My Word for 2017: A B U N D A N C E

Each year I like to pick a word to center my year around. To focus my heart on. Last year my word was 'Gather' you can read more about that here. 

As I sat down to think, pray and plan for 2017 a few words and themes kept coming to mind. But one that stuck out more than all the rest was Abundance. 

John 10:10 says;

"I came so that they may have life and have it more abundantly."

Jesus has called us to live this abundant life. He came, he died and made the ultimate sacrifice for us so that we may live an abundant life.

Abundance means overflowing fullness, beyond expectations or extremely plentiful. When I looked at my life I had to ask myself;

"Am I willing to go after the life that Jesus makes available?" 

Have I?

I think in some cases and some circumstances I'd say yes, but to a lot of it I realized there was apart of me that wasn't living in the fullness of Christ's abundance for me out of fear. Fear of what people would think or say. Fear of the unknown. Fear of trying and of failure. Silly things really.

I know that I'm am meant to live this life to the fullest. Christ did so much for me I need to live this life in obedience to Him and completely to the fullest. 

An abundance of His.....

LOVE

PEACE

GRACE

MERCY

TRUTH

Not just for myself but toward others too. Keeping these things on my heart and focusing my mind on them. What follows this obedience is the blessing of Christ. There is blessing in the following. Life is found in the following of Jesus. 

So this year I want to walk in his fullness. I want to do the things I've said I wanted to do. Take risks, take chances, try new things. Live life in his fullness with out fear or doubt. Expecting great things. 

Walking in his wholeness, in abundance. 

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Visit my other posts from years past words:

2016: GATHER

2015: ABIDE

2014: THRIVE

2013: PEACE

2012: JOY

2011: SIMPLIFY

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DECEMBER Goals.

I'm going to be honest with you, I don't even know where the month of November went! That's just the truth friends. When I looked back on my goals for last month it was a blur. I accomplished some things that I'd written down, but overall there were a lot of things that crept up on me this month and I didn't get to a lot of things. 

As I've been thinking about December goals I've decided to not bite off more than I can chew so to speak. This month is busy, crazy I think. As I'm sure for you it's similar. So I've decided that the rest of this month I want to finish up my Christmas shopping (kids done. Hubby left.) relax with my kiddos, make Christmas cookies, stroll and look at holiday lights and try to absorb as much of this season with my family as I possibly can. 

No big goals, or projects. Just simple. I might try to read one new book. Reading is always a good thing. 

So tell me, what are some of your goals for the month? Do you have big things? Small and simple? Tell me in the comments below. 

NOVEMBER Goals.

Happy November 1st!! Can you believe that we're already here? I knew October was going to fly by! We were so busy but had the best month. I celebrated my 34th birthday and I hit a brand new promotion with Younique that I'm super excited about! 

So for November, I'm looking forward to getting ready for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Also celebrating my husband's birthday. Here's a run down of my November goals:

Younique

• $1000 PRS
• Recruit 1 new Presenter
• Host 4 parties

Personal

• Read 2 new books
• 2 dates with my husband
• Work out 3x/week

Home

• Finish Christmas shopping
• Paint 1/2 bath
• Paint kid's bathroom cabinets
• Take Christmas Pictures
• Order Christmas Cards

What are some of your goals for the month? I'd love to hear them in the comments below! 

OCTOBER Goals.

October is one of my favorite months, always. It's my birthday month, and it's the kick off to many exciting travels and events for our family. So October, I love you. We have a couple trips coming up this month, and I already feel like the month is crazy before it even begins. A good crazy. I'm so excited for all the things we have planned, but as I was sitting down thinking about this month I realized I just wanted to take it slow and just enjoy this month. Without packing it full of stuff I want to get done or things I think need to happen. 

So I came up with a small list of goals I want to try and accomplish this month.

Younique

• $1000 PRS
• host 3 parties
• 15 orders

Personal

• read 1 new book
• work out 3x/week

Blog/site

• 3 posts/week
• record 1 new video/week
• work on kitchen posts and new videos

S E P T E M B E R Goals.

Hello friends! We're in September already which is sorta crazy. August seemed to fly by me. With kids starting school, starting a new routine, some un expected house projects came up it's just led us all the way to the end and now we're already 7 days into the month!! 

I've got a lot on my mind this month. I'm preparing for a busy Fall scheduled for our family and I'm excited about it all. But it's forced me to be a little more detailed with my goals this month. So I'll be formatting them into different categories to help me keep it all straight. Let's get to it! 

September 2016 Goals:

Younique:

• $1000 PRs
• Hit Pink Status
• Add 1 new member to my team
• host 3 parites
• 35 orders

Home:

• paint the kid's bathroom
• work on our personal budget and start planning for Christmas

Blog/Site:

• 2-3 posts/week
• record new videos for the blog
• sell remaining print shop stock (looking for some great prints? help me get rid of them)
• send out newsletter

Personal:

• read 2 new books (the car line is great for my reading!)
• work out 5 days/week (so far off to a great start!)
• practice clean eating habits
• 2 dates with Orion this month
• take my kiddos out for individual dates with me

I'm excited for this month, the craziness of school starting is behind us and I'm looking forward to this Fall and all that we've got planned with our family. Which includes a lot of traveling and celebrating some birthdays. I've been so excited to have a regular routine again. And with both my kids in school for some of the days it's been an adjustment, but I've also gotten to have some time to do some things that are really fun like start a bible study with friends and get more work done during the day while they are at school. 

What are some of your September goals? Share them with me in the comments below.