1st day of summer break & 1st goal met. Crawled out of bed @ 10:40. Will plan for the rest of my goals after lunch w/a friend. It's gonna be a great summer.

Note: I did make it to my small group at 6 this morning, but came home and went back to bed :-D

Goal Update

As soon as I published my summer goals I realized I needed to update them.  I'm not going to be able to stay in bed until 10am on Monday.  I am part of a men's small group that meets at 6:00am every Monday.  So, I guess I'll have to change the goal to come home and go back to bed until at least 10:00.

That's the thing about goals.  Sometimes they are impossible.  Sometimes they are just unrealistic.  Or sometimes they just need to be modified to better fit the situation or what is really needed.

Summer Goals

In one week my "summer break" officially begins. I have set the following goals to accomplish before I return to school in two months:
- lose 20 of the 35 pounds I need to lose. Twenty will satisfy my doctor when I go for my annual physical in August. Thirty-five will satisfy me.
- Resume (begin?) running. I'd like to be back up to at least 3 miles a day when I return to work.
- read Twilight and find out what has all my female students so captivated that many of them have read the entire series several times this year alone.
- develop an integrated math and science curriculum for a class that will begin in the 2011-2012 school year.
- develop a men's discipleship curriculum with my pastor that will kick off this fall with at least three small groups.
- develop a better physical conditioning program for my volleyball team before tryouts begin this fall. Also develop a broader set of skill development drills.
- catch up on all the episodes of Heroes I missed this year
- begin watching season 1 of Lost to see what everyone else is so excited about
- finish the first draft of my juvenile fantasy novel. I'd like my boys to be able to read and enjoy it before they outgrow it.
- go fishing AT LEAST once a week.
- come home with a cooler full of trout after our camping vacation in Cherokee, NC
- complete the honey-do list
- do an in-depth study of the book of Hebrews

My first and easiest goal will be accomplished on June 15. I WILL not get out of bed that morning before 10:00 am. The rest of the goals are fairly attainable, but will require lots of discipline. Discipline is a key component in our faith journeys. "Discipline" and "Disciple" have the same root. The Holy Spirit begins, continues, and will complete changes in our lives, but we must also be disciplined in our faithful obedience to God. What goals do you have for your faith journey? What discipline will be required?