Goal!

I've been reading Donald Miller's blog. He posted a piece on the success of youth; a big problem we have is that we lack goals. I can definitely be a case study for this. I have no goals - I'm quite content with just making it through the day, only to repeat the same ritual over and over, until by Thursday morning I'm completely beat and praying for Friday evening to come. The problem that I have with "goals" is that they seem so abstract; how do I know what my life will look like in 10 years and if this will still be what I'll want for myself? Well, it's better than nothing. It shows purpose and allows for fulfillment and meaning. The other issue I have is that I never know what to do once I have these desires. I suppose though, that I can never know how to get there, if I haven't a clue where I'm going (road trips without maps are always dysfunctional - unless you're me, and can get lost with the best GPS available).

So here we go!

• 10 years: 27 years old; August / September 2020

1. Have little baby Dani's (ehh... we're still not convinced of this one, but I'm getting old!)
2. Be married (okay, I'm sure you've all heard me say "I want the party, the dress, the cake and the presents, but not the groom - but hey, someone has to take care of said babies!)
3. Be out of school!

• 5 years: 22 years old; August / September 2015

1. Have a bachelors degree in some well-accomplishing, useful, enjoyable field
2. Begin / continue graduate school
3. Develop some plan for "settling down" after school

• 1 year: 18 years old; August / September 2011

1. Be heading to college (and confident with the decision)
2. Develop some working idea of what I'm going to do for a career
3. Devise some way to continually encourage and love on my small group girls throughout the year (It'll be their first year since 3rd grade without Miss Dani around)

• 1 month:17 years old; September 30, 2011

1. Have drafts of college applications completed
2. Have 5 scholarships applied for
3. Have CAS hours turned in

• 1 week:17 years old; September 6, 2011

1. Schedule a visit for Flagler College
2. Have Extended Essay complete (it's 21 pages of excellence, broken up into chapters, if you're interested in a light read)
3. Narrow down college selections to top 5