358 Is the Life You're Building Still the Life You Want?

Can you believe we're already halfway through the year? Every January, we begin with fresh goals, new intentions, and a vision that what we hope life will look like 12 months from now.

We make our plans.

We create goals.

We choose words for the year.

We fill our journals with dreams and expectations.

Then real life happens.

The deadlines appear, responsibilities increase, all the unexpected opportunities arrive, as well as those unexpected disappointments too.

And before you know it, we've been so busy living that we haven't stopped long enough to ask an important question.

Am I still building the life I actually want? That's the question I want us to sit with today.

Not because something is wrong, not because you failed, but because drifting isn't normal.

It's a normal part of the experience.

Most of us don't intentionally choose a life that leaves us exhausted, disconnected, and wondering where the year went.

We simply get busy.

And busyness has a way of quietly moving us away from the things that matter most.

I was thinking about this recently while looking back through some old journals.

And have you ever done that before? You open up a journal or you open up maybe your social media account from a year or two ago and suddenly you're face to face with a version of yourself who had Some very different hopes and prayers.

Maybe you look at goals that you had written about and had forgotten or dreams that you postponed or ideas that you never acted upon.

And sometimes you realize something surprising.

The things you were pursuing weren't actually what mattered most.

You thought they were.

But somewhere along the way, your priorities changed.

Your values matured and your understanding of success really evolved.

And what once seemed essential now no longer feels nearly as important.

That realization isn't failure, it's wisdom, it's information.

One of the healthiest things we can do is periodically pause and evaluate whether our lives are still aligned with our deepest values.