Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

Last week I spent most of my time with one sweet little girl who was recovering from surgery.  We played a lot of games, did crafts, read books, and while she napped I tried to get everything that I needed done in that hour (unfortunately, everything didn’t get done).  I did make some headway this past week just most of it happened in the evenings or during nap time.

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Read Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder to the girls – still reading (almost through it)
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. Take care of the little one recovering from surgery  thankful for my extra time with her and that she seems to be recovering well
7. Write Thank You Notes
8. Finish going over our 2013 goals – working on it, Jake had to go out of town at the last minute for work so some things got postponed

Personal Goals

1. Exercise at least 5 days this week – I did it (this one is a challenge some days)!!!!
2. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
3. Start with my new YouVersion plan(s) – enjoying listening to my new plans as I exercise and prep for the families breakfast
4. Finish reading One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp – loving this book, but didn’t have a lot of extra time to read it this week

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. 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. Complete a current client work project

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Write and Send Out Community Group Email
3. Email a meeting reminder to the Alms & Legs Ministry Team

Financial Goals

1. For my January Grocery Budget I am replacing my typical Groceries $40 for 4 with my Life Simplified: No Grocery Shopping in order to use up some extra items in my fridge, freezer, and pantry.
2. Payoff the Van – making progress
3. Emergency Fund – save 3 months worth of living expenses – this one’s going a little slower, but at least we’re moving in the right direction

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Read Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder to the girls
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. Finish going over our 2013 goals
7. Doctor Appointments

Personal Goals

1. Exercise at least 5 days this week
2. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
3. Start with my new YouVersion plan(s)
4. Finish reading One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp

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. 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

Ministry Goals

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

Financial Goals

1. For my January Grocery Budget I am replacing my typical Groceries $40 for 4 with my Life Simplified: No Grocery Shopping in order to use up some extra items in my fridge, freezer, and pantry.
2. Payoff the Van
3. Emergency Fund – save 3 months worth of living expenses

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.