Hi friends! This is my 100th blog post. Fun huh?
I thought of some fun ways to celebrate. I'd like to do a fun give-away like cool blogs do, but I realized I don't really have anything to give away. I'm not that crafty or anything. I thought about giving away a book, but I'm too selfish. I like all the books on my book shelf...
But, I've decided to celebrate in another way. I've been evaluating this whole blog thing recently, trying to decide what honorable purpose it holds in my life.
Simultaneously, I've been thinking alot about where I am in life and where I'm going. I have several friends who blog and have been talking about a certain milestone that is now looming ahead in our future. I am 688 days away from being 30. It doesn't sound too bad, but two years pass by fast. I want to be more than what I currently am when I hit a new decade of life.
Alas, blogging and my journey to 30 collide. In addition to updates about the mundane, fun, and precious moments of my life, [including all things Chloe Belle] I want to start using this blog as an accountability for all the change I'd like to see happen in my life in the next two years.
So, regular old blog posts will still be labeled, "the one..." but I'll also have lots of blogs about my "journey to 30." [by the way, I shamelessly stole the name journey to 30 from a friend from high school. It is the name of her blog. Anna, I sure hope you find imitation the surest form of flattery and don't instead think I'm a jerk.]
So, I'm excited about this new little venture of mine. I hope you are too.
I just reread my post and decided that if indeed you stuck in and read this entire, self-indulgent post, that I will do a give-away. Seeing as how the only followers of this blog are my friends, I will tailor the giveaway to who you are! I'll send you a little prezzie or a baked goodie in the mail if you win. Here's how you win:
Leave a comment about one thing you'd like to be different by the time you reach 30. If you're over 30, just pick the next age milestone for you. I'll randomly select a winner on Sunday, announce the winner Sunday night, and pop you a happy in the mail Monday morning.
Love you, faithful blog reading friends!
By the time I am 30 I would like to be a more accepting and loving person. I have not yet decided what kind of ruler I will use to measure my progress but this has been my goal for some time now. I may be able to come up with something better - but for now - this is what is at the forefront of my mind.
ReplyDeleteP.S. My gift could be a visit from you! I miss you!
Congrats on making it to 100 blog posts! It's a fun milestone for sure. :o) Yeah, 30 is looming large isn't it? By the time I'm 30, I would like to be more confident in my spiritual beliefs. I have had a rocky road over the last couple of years and I would like to be a bit more settled in that area by the time I reach the big 3-0.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... I'm already 30. So, my next milestone will be "by the time I'm 35." Yikes. Scary to think about being "that old!"
ReplyDeleteI'd like to have lead someone here in my current country to Christ and be discipling her. I'd like to know Arabic and be as fluent as an outsider can be. I'd like to be a mom of 2 or 3 kiddos. I'd like to have a gentle and quiet spirit. I'd like to be in a healthier state for my hubby and 1 precious, current kiddo so I'm around for their future. I'd like to be a runner - a real, get up early, go do it, runner.
Thanks for inciting this introspection... I gotta keep up with these goals! Love you, sister!
you're awesome, maegan :) by the time i'm 35, i want to have positively impacted an inner city youth as a Christ-centered family (we're sending our application in this week!) and i want to have read my Bible at least most days of the week. xoxo!
ReplyDeleteI guess my next milestone is the big 2-5 (hahaha) and one of my goals is to be more intentional in my conversations with people and being bold to share the Gospel to others.
ReplyDeleteMiss you and love you!
I love you and your blog!! So, by the time I am thirty I would like to live in a foreign country, and much like Alison H, have led someone to the Lord and be discipling her! I'd also like a child or two :)
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