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In this post, we’re talking about why you should create a list of 100 dreams. This will help you to use your time wisely and accomplish what you are dreaming of. 

S4E6 – What Does the Bible Say About Money? | 20+ Scriptures on Finances & Biblical Stewardship – A More Beautiful Life Collective Podcast

What does the Bible actually say about money, wealth, debt, saving, and financial stewardship?Money touches nearly every part of our lives—and it can easily become a source of stress, fear, or even an idol. But Scripture gives us a different way to think about our finances.In this episode of A More Beautiful Life Collective, we're looking at 20+ Scriptures about money and finances to build a biblical framework for how Christians should think about wealth.We'll talk about:Why money and possessions can never truly satisfy us• The danger of allowing wealth to become our source of securityWhat the Bible says about debt, hard work, saving, and generosityWhy wise living often leads to better financial stewardshipHow to redefine what it actually means to be “wealthy” Why the ultimate purpose of our resources is bigger than simply accumulating moreBiblical stewardship isn't about becoming as wealthy as possible—and it isn't about believing that money itself is bad. It's about putting money in its proper place.God should be our primary love, our trust should be in Him rather than our wealth, and the resources He gives us should ultimately be used to bless others and glorify Him.Read the full post here: https://amorebeautifullifecollective.com/what-does-the-bible-say-about-finances-with-20-scriptures-on-finances/ SPEND WITH PURPOSE BUDGET PLANNER: Create a budget that helps you put your money in its proper place, get control of your finances, and spend according to what matters most.https://amorebeautifullifecollective.com/product/spend-with-purpose-budget-planner-printable-spiral-bound-money-management-system-digital-version-only/Visit our Shop to get a copy of any of the resources mentioned in this episode: I’m your host, Cayce Fletcher, and you can ​learn a little bit more about me here​. While you’re here, would you consider leaving a comment, rating, or review? You can find our podcast, ​A More Beautiful Life Collective Podcast​, wherever you listen to podcasts. Listen on ​Spotify​ or ​Apple Podcasts​, or watch on ​YouTube​. Subscribe to the blog for access to our latest content and some freebies. I love creating and sharing resources with you. You can find all of our resources at ​A More Beautiful Life Collective Shop​.Keep creating a life you love, and cultivating your heart for God. 

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We often live our lives dictated by other people – and now, almost more than ever, the algorithm. We want to take hold of our days. We want to include things that we delight in. We want to have hobbies that bring us joy. We want to have meaningful experiences. We want to build a life we love. We want to make and reach our dreams. 

But how? 

When I finally get out of the tailspin of work, cleaning, and bedtimes – and I get a chance to come up for air, what do I even want to do? 

I wrote about this in our post on 5 hobbies that everyone should have. We often live in such a daze that when we have a moment to ourselves, we don’t know what to do. So, we choose the path of least resistance. We turn on a show. We reach for our phones. And, we veg out. 

But, when we look at the sum of our lives, is that what we want it to be? Hours and hours spent escaping the actual world we live in? 

Most of us would answer, “Of course not!” We have to put our money – or more aptly, our time – where our mouth is. We have to spend our lives on the meaningful things. On what gives life depth and meaning. On the good gifts that God has given us. 

We need to spend our lives on our list of 100 dreams. 

Related: How to Make Your Dreams & Goals + 20 Goal Ideas

What is a list of 100 dreams? 

100 dreams?!?

Who has 100 dreams? 

You may feel like it’s hard to come up with 10, much less 100. 

I felt the same way, but I will tell you that creating a list of 100 dreams is a great clarifying exercise that will help you to guide and direct your time. I learned about it in Laura Vanderkam’s 168 Hours. 

The idea is simple. Get out a Word doc (or a sheet of paper you won’t lose) and write down a list of 100 dreams (aka things you want to accomplish). These could be lofty things: ‘Write a book,’ ‘Hike Everest,’ ‘Run a Marathon.’ Or they could be simple things: ‘Learn to bake sourdough,’ ‘Play a favorite song on guitar,’ ‘Take a day off work and visit a local state park.’ 

As you brainstorm your 100 dreams, you’ll find the first part may come easy, but you really have to push yourself to think of the next. You’ll think of little and big things that you might like to do that would never have crossed your mind before. 

You can use the following categories while brainstorming your list: Career, Relationships, and Personal.

Here are some questions to get you thinking: 

• What work accomplishments would you like to complete by the end of your career? 
• What places in the world would you want to see? 
• What local restaurants, parks, and notable places would you like to visit?
• What skills, languages, or hobbies would you like to pursue? 
• What has always been on your bucket list? 

After creating your list of 100 dreams, you may even find that you want to accomplish more than these 100 things. This list can be something you revisit, edit, and add to year after year. 

If you have a family, you may also want to include some ‘Family Dreams’ in your list. Ask your kids and your spouse about some dreams that you may want to do together. This can help you create seasonal bucket lists and make lasting memories with your family. 

How do you use the list of 100 dreams? 

As you complete your weekly review or plan your week, you refer back to the list of 100 dreams and think of ways that you can start accomplishing them in weeks and months ahead. Always wanted to run a 5k? Add a few running sessions to your schedule, and sign up for a 5k. Been meaning to finish up the baby books for your kids? Block out a few hours a week for the next few months and knock the project out. 

You’ll find, as you start accomplishing items on your list, that some dreams beget more dreams. Perhaps learning German leads you to book a trip to Berlin for 2 weeks. Or a beginner’s quilting class leads to opening an Etsy shop and selling your wares. 

