Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

Last week was another fun one! Our Community Group did our first overnight camping trip.  We had a lot of great food and fellowship.  The kids had a blast and wanted to know if we could do it again this weekend!  🙂  Although they will probably have to wait a while longer I am thankful that they got to hang out with friends, meet new friends, and created a lot of great memories.  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 – didn’t get to read on the weekend during the camp out
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 – Camp Out Adventure!!!! 🙂
6. Attend Parent / Teacher Meetings for the Girls

Personal Goals

1. Exercise at least 5 days this week
2. Drink 8 glasses of water each day – didn’t drink enough the last couple of days with all the camp out preparations and cleanup
3. Finish reading 21 Days to a More Disciplined Life by Crystal Paine – excellent book
4. Finish reading Impact Equation by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith (I got a pre-release copy to read) – great book
5. Finish reading The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith – working on it
6. Reading / listening through my Bible – doing the 90 day plan through YouVersion – staying on track

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 – got a few items done (need to tackle a couple more this week)
4. Pay all upcoming bills – have a couple that came in the mail during the camp out adventure so they were put on my desk until this week

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Write and Send Out Community Group Email
3. Write and Send Out Alms & Legs Ministry Team Email
4. Community Group Camping Adventure

Financial Goals

1. Stay within Budget on Groceries $40 for 4
2. Payoff the Van – was able to set aside a little bit extra this month to put towards 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.) – working on it

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
6. Celebrate Halloween with the Family

Personal Goals

1. Exercise at least 5 days this week
2. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
3. Finish reading The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith
4. Reading / listening through my Bible – doing the 90 day plan through YouVersion

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. Tackle Fall Cleaning & Organization Project (Focus – Office / Garage)
4. Pay all upcoming bills
5. Finishing cleaning up from Community Group Camp out
6. Put away all the Halloween Items

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming (November) blog posts
2. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
3. Schedule November work dates

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Write and Send Out Community Group Email

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.