2020 was quite a year, and I learned a lot. These lessons may be relevant to you, or they may not, and they vary from personal to ministry-related.
Here are 20 lessons I learned from 2020:
- “Creativity begins at the moment we don’t know what we are doing.” – Simon Sinek
- Motherhood is simultaneously the most beautiful and most exhausting thing in the world.
- We all need each other.
- My worldview is smaller than I believed, and I still have more to learn.
- Listening to audiobooks still counts as reading.
- A little bit of sunshine and fresh air goes a long way.
- Learning doesn’t have to be formal.
- Change isn’t a bad thing.
- Playing is just as important as working.
- There is good to be found in every situation because God can be found in every situation.
- Good lighting makes a big difference.
- Dreaming is not the same as goal-setting, and we need to do both. (Shout out to my life and ministry coach, Joy Canupp for this one!)
- God has led you to your position for such a time as this, and He will continue to be faithful through it.
- “Time together is not the same as quality time together.” Jim Sheils
- Eating a lollipop while working helps me focus.
- Never plan in pen.
- Simple doesn’t have to mean shallow.
- Enjoy those cookies (and pies and cakes). Just eat more vegetables too.
- Growth takes time, but there is beauty in the building.
- I have to extend the same grace to myself that I extend to others.
These are my lessons, and you may or may not agree with all of them. That’s OK. But what about you? What did you learn in 2020?
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Wow that list rings true to me in so many ways!! But number 19 😳🤯that is golden for me right now!
And I’ll have to try the lollipop trick 🍭😂
Glad to know I’m not the only one learning these things! Haha the lollipop thing works for me!
Love it! So many true statements! I totally concur with the “never plan in pen”!! I also found myself “downsizing” in my yearly planner this year.. Super cool (pricey) planner last year and only truly used it for three months… I totally learned the “good lighting” deal in 2020 also! THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO!!
Thanks Dana! I bought a fancy expensive planner too and never really got to use it either. 🙂 Thanks for following along!