What's the ONE thing you can never  get back or produce more of?

TIME.

If you want to have a meaningful 2024...

The best thing you can invest your time in is aligning yourself with God‘s vision for your life, so that your limited (priceless) time, energy, and resources are spent on cultivating what truly matters in the long run.

*You do NOT need to be Christian to use this guide; it‘s designed to be helpful for anyone regardless of faith background.

The Unexpected    Story Behind This Guide

I (Grace) was never a "goal-setting" person.

In fact, I AVOIDED it. Life never ended up going the way I planned anyway, so why bother? And wasn't it "selfish" to try to control things?

It felt easier (and honestly, more "godly") to just go wherever God takes me, and let whatever was "meant to be" happen.

But in 2018/2019, I started realizing maybe God didn't design us to just "go with the flow."

Maybe it wasn't about just passively floating through life... but actually partnering WITH God - letting HIM lead, guide, and inspire... but then using the wisdom he's given us to MAKE PLANS and take ACTIVE STEPS towards those visions. All while letting him "redirect" if needed.

Through this, God started showing me that setting goals might actually not a bad thing. That it might actually be a very HOLY thing - when done with the right heart posture.

In fact, looking through Scripture, I kept finding countless examples of people (Moses, Nehemiah, David, Esther, etc.) taking bold action to pursue the seemingly impossible visions & callings God gave them - WHILE simultaneously surrendering them to God.

The point was... if I really wanted to be intentional with the one short life I had on this earth to steward,

it would be wise to get DIRECTION, CLARITY, & GUIDANCE from the God who created me to begin with.

This is what started the Annual Goal-Setting Guide.

It started out imperfectly. Alex (my husband, back then my boyfriend) and I printed out pages upon pages of resources - and attempted to come up with a process to go through them together as the year was wrapping up.

And though it was definitely helpful (something was better than nothing!) - it also felt overwhelming.

The following next year... we knew we wanted to do the exercise again. But for me, I had one condition...

I HAD to simplify it... for my own sanity!

A few hours before we left for a local cafe, I threw together some slides just to put it "all in one place" - and wouldn't require us trying to sort through so many different webpages and papers.

To my delight, putting this guide together made me EXCITED to use it!

It was SO helpful to have it all consolidated, clear, and laid out - step-by-step.

And then I had a sudden thought:

"Hmm, if this is helpful for me, maybe others might find it helpful, too. I usually don't post things like this... but I'll just do it in case it might help one more person out there."

To my surprise...

That week (and the year following), DOZENS of messages came in from people saying they were using it - many with family and friends, too!

This is how this guide began.

And this is why we do this... to share a resource that helps us every year, in hopes that it'll also help others looking to live with CLARITY & INTENTION.

Every year, we update & improve it based on new things God's been teaching us about conversing, dreaming, working, and doing life WITH him.

And though it's directed TO Christians (because we made it for ourselves), it's not only for Christians.

No matter your faith background, we truly hope it helps you set your INTENTIONS to be aligned with your long-term vision for your life, with the things that will ACTUALLY matter most - and map out an ACTION PLAN for how to get there.

It's an imperfect journey, and one that takes effort... but it's a priceless investment of your time.

And it truly makes ALL the difference.

Your future self will thank you!