Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

It was great having the girls are out of school and Jake with a few days off recently.  We were able to enjoy some extra time together relaxing, playing, and just having fun.  I am going to try to keep it short again because we have a little bit of time off together and once everyone is back on their “regular” schedule I will be working on getting caught up from our family vacation time.

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. Spend extra time with my family while the girls are on Christmas Break!

Personal Goals

1. Exercise – walk at least 5 days this week – really need to get in gear on this one
2. Listen to The Prodigal Son audiobook from Denise

Home Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day

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 – somehow this one slipped through the cracks with us taking a break for the Holidays, although I did send out a prayer request.

Financial Goals

1. Stay within Budget on Groceries $40 for 4
2. Pay off remaining debt – working on it, set up the budget and plan on finishing this up

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. 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 Dumping Debt by Dave Ramsey

Home Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day

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