Other times, checking an item off the list leads to marking through a few more. Maybe you signed up for the 5k, hated every minute of it, and decided that pickleball was a much better form of exercise for you. You take off running a Marathon from the list gladly and remove that from your mental headspace, too. 

Just because something is on your list of 100 dreams does not mean you have to follow it. Instead, it just gets you thinking: How would I like to spend my days? 

We often never really answer that. Our time just seems consumed by all of our responsibilities. When we create a list like this, we refine what we actually want in life, and that clarity might be all it takes for us to move one step closer to our dreams. 

After you check something off, you can move on to another dream or add a new dream to your list. 

“Tell me, what do you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” 

Related: 5 Tips for Creating Your Dreams: How to Move Forward

My List of 100 Dreams: 

Here is my list of 100 dreams. I’ve already accomplished certain things with my life that I didn’t add to the list (like graduating from college, giving birth naturally, and homeschooling). This list is for me moving forward. 

1. Write a Book 
2. Publish a Magazine 
3. Be interviewed on 5 podcasts about my blog  – done one 
4. Make $1000 in one month on my blog 
5. Reach 10k followers on Instagram or other social media 
6. Speak at a national conference about my blog 
7. Be Debt Free 
8. Pay off student loans 
9. Pay off all other debt
10. Redo the back deck 
11. Create a lovely home 
12. Host a tea party on a china tea set 
13. Play Clair De Lune on the Piano fluently 
14. Have a conversation with someone in German fluently 
15. Visit Vienna again 
16. Go to the Swiss Alps 
17. Visit Italy 
18. Take a road trip through the Italian countryside 
19. Visit the French Coast 
20. Go see Glacier National Park 
21. Visit New England in the Fall to see the leaves 
22. Attend a book club
23. Host a book club
24. Teach literature at a Classical Christian School
25. Take a LitLife Semester Class
26. Do the Mother Culture Book Club
27. Sew my own dress 
28. Have a regular tea time with the kids 
29. Go on a couples getaway to the mountains with Josh 
30. Visit and/or Camp at all of the state parks 
31. Go on a beach vacation and be able to cash flow all of it
32. Do Ballet classes with Mary 
33. Do Piano lessons with all the kids 
34. Do some kind of sport with Jonah 
35. Run a 5k without stopping 
36. Run a 10k
37. Run a Half Marathon 
38. Run a Marathon
39. Read/Finish all of the books on my shelf 
40. Grow my own garden 
41. Grow & Preserve 60% of my food
42. Have a diary cow 
43. Harvest honey from bees 
44. Create a ‘cottage garden.’
45. Build Jonah a tree house 
46. Go on a multi-day backpacking trip 
47. Visit all the parks in Anderson/Easley/Greenville 
48. Make Cheese
49. Find a hobby that I like to do that would actually make money 
50. Create and sell something in a market/Etsy/Facebook 
51. Host a farmstand for a season 
52. Learn to Quilt
53. Sew a t-shirt quilt
54. Build a greenhouse with a plant stand and a bistro set
55. Have a screen porch 
56. Build a fire pit
57. Fence yard 
58. Complete our massive project house list
59. Declutter my house
60. Decorate my house with furniture we actually like, and that goes together – cohesive.
61. Learn how to do my hair 
62. Create a cohesive wardrobe
63. Keep a watercolor nature journal that goes through the seasons 
64. Go through the Church Calendar with Sacred Seasons 
65. Create a craft/sewing room escape
66. Create a Bible journaling station
67. Create a designated podcast setup
68. Build a hammock swing place 
69. Create trails and seating areas around the farm 
70. Go on 30 dates with Josh before he turns 40 to ‘best of’ places around Upstate SC.
71. Create and read through a 40 before 40 list 
72. Take the kids to Europe 
73. Attend a cooking class 
74. Go on a writing/speaking retreat 
75. Review a few books on my blog
76. Visit 10 waterfalls in the area 
77. Attend 1 local festival a month for a year 
78. Write a novel 
79. Find a diet I like and stick with it for 6 months 
80. Lose 50 pounds 
81. Get my blog professionally designed and updated 
82. Host an in-person conference/retreat
83. Learn about wine – maybe take a class 
84. Take an actual podcast/video editing/production course 
85. Hire out production and editing for my podcast to someone else
86. Take a photography/editing course
87. Hire out photography quarterly for my blog 
88. Fill out and keep the PPP Home Planner all year
89. Hire a cleaner 
90. Can kitchen staples 
91. Become a go-to expert in my ‘field.’ 
92. Post on social media every day for a year. 
93. See the Northern Lights 
94. Visit the Waterfall in Argentina and Machu Picchu in Peru
95. Create ‘Rockin’ sales funnels for my husband’s business 
96. Get my MBA
97. Develop a Mozaik Drafting Side Business
98. Go to New York City and Visit Broadway with Josh 
99. Learn about cocktails and make several different kinds 
100. Meet my compassion child. 
101. Do a Triathlon

Some more ideas for creating your list of 100 dreams: 

If you are looking for some more ideas for creating your list, check out the following ideas and lists to get you thinking: 

• Laura Vanderkam’s Explanation + her book 168 Hours, which discusses the idea
• Modern Mrs. Darcy’s list
• Another List
• 1000 Bucket List Items

If you want to start putting these dreams into action, check out our Cultivate Workbook. This will take you from aspirations to actionable habits as you make a 12-week plan to reach your goals. You can also sign up for the free simplified Faithful 12 tracker. 

Until next time, keep creating a life you love and cultivating your heart for God. I’m Cayce Fletcher, and I’ll see you next week. 

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