We buy planners this time of year. Preprinted commercial books that give space for yearly goals, monthly calendars, daily plans. We are given room to write and then check off our accomplishments. Set our top priorities. Even schedule our days by 30 minute increments. Doesn't it seem a bit odd that there isn't a box anywhere on those tools for detours? For the unplanned moments when our steps are involuntarily reordered? When it doesn't go the way we want and we find ourselves off the page trying to get back on track? Doesn't it seem like there should be a checkable box for the detours? Don't they count? Do we live as if the unplanned is unusual? As if the detours don't count on life's map?  

Our mission story this month begins with a quirky family mantra -- "what's written remains" -- that causes one family member to freeze when it comes time to writing down goals and plans. It ends with a carefully scripted weekend that was marked more by interruptions than by check marks. A weekend that made that same family member grateful she could compare the written plan to the map her steps ultimately took. 

Curious?

We sure hope so!    

Join Kat Silverglate, founder of The Mobile Mission Project at The Ridiculous Hour Foundation, as she introduces the January 2023 Mobile Mission -- Counting Detours. To learn more about this project or to receive the equipping piece discussed in this episode, visit www.TheRidiculousHour.com.