Reap A Destiny

Dear Meagan,

I am so excited for you and proud of you goal list!!! Here's the thing about goals-- lifelong ones are often not accomplished in one day.  It is our daily habits that determine whether or not our goals are achieved.   Here is one of my favorite, favorite quotes:

"Sow a thought and you reap an action;

sow an action and your reap a habit; 

sow a habit and you reap a character;

sow a character and  you reap a destiny."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Basically positive thoughts about your goals lead to action towards them-- actions lead to habits-- daily habits determine  your personality or your character-- and your personality determines your destiny!

Below is the list of goals you made and I have added some 'suggested' habits or actions for you to take! You may have some better ideas than me... and if you do that's great- go for 'em! I'm just making suggestions to get ya thinking, but of course the actions you decide on are up to  you-- just make sure to decide and write them down :)

 

My bucket list of goals :)

by Meagan Sutherland on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at 6:16am ·

• Family- 2 kids, most likely because I really didnt enjoy being a middle kid but looking back on it I would consider it because it wasnt so terrible. If there were 4 kids it would be doable because there is not 1 specific middle child 
• For a mom-to-be it's never to early to start learning how to be the parent  you want to be! Start reading about parenting, either magazines or books. Sit down and determine how you were 'parented', what you liked and what you want to improve upon (even though you are perfect Mom & Dad ;) Love you!). These habits will lead to some fabulous kids someday!
• Influential- help nero-injury people
•  So you definitely are already taking steps towards this by contacting neuro or tumor recover groups.  The next step is to start attending events and/or asking how you can help and then following through with your responsibilities!
• experential- learn how to avoid getting annoyed and to help others recognize theyre getting annoyed
• The absolute best way to improve on your patience and people skills is to read books about patience and people skills. I know you are reading Personality Plus right now, a great book for learning about people, personalities, and temperaments! Let me know when you are done and we can get you more to read! But 15 minutes a day of reading out of these books will do WONDERS. You'll be able to help yourself and others as well!
• physical- be able to run fast.. "I wanna go fast"
• This is a great goal to take in baby steps! Start by just walking around our block everyday... once  you've mastered that move to a 'mall walk', you know the one where you wiggle  your butt? Lol... Keep advancing until you 'go fast'!!!
• travel- hit up the amazing places my grandparents have visited.. defintley alaska
• I'm a traveler too, must be in our blood!  Traveling is amazing but you need one thing- $$$!!! Open a checking account for traveling and every check or gift you get put5% in your travel account or whatever you see fit.  Even if you don't want to travel for a couple years this goal is only a wish until you start taking action towards it.  Once the action is taken it's a goal that can be achieved!
• financial- make enough money to support myself and be happy that im no longer stuck in a materialistic mindset
• This is GREAT Meggy! I know your so close to being completely independent again and this goal is necessary in order to accomplish that. Again start small and work up to it-- If you were to jump into a 40 hour a week physical labor job-- it might not last very long lol. But start just a few hours a week and again follow through with the responsibility. There will be plenty of days you would rather bite off your arm than go to work but that's when you remember this goal.  That's when you remember that your daily actions determine your destiny.

Daily actions determine your destiny but even before that, our thoughts determine our actions.  I'll touch on that next week.  I love you Meagan Ann from Japan! The world is your oyster!!!

XOXO,

Brooke