Magazines. Scissors. Glitter & Glue. I thought it would be a cute project to make my 2020 vision board with my eight and nine-year-old nieces last December. Write (and/or) glue the vision and make it plain. I found pictures for every writing, weight loss, and travel goal. Makayla was team #hairgrowth. She found lots of pictures of beautiful white women with straight 20-inch hair. (Why did I tell her she could put anything she wanted on her vision board? Now I had to tell her growing white straight hair out of her black body wasn’t a realistic goal.) Sasha… well Sasha got a bit distracted watching the Descendants for the 100th time, so she didn’t finish her vision board, but she declared and decreed she wanted more money in 2020.
We always have the best intentions when we plan. We plan to invest more, read more, spend more time with God and our family. Then life happens, and we are knocked way off course. Abruptly resigning from my job to focus on full-time entrepreneurship four weeks before a pandemic was not on my 2020 vision board, but here I stand.
If we are honest, even when we know our visions and dreams come directly from God, far too often we give up or postpone taking action because we are too overwhelmed with the unexpected surprises of life.
Breaking News:
When God gave you the vision, He knew every dark night and obstacle you would face and He still gave you the assignment. This pandemic has challenged you in ways you never expected, but will you finish your race and keep the faith?
Perhaps you never failed at planning. You failed to make adjustments and have clear accountability.
The first third of this year is officially over, but it’s not too late to finish what you started. I want to invite you to join the Accountability Network. A weekly 30-minute group check-in call to ensure you stay on track with the visions, businesses and projects God has given you. You don’t have to run this race by yourself.
