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Porch #29 * 5 Steps to Move You Forward

Welcome back to Porch, your go-to weekend companion.  Discover a fresh perspective.  Energize your mind.  Scoop up some spiritual sustenance.  Get unstuck.  Share your story.

Friends, buckle up.  Ready or not, 2022 has arrived.  

What could be healthier and holier than approaching the year ahead with a clean slate.  A no regrets lifestyle.  A courageous choice to rid ourselves of all those woulda-coulda-shouda's that act like quicksand, pulling us down and leaving us feeling like failures.

If ever we needed to be purposeful, it'd be right about now.

Instead of barreling headfirst into whatever's out there, how 'bout we take time to sift through the last 12 months.  Fully understand the victories, the disasters, the accomplishments, the pain.  Celebrate who God is and the provisions that have come from His hand.  Name our fears and failures and sorrows.  Confess our attitude problems and sins.  Forgive and ask for forgiveness.  Appreciate the gifts and opportunities He's given us.  Acknowledge daily provisions and graces.  Come to some measure of peace about what we've lived through.

In the process, we:
1.  Aim to release our accumulated why questions.

2.  Ask God what He's inviting us to.  

3.  Listen to the still small Voice for clear direction.

4.  Claim the fresh calling, verses, OneWord, goals, resolutions, song He's whispering to us.

5.  Chose to move ahead with a clear head and an open heart.


A few resources to help you discern your own unique focus:




If your load is complex and heavy, a counselor, support group or workbook just might be the ticket.  Click here to get an idea of what's available to you.  No one says you have to line all your ducks in a row by the first week of January.  If you need a season to move further toward healing, please give that grace and space to yourself.


So don’t be anxious about tomorrow. 
God will take care of your tomorrow too. 
Live one day at a time.
- Matthew 6:34 -

One day at a time.

It's become my mantra.  The breath I breathe.  The song I sing.  The promise I've claimed.  I've said it a million times in the last three years and am continuing to learn how to live it out in this disruptive, disturbing season.  

Loosening my grip on every loved one.  Every question.  Every opinion.  Every agenda. 

Embracing Jesus' words in Matthew 6 has freed me up and lightened my load.  It's kept me from thinking I've got all the answers.  Looking too far ahead.  Entertaining every worst case scenario and giving it free rein to endlessly play on repeat in my head.

One day at a time has freed me from anxiety's death-grip.  It's giving me a right perspective.  It's equipping me to reach out.

So that's my focus for 2022.  Again.


This is the first day of the rest of your life
'Cause even in the dark, you can still see the light
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Sing it here!

One Day at a Time,
Linda


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On the Porch * Design Your Own Unique Nurturing Checklist

Welcome back to On the Porch ... occasional end of the week conversations with you and me chatting about whatever ends up on the table.

Think open house + small group + your BFF + book club + your therapist + TGIF all coming together to join forces!

This week I'm sharing my own personal Nurturing Checklist, hastily pulled together out of necessity a few days ago.  This is not an exhaustive list nor is it a guideline for others.  I simply offer this as a helpful tool, a gentle prompt to consider crafting your own unique Nurturing Checklist to get you through the holidays ... and maybe beyond.

In this season of constant giving, high expectations, numerous invitations, and frantic activity, we're faced with this question - How can we live out Jesus' command in Matthew 22:39 where He clearly tells us to love our neighbor as ourselves?  

This verse implies that we can't love others well until we're loving ourselves first.  We best reach out to others when we know what healthy love looks like and we're living it out, our own spiritual / emotional wells full to overflowing with plenty of life-giving sustenance to share with those God puts on our paths.

Or this, putting on our own oxygen mask before we reach out to help a fellow sojourner.

Sometimes we make these kind of lists because we're in way over our heads and we're treading water and trying to keep from going completely under.

But isn't it true that the best way to do life in the holiday fast lane is to plan ahead of time?  Make smart choices, make space, make lists, make room.  Establish common sense boundaries that breathe life.  Lend ourselves heaping portions of lovingkindness and grace.  Purpose in our hearts to let our 'yes be yes' and our 'no be no' {Matthew 5:37}.  

 Stuff like that.

So much that's swirling around us is completely out of our control.  But we do have control over how we spend our rather limited time and where we invest our oft' waning energy.

 Question:  What breathes life into me right now?

My Nurturing Checklist

✓  journaling prayers

✓  biblical advent readings

✓  less grazing in the kitchen

✓  getting to bed earlier

✓  getting outside

✓  less mindless screen time {TV, phone, game-playing}

✓  quiet reflective Christmas music

✓  blogging

✓  a to-do list

✓  light reading

✓  solitude but not isolation

✓  enthusiastic 'yes, pleases' and thoughtful 'no, thank yous'

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Care to share?
Linda

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A Launch-Yourself-Forward Worksheet

We humans keep brainstorming 
options and plans,
but God's purpose prevails.
Proverbs 19:21
{The Message}

We're up and running, ready to roll right into a brand new year.  And when it comes to making grand resolutions, setting big goals, or choosing the perfect One Word, our collective enthusiasm is soaring higher than a kite.

