Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

It was a fun week with a lot of activities.  Always love our time together.  I was able to do most of the items on my goal list this week thankfully.  Hopefully this week I will be able to tackle more items on my list!

Last week’s goals:

Family Goals

1. Read to the girls and have them read to me daily
2. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
3. Daily School Activities & Homework Completed
4. Attend After School Activities
5. Plan one special Activity with the Family – we did a bonfire and went to a small fair together!
6. Attend Back to School Night Event
7. Schedule a Meet & Greet with 1 of the girls teachers

Personal Goals

1. Exercise at least 5 days this week
2. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
3. Finish reading Our Boys by Joe Drape – I started this one a couple years ago and never finished so starting over.  It’s about the Smith Center, Kansas football team (it has been interesting reading the book so far because I know some of the people in it since my parents live near Smith Center) – see my review on the book

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. Start tackling my Fall Organizational Schedule – have my list and getting ready to start
4. 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. Get caught up on 5 blog items

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Write and Send Out Community Group Email
3. Work out the details of our Community Group Camping Adventure – working out the last few details

Financial Goals

1. Stay within Budget on Groceries $40 for 4
2. Payoff the Van – still working on it, we were able to put a little extra towards it this month
3. Emergency Fund – save 3 months worth of living expenses (we are trying to build this back up because we had to take some out for unexpected expenses recently.) – getting closer

My goals for the upcoming week:

Family Goals

1. Read to the girls and have them read to me daily
2. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
3. Daily School Activities & Homework Completed
4. Attend After School Activities
5. Plan one special Activity with the Family

Personal Goals

1. Exercise at least 5 days this week
2. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
3. Finish reading Impact Equation by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith (I got a pre-release copy to read)
4. Finish reading The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith

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. Start tackling my Fall Organizational Schedule
4. 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. Get caught up on 5 blog items

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Write and Send Out Community Group Email
3. Work out the details of our Community Group Camping Adventure
4. A Friend Challenged me to read through my Bible – since I am already through the majority of the year I am working on a plan where you can read through the Bible in 90 days by YouVersion

Financial Goals

1. Stay within Budget on Groceries $40 for 4
2. Payoff the Van
3. Emergency Fund – save 3 months worth of living expenses (we are trying to build this back up because we had to take some out for unexpected expenses recently.)

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.