This years plans and mussings

I've been doing a lot of pondering and thinking about where things are headed this year. The first step is to get me where I need to be. It's become more and more real that I'm somewhat off track. I've just felt off and I believe part of it is I'm not allowing my Father to lead the way I need to. It became very real in our meeting this evening. There are things that are in the way of going forward and to go forward they HAVE to be taken care of. There's no going around them because if you do you'll find yourself even more off track. I'm very good a trying to figure out a way to go around an issue in my life that needs to be settled and gotten rid of instead of just doing it! Then any semblance of peace is gone.  Really they're minor issues easily gotten rid of but habits are a funny thing and before I know it I'm back at it. It was also mentioned tonight that there could be a bigger thing in that needs to be taken care of but our Father will step us through the process one by one. If He were to build on what's in my life as it is there would just be a huge tumbled mess in the end. It works much better to work on a solid foundation where everything is taken care of. Things creep in but I need to be willing to listen and to obey. It's amazing how strong the human nature is. Even knowing that there will be peace in willingness I still fight. Grr!!

I really feel that there will be some big changes this year business wise. A new website is going to be going up in the next few months. It's been YEARS since it was changed and that's not a good thing in this day and age. New procedures are going to be implemented that will make next years year-end easier. It's kind of been a 'by the seat of the pants' business up to now. This last year was better but I still felt like I was scrambling a lot. Looking to try and minimize the scramble! I'm headed to a Dave Ramsey event later this year. So I'm pretty excited about that! My first ever business trip!! And it's almost completely paid for, in cash!!! So I'm sure that will give me some good ideas! :) And I'm rereading the Entreleadership book he wrote. There's a lot of really good stuff in that book! Bit the bullet and signed up for the monthly book club as well and last months book was Boundaries. Super good book!!! Not sure what this months will be yet.

The house is going to get new siding this year. There's a couple of really bad areas that I'm really hoping aren't bad in the main frame area. There were 3 out of 4 corners that had no protection for the edge of the siding so the rain just went in and over the years is caused issues to the point that the windows are leaking. One small part is done but now for the rest. Fingers crossed that this is the only issue to tackle this year.!!

Now to stay on track. I'm kind of an all or nothing person. It seems like I have all these grand plans but then there's so many things that I need/want to change that I get bogged down in the process. And that's where allowing my Father to lead me this year comes in. Focus on that and all else will fall into place where it needs to be. Maybe the above plan isn't His plan, only time will tell but just be willing for whatever needs to happen! As I well know, life can change in a moment. I also know that there's help through anything when there's obedience and willingness.