Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

Our family had an opportunity to spend Memorial Weekend with some great friends.  I am so thankful for the chance to catch up and have a fun time.  My goals this week (for the most part) are the same as last week to keep it simple and moving forward.

Last week’s goals:

Family Goals

1. Connect with each family member at least once a day
2. Schedule a Date Night with Jake
3. Prep for our upcoming Family Trip
4. Read at least one book to the girls every day – missed a couple of days over the weekend
5. Listen to the girls read at least one book to me or Jake every day – the weekend was pretty busy so skipped a couple of days
6. Plan & go on at least one family Adventure
7. Spend some extra time catching up with family and friends

Personal Goals

1. Exercise – walk at least 5 days this week
2. Review my upcoming goals
3. Finish reading  Am I Messing Up My Kids by Lysa TerKeurst – working on it
4. Finish reading No One to Call Me Home by Rev James J. Close – almost done

Home Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
2. Work on Spring / Deep Cleaning the House
3. Weekly Dinner Menu & Schedule planned out for the week
4. Spend 30 minutes every day picking up / cleaning the house

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
3. 1o minutes a day Cleaning / Organizing my desk – missed a couple days with the Memorial weekend activities
4. Work on upcoming speaking engagement – didn’t get to it this week

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Be a blessing to a total stranger this week
3. Email the updated praises, prayer requests, and schedule to our Community Group – didn’t send out the email last week

Financial Goals

1. Stay within Budget on Groceries $40 for 4
2. Emergency Fund – save 6 months worth of living expenses – made some headway
3. Save money for upcoming trips – working on it
4. Put cash aside for 1 year of Jake’s College Classes – starting to put more aside
5. Save money for upcoming home projects – on hold temporarily

My goals for the upcoming week:

Family Goals

1. Connect with each family member at least once a day
2. Prep for Summer Break
3. Read at least one book to the girls every day
4. Listen to the girls read at least one book to me or Jake every day
5. Plan & go on at least one family Adventure
6. Spend some extra time catching up with family and friends

Personal Goals

1. Exercise – walk at least 5 days this week
2. Review my upcoming goals
3. Finish reading  Am I Messing Up My Kids by Lysa TerKeurst
4. Finish reading No One to Call Me Home by Rev James J. Close

Home Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
2. Work on Spring / Deep Cleaning the House
3. Weekly Dinner Menu & Schedule planned out for the week
4. Spend 30 minutes every day picking up / cleaning the house

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
3. 1o minutes a day Cleaning / Organizing my desk
4. Work on upcoming speaking engagement

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Be a blessing to a total stranger this week
3. Email the updated praises, prayer requests, and schedule to our Community Group

Financial Goals

1. Stay within Budget on Groceries $40 for 4
2. Emergency Fund – save 6 months worth of living expenses (we finished saving up for a 3 month emergency fund so now we are working hard on getting our 6 month emergency fund established, the yard sale this past weekend was a good boost for us)
3. Save money for upcoming trips
4. Put cash aside for 1 year of Jake’s College Classes
5. Save money for upcoming home projects

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