Dreams and Goals for December 2023

 

Goodness gracious! It’s December! It’s the last month of the year and the holidays, and I have no idea how any of this all came about so quickly. (Yes, I say it every year. Yes, I believe it every year.)

            What a full month we have ahead of us, and I am anticipating it with much eagerness! I have some dreams and goals for this month, so let me share them with you today!

ONE. Celebrate our anniversary. It’s tomorrow! Can you believe tomorrow is our eleventh wedding anniversary? My goodness. It flew so very quickly. I’m excited to enjoy the day with Ryan and reminisce on all our favorite memories from years gone by.

TWO. Start (eek!) and finish our Christmas shopping. Yeah, I haven’t even started. The cards are underway, and the house is decorated, but shopping? Not a bit has been done. I guess I’m officially out of time to procrastinate, so we’ll get that done on the double! (It may not help that I’m not even sure what all Christmas celebrations we’ll have this year. No deadlines = last minute shopping.)

THREE. Enjoy some Christmasing on our own. We love driving around to see lights and going to some Christmas events, so I’m looking forward to that this year. We have a tree tour at Ryan’s work and a Christmas play we’re going to see, and beyond that, we’ll have to see what all comes our way! But we want to definitely make time to enjoy some of the fun of the Christmas season.

FOUR. Keep brainstorming for 2024. I am knee deep in lists of things for the coming year, and I’ve been praying hard for God’s guidance in some areas, so I’ll keep on keeping on with hat, but I hope to have some solid plans in place by the end of this month.

FIVE. Start preparing for next year’s speaking! I think this is the first time ever that I’ve had a long list of speaking on the docket before the year even begins. I have eleven confirmed dates, with four (and even more) potential dates on the calendar. I need to make a plan for getting the prep and writing done for these starting this month!

SIX. Put the house back in order before January 1. I’ve been told that while we are open for business the week between Christmas and New Year’s, it tends to be a low-key week with quite a bit of down-time. With that news and the realization that I’ll need to jump into 2024 with both feet, I hope to use the final week of the month to put the house back in order and enjoy a fresh start for January!

            Any big plans for your month of December?