I had the intention to start a new blog specifically for the Radical Change Challenge. But I decided to just use this blog for this challenge because this challenge is a part of going from VIctim To Victorious.
This post was initially posted on June 1, 2018
In June 2017 I was recovering from surgery. Time was all that I had. So I spent a lot of time really thinking about my life and the things that I had accomplished. I realized that I had been stagnant for quite awhile. I was not really living life. Instead, life was living me. I was going through the motions of doing all “the right” things. Providing for my family, working, and paying bills. Lather, rinse and repeat. That is what it seemed like all I was doing. Just going through the motions.
I decided at that time that I wanted to make some changes in my life. I started studying out the word RADICAL. One of the definitions is “to be uprooted” When I think of being uprooted I think about a potted planted. Sometimes a plant can outgrow the pot it is in and not grow very well. That plant needs to be uprooted to a bigger pot so that the plant can grow more and flourish.
I realized that is what I needed to do. To uproot myself. To step outside of my comfort zone. To do things that scare me. So I wrote out a list of things I wanted to do in the next year that would push me to get outside of my comfort zone.
Start a blog about my life www.fromvictimtovictorious1.com
Dye my hair
Get a tattoo
The big thing that was on that list was to move out of Ohio. I am an Air Force BRAT and an Army Veteran. I am not used to staying in one place. But I wanted to give my girls a stable school education. So, I decided to stay in Dayton until they both graduated
So, I wrote down things I wanted in a new place.
Coastal
Nice Weather
within 12-hour drive of Dayton (if there is an emergency)
a 4-hour flight to St Louis (if there is an emergency with my dad).
The church needed to be between 150-200 members
Thriving singles
Thriving mature singles
I got on disciplestoday.org and looked at different churches. I wrote down my top 6
Columbia SC
Savanah GA
Jacksonville NC
Charleston SC
Fayetteville NC
Myrtle Beach SC.
I had planned to visit all six. But I went to Charleston SC. And fell in love with the town and with the Church. So, since January I have been making small steps to make it happen. Each step made my heart race. I gave my 60-day notice at my apartment complex at the beginning of May. I stood in front of the mail slot holding my envelope. Clutching it and praying to GOD for me to release it. I will be out of my apartment by June 30 and in Charleston, by July 1 (exactly 1 year from the date that I began this radical challenge July 1, 2017) The next step was letting my supervisor at work know. Even that was a process. I told him one day that I needed to talk to him the next day. Not to prepare him. But to prepare me. I finally told him and some of my co-workers. June 22, 2018, will be my last day with Kettering Health Network. That was so scary. Because up until that day I had total control over who knew. But after announcing it, now I have to let go of that control. Kind of like what I have had to do with being in control of the move.
In my perfect plan, I would have had a job and a permanent place to live before moving to Charleston in less than a month. But I have not found a job so it is not wise to get an apartment. So I will be living with some disciples from the Charleston Church for the month of July. So I have gotten the ball rolling. Please continue to follow my journey during the next year as I share about this continual radical journey.
To GOD Be The GLORY
Take Care. Much Love
