3 Kinds of Contemplative Question Ideas to Reflect and Connect!
New Years can be a time for reflection and connection. This practice can be powerful as it can direct your perspective to what matters most. It offers an opportunity for gratitude, makes space for a reality check, and, if done well, sheds light on the future God has for you.Â
Let's look at some questions that can help in each area.Â
But first, let's set you up for success:
- Decide how you will invest: on your own, with a partner, or with a group?Â
- Choose a time for contemplation. Maybe New Year's Eve is not the best time for reflection in your house, or maybe it is? Would New Year's Day work better or should you set a time not connected with the 31st or the 1st to think about what God has for your New Year.
- Then see yourself there reflecting. Where do you see this happening? In the car driving home from the holidays, at a coffee shop, in your living room, or at your kitchen table? It's good to choose a place where you are comfortable and undistracted.Â
Envisioning sets you up ...
8 Reasons NOT to make goals!
Looking for reasons not to make goals. Maybe I can help. If any of these are true for you, maybe it would be best to just stay the course.
#1 – You are right where you want to be in all the areas of your life. Open theÂ
Wheel of Life Assessment and do the project to be sure you are a 10 in every area.
 (Okay, maybe my reasons are tongue in cheek, but hear me out?)
 #2 – You’ve made goals before, and they didn’t work out.
This one hurts. I’ve been there. You get all pumped up about a dream becoming a reality, but then reality burst syour dream bubble.
Can I propose that making a SMART goal could be the cure for this one? Google it, hire a coach, or get the Traction self-coaching guide to walk you through goals that work for you!
#3 – You prefer to just “see how things go”.
This one could actually be a good reason if you really sense God asking you to let things go. It would probably be best said in a different format though, like, “At this season, my intention is to release this are...
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