Last week I was finally feeling better so I was able to get caught up on a few items.  Thankful for some time together with my family while we were all healthy and back to the normal schedule.  We celebrated Valentine’s Day by flying up north to Vermont visit Jake’s Mom and grandparents.  The girls were super excited to play in some snow!

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Read On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder to the girls – finished the book with the girls, they are ready to start the next book of the series now
2. Read Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume to the girls – finished the book, the girls loved it so much they wanted to know if there were any more in this series! 🙂  
3. Read Imagination Station: Voyage with the Vikings by Marianne Hering
   
4. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
5. Daily School Activities & Homework Completed
6. Attend After School Activities
7. Plan one special Activity with the Family
8. Girls Dentist Checkup
9. Pick up Brina’s Glasses
10. Celebrate the Valentine’s Day Holiday
11. Prepare for the Girls Birthday
12. Spend Extra Time with Extended Family

Personal Goals

1. Exercise at least 5 days this week – didn’t get a chance to walk all 5 days, need to get back into the routine
2. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
3. Start with my new YouVersion plan(s) – staying up to date with the plan
4. Finish reading One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp – working on it
5. Finish reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan- going through this book with a group of friends

Home Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
2. Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
3. Pay all upcoming bills

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
3. Work completed for clients

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch

Financial Goals

1. For my January Grocery Budget I am replacing my typical Groceries $40 for 4 with my Life Simplified: No Grocery Shopping in order to use up some extra items in my fridge, freezer, and pantry.
2. Payoff the Van – working on it
3. Pay medical bills in full – started making payments
4. Complete 2012 Taxes – started preparing

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Read On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder to the girls
2. Read Imagination Station: Voyage with the Vikings by Marianne Hering
   
3. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
4. Daily School Activities & Homework Completed
5. Attend After School Activities
6. Plan one special Activity with the Family
7. Prepare for the Girls Birthday
8. Spend Extra Time with Extended Family

Personal Goals

1. Exercise at least 5 days this week
2. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
3. Start with my new YouVersion plan(s)
4. Finish reading One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
5. Finish reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan- going through this book with a group of friends

Home Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
2. Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
3. Pay all upcoming bills

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
3. Work completed for clients

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Write and Send Out Community Group Email
3. Email a meeting reminder for Alms & Legs Ministry Team meeting

Financial Goals

1. For my January Grocery Budget I am replacing my typical Groceries $40 for 4 with my Life Simplified: No Grocery Shopping in order to use up some extra items in my fridge, freezer, and pantry.
2. Payoff the Van
3. Pay medical bills in full
4. Complete 2012 Taxes

I think it is important to share and encourage each other as we seek to improve our lives and the lives of those around us.  I want to live intentionally not just hope all my dreams and goals come true.  When I focus on small steps of improvement I am able to see results as I get closer to my goals.  Some weeks I get closer to the goals I have in my life and other weeks a take a few steps back (life happens, emergencies occur, people get sick).  Once the goals are written down and shared it provides a guideline for what I aim to accomplish this week.

Why Share My Goals?

• To keep me accountable
• To share a piece of my life with you as I strive to be a better Child of God, Wife, Mom, Friend, Homemaker, Entrepreneur and the many other roles I have each week
• To have my goals consistently written down so I can gauge progress more accurately
• Create healthy habits in my life
• To encourage you to share your goals with me as you continue to grown and learn

How did you do this week on your goals?  Feel free to share or link to your list of weekly goals.

The picture above is one that I created for my own purposes, however, The “SMART” acronym was originally coined 30 years ago by Peter Drucker in his classic work, Management by Results.