Life Accomplishments List

This is brilliant. Why haven't I ever done this before? In the midst of all of my goal setting lists, stop doing lists, semester growth plans, etc., I have never stopped to record what I've already experienced. Bekah Kitterman (whose list at 24 reads like some peoples' life goals lists) calls hers a catchy "Been There, Done That" list. I can't use that phrase because it carries a negative connotation to me-- like-- I'm never going there again. "Life Accomplishments" sounds too sterile and formal, but I can't come up with a better word right now. I'm thinking. If you have any ideas, let me know.

Throughout the Bible, God instructs his followers to erect monuments and establish holidays to remember and celebrate His hand in their lives. What good does it really do us to have goals when we don't celebrate what's already happened? Life goals are not simply about boxes to be checked off but about prayers that have been answered. And for that we need to give thanks. Writing a Life Accomplishments list is similar to what God's people did in the Old Testament-- building a monument to remember and celebrate the hand of God in our lives.

The altars and the celebrations of the Bible also reminded the people of who they were in God. The rites of passage of Hebrew children taught them to celebrate who God had created them to be. Writing a Life Accomplishments list brought to the forefront of my mind some areas of my life that I have neglected and need to re-engage because it's part of who God created me to be. Some new life goals emerged for me from my Life Accomplishments List.