Building

I took some time to think about my future and what I want it to look like. I decided that for different parts of my life, I have different needs and wants. Physically, I want to be healthy and able-bodied. I want to be mobile and independent. I do not want to be hunched over, or unable to go when I want to go. I do not want to wait on others to help me out. I need to be able to drive, walk, and take care of myself inside and outside of my home. I also need to be able to communicate effectively and speak clearly. To ensure I am able to do these things, there are changes that I have to make in my life beginning now.

I need to be more active, watch my posture, and continue to stretch my mind. I wrote a little bit ago about memory and expanding my mind. I noticed that little changes have a big impact. For example, when I started standing up for myself, I started off small, using the word “no”. In my mind, I had to protect my mental stability, but by stating no it boosted my confidence and provided me with a stronger voice in the room. I admire my youngest sister. When she was younger she went to the doctor and he told her she had scoliosis, and one of her legs is shorter than the other. True story: she came home and determined she did not want scoliosis and a bend in her back, so she started walking straighter, sitting up straighter and a little while later she went back to the doctor and he told her, “Good job, making those small changes” because she warded off scoliosis. I want to be like that. I want to be so determined to have good health that these small changes do not negatively affect my life but enhance the quality and feel of it. So, I read books, walk the dog, continue to swim, and have my sister call me out when I am slouching and hopefully one day, I will no longer slouch.

Mentally, I want to be in good mental health. As I mentioned above, I want to be able to think with a sound mind, speak clearly, and articulate the world around me. To continue as I am now and even advance my mentality I have to continue to stretch my mind, I will not say much about this one as I have written all about it before. Again, it is important to be able to focus and work on memory.

Financially, I want to be wealthy. I do not want to be rich, yes, there is a difference. Growing up, I thought rich was the thing to be but as I got older I realized richness can be lost but not wealth. Being wealthy means living comfortably with no worries, compared to being rich, which would be living decently with worries. There should be a point in my life where I am no longer worried about what I spend or if I will have enough in retirement, that is the point of wealth. There are steps to get here too! There are ways to have money compound so that in a year or so, the amount of money in an account has doubled. There is debt to pay off because wealthy people do not have debt! This means I have to work hard and create additional income streams while not losing sight of who I am or God.

This leads me to where I see myself spiritually. Spiritually, I see myself as God sees me. Successful, still giving him glory and praise. I see myself in constant communication with Jesus, I see myself as an even greater servant of Jesus Christ. There are steps to get to this place as well that I need to take. I need to continue reading my Bible, pray more, and focus on Heaven rather than the problems that this world presents. With God on my side, all of this and more is possible.

The time to start building is now. No more putting it off for a better time, because there may not be a better time than now. This is what I will be focusing on, building my future for the best version of Rhonda in all aspects; physically, mentally, financially, and spiritually.