When was the last time...

When was the last time you took a serious inventory of your life? Sounds deep doesn't it? Yet, it's something that we should all spend time doing.

Last Sunday, my pastor reminded us that all businesses have annual business reviews - a time when they look at their previously stated goals and measure their success. I remember having to do this quarterly as a business manager for the companies that employed me. It was something I always regretted doing but was always so glad when it was completed.

The first and most obvious question is, "Have you ever taken the time to commit your goals, dreams and family aspirations to paper"? If not, it will be tough to measure how you are doing. I encourage you to take time to dream. The older we get, the easier it is to brush things aside as childhood fantasies but something magical happens when we take the time to put these dreams to paper. Start small, perhaps a list of 10 things that you hope to accomplish this year. You can even just commit your values to paper and then see how you live out those values over a given period of time.

I recently found a bucket list of 100 things I wanted to do before I died. This was a list that Larry and I made about 12 years ago. I was cleaning my desk when I found it. I was amazed to see how many of the things I had accomplished without even viewing the list after I had committed it to paper. Imagine if I had put effort in to it and revisited it on a regular basis?

If you have made a list of your goals, when was the last time you took it out and seriously reviewed it? If it's been awhile, take time to do that now. The weather is perfect to be indoors with a warm cup of tea snuggled on your favorite chair or sofa. Pull out your list and walk through each item carefully. If you haven't completed an item on the list, ask yourself why. Perhaps it's not as important to you as it once was, but perhaps there is something that is preventing you from living the life you were meant to live.

There is nothing more engaging that a human being who is living their life to the fullest. Someone who lives with intent and purpose. You probably know and admire someone like this in your life.  My encouragement for you today is to be that inspiring person in someone else's life.

Do it today!