A 12 Word Post on Selecting Goals for the New Year

by Kat on December 28, 2011 · 26 comments

Need goals?

Imagine who you want your kids to become.

Be that.

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1 Melina Bryan December 28, 2011 at 10:00 am

Amen!

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2 Christina {Chrissy} Berry December 28, 2011 at 10:15 am

Wow! What an amazing way to focus on exactly who we want to be and what we want to become! Thank you for this perspective!

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3 Shari December 28, 2011 at 10:27 am

Amen!!

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4 Shannon December 28, 2011 at 11:22 am

Wow – never thought of looking at it that way….thanks!

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5 Elizabeth@ReadySetSimplify December 28, 2011 at 12:15 pm

That’s good. And hard!

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6 Margaret December 28, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Love it! Simple, yet not easy. Or is that the other way around?

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7 Melinda T December 28, 2011 at 1:45 pm

Didn’t think of it in those terms either!

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8 Melissa December 28, 2011 at 3:52 pm

So very true…and very convicting!! Thanks, friend!!

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9 Joyce December 28, 2011 at 6:10 pm

One word comment about this post:
Awesome!

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10 Johanna December 29, 2011 at 12:06 am

So inspiring.

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11 Laura December 29, 2011 at 9:01 am

Very true. If we want our kids to go to the right direction, we must first set a good example. Our preaching won’t actually have that effective effect if not paired with action.

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12 Emily December 29, 2011 at 4:40 pm

Agreed. Best short blog post I’ve ever read! ;)

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13 Amy Jane December 31, 2011 at 12:47 am

Hee! I read this aloud to my husband (he just finished a big project for the house and I’ve been asking him about his goals for the coming year).

“Right now,” he said, “I want my children to eat ice cream and read novels.”

{GrinGrin}

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14 Brittnie (A Joy Renewed) January 1, 2012 at 6:44 am

Awesome!! Love this! Just stumbled across your site.

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15 Mary January 1, 2012 at 2:15 pm

Best goals post ever.

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16 Dana @ Cooking at Cafe D January 1, 2012 at 9:14 pm

I’m really glad you ran this again.
Very inspiring.

~ Dana
Cooking at Cafe D

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17 Lisa Littlewood January 1, 2012 at 11:43 pm

wow. that’s good….you’ve got me thinking!

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18 Andrea January 2, 2012 at 1:01 pm

Just printed this to tape to my monitor as a reminder. Thanks!

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19 Lynn January 2, 2012 at 9:53 pm

Woah. Bullseye.

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20 priest's wife January 3, 2012 at 5:12 pm

wow. just wow.

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21 Magen January 5, 2012 at 5:22 pm

I like it! I’m going to share this post on MY resolutions post! Thanks. http://maemaedaily.com/2012/01/2012-new-years-resolutions/

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