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Welcome to the Stewardship Series. In 2019 my focus is on intentionally stewarding the gifts and talents God has entrusted to me. This series will highlight the nine areas of stewardship I identified in my 2019 goals: my physical and spiritual health, my marriage and motherhood, my relationships with friends and family, my home, my time online, and my voice. I pray this series encourages you, as we grow together as stewards.

steward: (n.) a person whose responsibility it is to take care of something (ie. another’s property.)

Welcome to Part 2 of Stewarding My Physical Health: The Why! In Part 1 I talked about the practical reasons I’m starting this year of stewardship by focusing on my physical health. But while feeling better, looking better, and avoiding future health issues are all on my list, those aren’t the biggest reasons.

God has been dealing with me for probably the last 7 years. He’s been trying to tell me that my spiritual health and my physical health are intrinsically tied together.

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Coming Soon: Stewardship Series

January 12, 2019January 18, 2019 Jessica Tanderup

If you came over yesterday, looking for my weekly rambling, I’m sorry to disappoint. I find that I’m easing into 2019 a little slower than I planned. My sister has been visiting, and since we don’t see each other in person nearly often enough, taking time to spend with her was a big priority.

In addition, while the goals I mentioned in last week’s post have begun to crystallize and become more clear, several of them are pretty big and daunting prospects. Rather than hitting the ground running, it feels like I need to take January to prepare myself, mentally and spiritually, for what I’m going to be attempting this year.

So while today’s post is a bit shorter than normal, I did want to come over and leave a little note to let you know: I have some big stuff in the works! But as is often the case with good things, it’s taking some time.

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Goal Planning, Powersheets and My Word for 2019

January 4, 2019January 11, 2019 Jessica Tanderup

Ahh January.

Here we are, four days into a new year. Does anyone else fight the feeling that you’re already behind in the first week of the year, or is that just me?

Starting a new year, with all its promise and potential…right at the tail end of December…when things have been crazy-hectic-yet-simultaneously-completely-unstructured…I may be way off here, but it seems counter-intuitive to me. Planning goals for the new year while I feel like my routines are burning to the ground around me is a little crazy-making, or at least it has been this year.

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Looking Back on 18 for 2018

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Jessica Tanderup

I’ve never been successful with New Year’s Resolutions. The only times I ever tried making them, I abandoned them quickly. It only took a couple such failed attempts before I decided the process wasn’t for me. When I’d hear of people setting goals and resolutions at the first of the year, I paid little attention.

But in the past few years I’ve followed certain podcasts and social media accounts that focus on things like habit formation, productivity, and yes…goal setting. As with most things, I was slow-to-warm-up but over time became intrigued. I wanted to be the type of person who set goals and accomplished them, but I was afraid my track record made trying a waste of energy.

Then, late last fall, the podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin introduced a unique idea: 18 for 2018. The hosts encouraged one another to create a list of 18 things they wanted to accomplish in 2018. There were no rules. Goals could be as specific or as vague as one chose. They could include one-time items as well as long-term goals. Tasks could be ambitious and risky or small and safe. Listeners began creating and posting their own lists, and seeing others’ ideas sparked my own. I decided to jump in and give it a go.

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