about the career options.

The BIG one isn’t happening (yet), and the need for change – if only for the sake of change, is growing.

It is hard for me not to compare myself with others. Then I remember that God has given each of us a special gift.

We are not going to be good at everything. I don’t have to feel inferior to others who do things better than I can. I do have special talents that I can share with others.

My strengths are in encouraging people by giving them hope and optimism for their lives. My real gift is in teaching.

That is my main gift. I need to learn to focus on my natural talents and recognize my limitations.

what my new plans are. They have been formulating for a year now. Yet I’m not clear if it will be a business enterprise tied together as my corporation or a non-profit organization, foundation or ministry. Possibly a combination?

The view is there. I just need to know how to put it together.

If truth be told I would take the real estate goals off of my new life plan…been there, done that.

That would leave more time and room in my life for the creative arts center, children’s cooking school and production company.

Surprisingly that frightens me…the unknown and all.

What would I do if I knew I could not fail?