Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

Last week was full for Christmas Celebrations, activities, and work travel.  I am thankful to have Jake back at home with us and look forward to spending some quality time with my family over the Christmas Holidays.  The girls are now out of school so I debated whether or not to do a goal list this week because I want to make sure to spend any “extra” time with them.  I am going to try to keep it short this week for that reason.

Here is the update on last weeks goals:

Family Goals

1. Spend 1-on-1 time with each child everyday
2. Read a book to the girls everyday
3. Have the girls read 1 book to me 5 days this week
4. Do devotions with the girls every night (sometimes it gets late and we rush to get them into bed) – had a couple late nights, really need to work on doing better with this one.
5. Do the 25 Day of Christmas B.L.E.S.S. activities with the girls this week

Personal Goals

1. Exercise – walk at least 5 days this week – did a few days
2. Go to bed by 10:30 or earlier on Monday and Thursday – with Jake out of town I stayed up later to work on projects instead of going to bed on time
3. Finish reading The 60-Minute Money Workout by Ellie Kay – got it started
4. Start Reading and listen to the next section of  Desiring God: Finding Complete Satisfaction and Joy in God by John Piper

Home Management Goals

1. Weekly Dinner Menu planned and written by Monday
2. Spend 30 minutes every day picking up / cleaning the house
3. Dinner on the table by 5:30 PM (Monday through Thursday) – it was late a couple nights
4. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
5. Wrap and send out all Christmas Cards / Presents that need shipped or mailed

Business Goals

1. Spend 10 minutes a day cleaning and organizing my desk
2. Pay all bills that come in the mail this week
3. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
4. Review my 2011 Business Goals and start planning ones for 2012 – didn’t even look at them this week with all the busy activities going on

Ministry Goals

1. Email our weekly Community Group update including upcoming events on the calendar, praises, and prayer requests
2. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch

Financial Goals

1. Stay within Budget on Groceries $40 for 4
2. Pay off remaining debt – working on it
3. Emergency Fund – save 3 months worth of living expenses – finishing up the debt so we can get rolling on this one

Here are my goals for the upcoming week:

Family Goals

1. Spend 1-on-1 time with each child everyday
2. Read a book to the girls everyday
3. Do the 25 Day of Christmas B.L.E.S.S. activities with the girls this week
4. Spend extra time with my family while the girls are on Christmas Break!

Personal Goals

1. Exercise – walk at least 5 days this week
2. Listen to Dave Ramsey’s Dumping Debt audiobook

Home Management Goals

1. Get suitcase packed for our business / family trip
2. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
3. Wrap all the Christmas Gifts

Business Goals

1. Pay all bills that come in the mail this week
2. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts

Ministry Goals

1. Email our weekly Community Group update including upcoming events on the calendar, praises, and prayer requests

Financial Goals

1. Stay within Budget on Groceries $40 for 4
2. Pay off remaining debt

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