A Day Away

I am so excited for tomorrow! Scott is giving me a full day off. I don't even know all that I'm going to do to fill my day, but I have been looking forward to it and can't wait. I do know that I will be getting a very looooong overdue hair cut. If you know me well, you know that is one of my very favorite things.

I'm going to end the day with one of my planning retreats. I like to do these 2 or 3 times a year to organize the priorities of my life in an effort to live intentionally. I want to be wise in how I use my time. My theme verse for living intentionally is Ephesians 5:15-16. "Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil."

I am a planner to my very core, but I don't like to do just any old plans and to do list. Instead I look at the 5 main priorities in my life that God has given me, and I look at how those priorities have been going for the last several months and how I need to grow. Then I come up with goals and action steps for the growth that needs to happen. It has been a very beneficial practice for me so far. I use these worksheets from the girltalk blog that I love. I adapted them quite a bit to fit me, but I like having somewhere I can write things down and then refer to them later. Doing a planning retreat brings such clarity to my mission. My seasons of life have been changing quite frequently lately, and I decided to use this most recent change to re-evaluate life once again. So excited! And so thankful for my hubby giving me the day off to recharge and refuel!

I was going to post a video of Micaiah playing chase this morning, but it is taking a really long time to download. I'll post some pictures in a separate post instead. :)