Shelia, from To Love, Honor and Vacuum (what a cute name eh?) tagged me today as she has been following me on Twitter lately and wants to learn more about me.  I’m honored really!  So here is my feable attempt at telling you all 7 Juicy Tidbits about Me.  I’m not really one to think that things about me are “juicy” but I’ll try my best.

Actually I think I”m going to break the rules here a bit and instead of writing 7 new tidbits about myself, and since Sheila is a relatively new follower of mine I think that she’ll benefit a great deal from, (meaning get to know me better) by reading some of my previous posts here on my blog.  So, I’m going to be pointing out 7 of them from 2008 that I think will best help her to get to know me.  How’s that for juicy?

So, I’ve changed this meme up a bit, but hey! one juicy thing you’ll learn about me is that I like to be different.

Post #1 - I did a 7 Wierd Things post last January.  It should give you some things to know about me.

Post #2 - 10 Likes Verses Dislikes - A few more interesting things about me can be found here.

Post #3 - My Little Love Story - Here is the first in a series of posts on how I meet my husband.

Post #4 - I Am From - I did this neat meme and it reveals alot about my past.

Post #5 - What I’m About Online - I share in this post the many things I do online and what I am all about.

Post #6 - Counting My Blessings - In this post I tell you about some of my blessings.

Post #7 - Writing, My Passion - One of the things I’m most passionate about as explained here.

So, this may not have been the original meme, but I like how it turned out.

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With anything new you must learn and grow for it to be most successful.   This is a new year, I have new goals  thus  I need to learn and grow.  I  have plans to do this  in many ways  over the next few months.  Last night I took a personality test to learn more about myself. I have taken them before, but just couldn’t recall what my personality type was. I found out again last night that it is Melancholy / Phlegmatic.  It was amazing to look at the description and for it to be so me.  One of the things I discovered was that my personality type is “introverted” and most people think I’m an extrovert.  Honestly, deep down I believe I knew all along that I was an introvert.  I remember being a shy child.

So, what happened you may wonder?  Well, I believe I’ve been conditioned to be more of an extrovert.  My parents did this by constantly encouraging me to do more and be more outgoing.  I am glad that they did but it is also good for me to remind myself of who I truly am and what I have gone through to become who I am now.  It is all a process of learning and growing.

Another thing that I was thinking about last night is about the spiritual gifts and strengths that I have.  I love doing these type tests but I really didn’t have to take a spiritual gifts inventory to know what my gifts are as I’ve done these so many times before.  My spiritual gifts are mainly Teaching, Encouraging and Leadership.

Taking these things into account will help me this year as I try to reach more goals for 2009.  I believe that we should all evaluate our gifts, talents, strengths and abilities as we begin to reach for those things that we want this year.  What are your strengths and abilities?

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As I have said many times, I like new years because  I like a fresh start, a new beginning, even  though, not much in all honesty really changed at the strike of 12 last night at least not in circumstances, it did in my mind. You see, it gave me hope and a fresh perspective through which to view my life.

So, to review my  slogan for 2009 is “By faith, I claim God’s  Promises as mine in 2009.” And my Scripture is “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23

Hope to me is what 2009 is going to be about. So, without further ado here are my goals in each area of life for me:

Personal

• Think more positively.- all year
• Stick to a monthly budget.- monthly
• Save more money.- monthly
• Always have a Bible study to do.- every 4-6 weeks

Ministry

• 12 Speaking Engagements- by year’s end
• 4 new ebooks -1 per quarter
• Launch training program- by June
• Double list subscribers- by year’s end

Writing Business

• Steady, consistent income stream.- in 3 months (by March)
• 5 Blog Management Clients- (by March)
• To be able to outsource some of the writing to a co-writer. (by June)
• Referral / Affiliate program (by June)

New Biz

• Setup- (by February 1)
• Writing initial articles (by February 14)
• Making a residual income from the biz monthly. (by August)
• Growing and expanding to take on writers. (by next year)

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As you may have noticed I am setting New Year’s goals, claiming a slogan and a verse of Scripture for this new year.  This past year has been a bit of a roller coaster, up and down with both good and hard times.  It seems the last six months or so have been especially hard on me.  Life with three children is proving to be as difficult as I expected, especially since they have done nothing but stay sick.  Everyone around me is wishing me healthy children in 09.  I agree.

More than that though I want to be more positive I want to see God’s hand at work again in my life, proving his promises, and I want to be found faithful.  So after some deliberation here is my verse for 09:

“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23

Do you plan to choose a verse for 09? What about setting goals?  I’d love to hear from you.

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Every year, instead of setting a New Year’s Resolution or resolutions, I set goals and do a few other things.  This year one of those things is claiming for myself a “slogan” for this next year.  I think it will help me to think more positively and have sort of a motto to go by throughout the year.   If it serves me well I’ll do it again next year.

So, this year’s slogan:

“By Faith, I claim God’s promises as mine in 2009”

What do you do? Set resolutions, goals, slogans, claim Scriptures?  I’d love to hear about what you do.  I plan to reveal my Scripture verse for 2009 tomorrow so come back.

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