[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his is my first time writing for 52 Stories in 52 Weeks. It is about a current, personal goal in progress. I am glad it is not asking for resolutions.
At my husband’s place of work, they let interested employees take a course series from the book the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. After the course was over he shared what he had learned with me and asked me where I envisioned myself five years from now. I saw nothing different. I was still a Domestic Goddess who did genealogy.
He asked where I want to be five years from now. Again, I thought of nothing different.
I carried those goal questions with me for months.
In the past weeks, I decided to make a five-year plan, doing the thing I have always wanted to do and do on a frequent basis. I am making an overarching goal to become a board-certified genealogist. I have many baby steps along the way. The road will be hard. It will be long.
Genealogy is my passion. I feel it is what I was intended to do. Knowing that does not make it easier. I still need to prune my family tree, cite like an Evidence Explained pro, perfectly uphold Genealogical Proof Standards, write my first proof, or any of the other steps along the way.
My point of accountability is in part that I committing this to paper and am posting this here. My other point of accountability is my husband, who knows when to let me fall and when to help steady me.
No matter what happens over the next five years I will have no regrets. If I do not reach my goal, I will still have a more thoroughly researched family tree, increased writing skills, more in-depth citations and be a better genealogist overall. If I fail it be an opportunity. I will look back and reflect on what I could have done differently and make a plan on how to do so in the future.
