It was a little better this week.  Still healing, but continue to have pain, numbness, and my stomach hasn’t reset itself yet.  Had another doctors appointment and hoping to have a better report soon.  I was able to get up and move around more this week, but still haven’t been able to get to all of the items on my lists.  At least some progress is being made.

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Read the book Wonder’s Promise by Joanna Campbell to read to the kids – still reading to the girls (we had a week of heavy homework)
2. Plan one special activity with the family – had another family event come up on the calendar on that day
3. Prepare for Upcoming Fall Events & Trips – waiting on approval from my doctors
4. Spend time Monday – Friday helping the kids with Homework
5. Attend After School Activities
6. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
7. Play a Game with the Kids
8. Start Organizing the Kids Scrapbook Items
9. Dr. Appointments for Kids – had an ENT appointment for one of the girls and picked out new glasses for both

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day – my stomach hasn’t been happy with drinking water this week so this one has been a challenge
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day – took me 3 partial days to get it done
2. Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
3. Do at least one “Make 1 & Freeze 1″ Meal Prep (make a main dish to eat that day and one to freeze for later)
4. Clean out & Organize Refrigerator & Freezer
5. Clean House (Focus – Basement Floors) – my amazing husband helped get this accomplished for me (thanks, Babe!)
   
6. Organize Chaos (Focus – Storage Room) – didn’t get it done
7. Yard Cleanup (Focus – Pool taken down and put away) – still needs done
8. Pet Care (Focus – Refill Goat Food Bin) – still needs done

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Respond to Inquiry – Business Relation Emails
3. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention – making some headway
4. Work completed for clients

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch – didn’t have a lot of extra curricular activities this week
2. Prep for our Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child boxes – making preparations

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car – working on it
2. Payoff Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, and other debt) – paid an little extra this week
3. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
4. Earn some Creative Cash – working on it
5. Go grocery shopping one time to one store this week and stay within budget – the girls helped me at the grocery store this week and we had to go by more than one store because of the items that we needed this week

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Read the book Wonder’s Promise by Joanna Campbell to read to the kids
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Prepare for Upcoming Fall Events & Trips
4. Spend time Monday – Friday helping the kids with Homework
5. Attend After School Activities
6. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
7. Play a Game with the Kids
8. Start Organizing the Kids Scrapbook Items
9. Dr. Appointments for Kids

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week

Home (Yard & Pets) 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. Do at least one “Make 1 & Freeze 1″ Meal Prep (make a main dish to eat that day and one to freeze for later)
4. Clean House (Focus – Bathrooms)
5. Organize Chaos (Focus – Storage Room)
6. Yard Cleanup (Focus – Pool taken down and put away)
7. Pet Care (Focus – Refill Dog & Goat Food Bin)

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Respond to Inquiry – Business Relation Emails
3. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
4. Work completed for clients

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Prep for our Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child boxes

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car
2. Payoff Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, and other debt)
3. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
4. Earn some Creative Cash
5. Go grocery shopping one time to one store this week and stay within budget

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.