{By the way, click here to find out why One Word doesn't work for me, but loosely held plans usually pan out well.}

Yet, all our good intentions can easily wane and soon get lost in the shuffle of daily schedules and unexpected challenges, our once golden dreams lying in a pile gathering dust in some corner somewhere.

Did we miss the boat on what we thought God wanted?  Did we even consult Him to begin with?  Or did fear of missing out push us into some kind of half-hearted action without our own enthusiastic personal buy-in?




I'm happy to present this little fill-in-the-blank worksheet with 6 prompts to help you clarify your hopes and dreams for 2018:

My resolution / goal / One Word is ...


I'm aiming for this because ...


My biggest challenge in follow-through will be ...


The motivation that will propel me is ...


Here's what I'm putting in place so I'll succeed ...


God is whispering these words to my willing heart ...



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Are You Ready to Take Your Blog to the Next Level?



You've flipped the calendar and the hard truth jumps out at you.

Autumn is here.

And for the blogger, it's back in the saddle again after the long, lazy days of summer, perhaps after lots of time off, random postings, scattered connections.  It's sink or swim time, and I'm guessing you might be facing one of these scenarios ...

1.  You're rolling up your sleeves for 31 Days with great enthusiasm ... laced with lots of trepidation.

2.  You want to build online community but you feel like you're choking to death on social media.

3.  Your blog is floundering.  Or you've lost your edge.  Or you're ready to throw in the towel.

That's where I come in.


I've been a certified life coach for 14 years.  And a blogger for more than 8.  I'm rolling all this experience into a fresh, cutting edge offering for bloggers who'd benefit from joining forces with a fellow sojourner who truly hears where you're coming from ... and has the skills to help get you where you yearn to go.

You'll find scads of resources out there promising to help you turn your site into a real moneymaker.  Or teaching you the tricks to getting thousands of followers or utilizing the latest technology with all kinds of e-books and podcasts, videos and a host of pre-packaged one-size-fits-all programs.

That's not what blog coaching is around here.  

 We're talking about an interactive professional 1-1 coaching relationship that is personally crafted to be uniquely yours alone.  

The sky's the limit.  You might want to ... 

Evaluate your current online space

 Discover your irresistible message & your target audience

 Envision a compelling space that reflects your creative giftedness

 Craft & fine tune your mission statement

 Visualize the impact of your community 1 year from now

 Itemize your top 3 challenges

 Map out your 30 day game plan

 Gain clarity & confidence in your online presence

Soar with gentle accountability

 Discern where God is in the midst of it all




'Talking with you helped me clarify some things that I know I need to do going forward and I think, too, it will help me be accountable to actually implementing changes instead of just thinking about the need to change.'

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'I loved our session.  I put down the phone feeling so much stronger and focused.  What a gift you have to bring out clarity.  Yay!  I'm going to spend some time thinking about all the wonderful things we talked about ... God bless you!'

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'Thank you, Linda, so much for your help and encouragement.  I am excited to implement those changes ... I really needed our conversation today.  God bless!'

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'You've given me a lot to work with, and I truly appreciate
 your taking the time to share your thoughts, wisdom, and experience.
  Truly, one sees further from the shoulders of a giant.'

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'Thanks Linda.
This call wasn't the easiest thing I've done,
 but necessary, timely and beneficial.'




Choose one personalized coaching package:

THE PREMIUM

*   Three 30 minute phone sessions {kicked off by a free 15 minute get-to-know-you call if we've never chatted before}.

*   A written follow-up overview of each session that summarizes your challenges, our brainstorming conversation, and your action plan.

*   30 days of touch-base email coaching {weekdays, 9 am - 5 pm eastern}.

Your investment?  $199 / month {plus any phone charges that may apply}.

OR

THE PETITE

 *   One 30 minute phone session.

*   A written follow-up overview of the session that summarizes your challenges, our brainstorming conversation, and your action plan.

Your investment?  $49 / 1 session {plus any phone charges that may apply}.

Questions?  I'm ready to chat at lindastoll@juno.com.  Now's the time.  This is the place.






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I'd love if you'd click here to check out all the details of life coaching for transitions, decision-making, job situations, wellness choices, relationship issues, or other non-crisis challenges that call for you to take some action.

Let's talk.  We can do this!

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And if you'd be so kind as to help me spread the news of my coaching launch, I'd be so very grateful!  Here's the link to share with your social media tribe  --> http://www.lindastoll.net/p/coaching.html

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