A few weeks ago, I purchased Lara Casey’s Powersheets for 2017. I started working on them and finished them off just in time for the new year. I have LOVED the process and the freedom to make a mess and dream big on paper without it being perfect. If you think you can get a little messy and “brain dump” onto some paper, I’d recommend these! (My workbook is the year notebook that is now sold out as are the 6 month version HOWEVER last I heard, they were taking pre-orders for a Summer shipment! Link here)
What Matter’s Most
One of the aspects of the Powersheets, is to look back at the time prior, to look at yourself and to think about what really Matter’s most to you. In this process, I was reminded of what matters and what really could be worked on in my life, not just this year but always. So I created this Big Picture Vision Board. My life is pretty simple as a stay at home mom but these Powersheets can be used for even the stay at home mom whose goals are not big time career or life goals.
Word of the year
Another aspect of the Powersheets are to decide on a word that will describe what you want to focus on or what your year will embody. After working through the Powersheets Prep, I came up with my word:
I choose the word Joy after actually picking a different word but woke up the next morning feeling like Joy was more fitting. I am a melancholy personality and tend to live in the “glass half empty” world. Things in my environment affect me greatly, and can cause me to loss hope easily. I’m the ultimate introvert and need some alone time to recharge but in our current life, that isn’t always possible 🙂 So this year, I am deciding to do only things that bring me Joy and weed out the other stuff in my life that causes me to stumble. The following things are what I hope to Cultivate out of that Joy: A clean home (because it makes me happy and helps in my Joy), Growth in my Faith, My Marriage, a Life Giving Home and my Usborne Business.
Theopedia’s definition and comment on Joy is:
Joy is a state of mind and an orientation of the heart. It is a settled state of contentment, confidence and hope. It is something or someone that provides a source of happiness. It appears 88 times in the Old Testament in 22 books; 57 times in the New Testament in 18 books.^
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Webster’s dictionary definition: 1) to experience great pleasure or delight : REJOICE, 2) the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires: DELIGHT.
So far, having this reminder and this word to focus on has been a great benefit to my day to day life! I’m grateful for the reminder to be Joyful in my circumstances and can’t wait to see all I learn this year while having this be my word! Hopefully in the next few days, I’ll have a post about my GOALS for 2017!!! I’m excited about these!!
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