{"id":13619,"date":"2022-12-30T07:07:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T12:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=13619"},"modified":"2022-12-15T18:35:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T23:35:14","slug":"the-evergreen-journal-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/the-evergreen-journal-48\/","title":{"rendered":"The Evergreen Journal #49 &#8211; A Goal of Fifty &#8211; I Can Do It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>he Evergreen Journal # 48 \u2013 A Goal of Fifty . I Can Do It.<\/p>\n<h2><em><strong>The Evergreen Journal #49<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<h3><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert, December 30,2022. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12179\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12179\" data-attachment-id=\"12179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/garden-songs\/california_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"California_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo: Thank you Mick Haupt for this glorious photo.  From Pexals.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949-scaled.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12179\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California_pexels-mick-haupt-5232949-scaled.jpg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Thank you Mick Haupt for this glorious photo. From Pexals.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em><strong>Lynda&#8217;s Note:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Throughout the months and seasonal changes of 2022, I continued to explore the word, Evergreen.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>By writing a series of weekly blog posts for <em>The Evergreen Journal<\/em>, I could stay focused on my theme for the year, which helped me grow in many areas of my daily life.<\/p>\n<p>As I begin the completion of this year, I discover that living an evergreen-type of life brought me to some thoughts about what it all means on a day-to-day basis. Thank you for taking this Evergreen Journey with me in 2022!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My GOAL for 2022 was to WRITE FIFTY ARTICLES for The Evergreen Journal\u00a0 When I set this goal it seemed like it would be impossible for me to write so many articles in this series.\u00a0 But, just look at where are are right now. I have ONLY TWO MORE to WRITE to REACH my GOAL.<\/p>\n<p>I can do it.<\/p>\n<p>I can do it.<\/p>\n<p>I can do it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And, you can set your own goals HIGH for 2023 and YOU can DO IT, too!\u00a0 I&#8217;d love to know what you set for goals and how you made them happen when it seemed like it would not be possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he Evergreen Journal # 48 \u2013 A Goal of Fifty . I Can Do It. The Evergreen Journal #49 \u00a0 \u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert, December 30,2022. All rights reserved. \u00a0 &nbsp; Lynda&#8217;s Note: Throughout the months and seasonal changes of 2022, <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/the-evergreen-journal-48\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-3xF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13712,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/the-evergreen-journal-50-the-end-of-our-2022-journey-together\/","url_meta":{"origin":13619,"position":0},"title":"The Evergreen Journal #50 &#8211; The End of  the Road","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"December 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"My goal for 2022 was to write and publish FIFTY articles that are MEMOIR and NON-FICTION STORIES this year. 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