Big Audacious Goals: Redux!

Well hi there, friend! Long time no see! Things have been all over the place lately what with starting a new job, going on vacation to visit the family, and settling into a new routine. I'm finally starting to feel more human and more in touch with my time again, and let me tell you what a giant blessing it has been. I feel really good about what is going on and how things are happening! So, in light of all this I've decided it's time to revisit my Big Audacious Goals. You know, those things we talked about back at the beginning of the year? Yeah, those things.

They are funny things, these B.A.G.'s. We all want to have one, but they can be so daunting! The time, the commitment, heck just coming up with them is a big deal. Plus there's that little voice inside that says, "That isn't feasible" or "that's too BIG of a goal!"

Well let's just tell that little voice to shut the heck up!!!!

Here's the thing I've been learning this year: to walk by FAITH and not by SIGHT. I have been learning to let go, to trust, and to take action in the direction of my goals.

Only one problem: I kind of lost sight of my goals.

I mean, I have a couple that are still hanging around.

1. Have a horse.
2. Buy a house.
3. Start a family.

And of course the in betweens that will lead to accomplishing those ones.

1. Pay off debt.
2. No, seriously, like ALL of the debt.
3. Save money.
4. Increase my skill and thus my income.  

So what are my BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS then??? Paying off all the debt (meaning, car included), starting a family and buying a house are pretty big ones to a lot of people! But really, I think those are just average, run of the mill everyday goals.

The truth is, I have been sitting around the last week or two reevaluating my goals. I have been spending time dreaming BIGGER than normal and thinking of those things that I really, really want to do. Some of these are continuations of what I wrote down at the beginning of the year, and some are new ones, but here they are in no particular order:

• Travel to Belize and help build the orphanage for King's Ransom.
• Feed 100 orphans a year through my tithing 10% of my income.
• The above means I need to increase my income by 200%.
• Grow my home based business so that I can work from home, which affords me the ability to be a working stay at home mom and offers the flexibility to work on growing some additional income streams.
• Build my food/recipe blog and even begin baking, cooking and selling Paleo/gluten free items for fun and for extra income (which ties in nicely to increasing my income).
• Put money aside to open and/or invest in a winery in Oregon.
• Learn about the art and science of making/selling wine (see above).
• Bake/cook tasty foods to serve at the wine tastings at the above winery.

I know that ALL of these things are possible. The starting off point? That's exactly where I'm at right now. The first step is annihilating our debt utilizing the skills learned in War on Debt. During this we will be able to save money as well, and begin deciding in which investments we would like to put our "wealth account" money. This will start the fund that will be the future for our family, and will build the long lasting wealth for the generations of our family.

Getting these down on paper gives me perspective, and the opportunity to look them over and decide which comes first. It also gives me the opportunity to reverse engineer the goals. I take the goal, then I break it down into pieces and steps, and I set up the pathway to get to each individual step! I'm already on my way to feeding the orphans, which has been an amazing feeling. By the end of the year I will have fed at least 10 - a healthy start!

So, what are YOUR Big Audacious Goals? I would really love it if you would share them with me!

Have an AWESOME day!