Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

We had a great three day weekend with the girls (my only regret is it went by too quickly).  We were able to get some stuff done around the house and yard while spending some time with family and friends.  I wasn’t able to get caught up on as many projects as I hoped last week so am hoping to get caught up on a lot of projects this week!  Jake was able to fix my dresser this past weekend so I can now sort through all the clothes and weed out any of the ones that we don’t seem to wear as often, thanks Babe! 🙂

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Read Imagination Station: Revenge of a Red Knight by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 4) – still reading a chapter or two each day
   
2. Plan one special Activity with the Family
3. Play a board game – we played Bed Bugs with the girls! Hilarious! 🙂
4. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
5. Daily School Activities & Homework Completed
6. Attend After School Activities

Personal Goals

1. Exercise at least 5 days this week – need to do better on this one
2. Drink 8 glasses of water each day – I didn’t do well with drinking my water because I was so busy but it caught up with me so need to do better this week
3. Continue my YouVersion plan(s) – still catching up
4. Finish reading One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp – need to put this one on hold temporarily, too much other priorities are taking over my schedule at this time
5. Finish reading Overcoming Dyslexia by M.D. Sally Shaywitz (someone gave me this to read) – didn’t make a lot of progress 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 – hoping to get back on track soon, the family schedule has been a little wild lately
3. Pay all upcoming bills
4. Work on Spring Cleaning

Business Goals

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

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Write and Send Out Community Group Email
3. Send out the Alms & Legs Meeting Reminder

Financial Goals

1. Groceries $40 for 4 – went over budget this week
   
2. Payoff the Van – was able to put a little extra this month on the monthly payment
3. Pay medical bills in full – making payments

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Read Imagination Station: Revenge of a Red Knight by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 4)
   
2. Plan one special Activity with the Family
3. Play a board game
4. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
5. Daily School Activities & Homework Completed
6. Attend After School Activities
7. Schedule May Volunteer Dates
8. Schedule dentist appointments for (Jake & Bridgette)
9. Schedule eye appointment for Bridgette

Personal Goals

1. Exercise at least 5 days this week
2. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
3. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
4. Finish reading Overcoming Dyslexia by M.D. Sally Shaywitz (someone gave me this to read)

Home (Yard & Pets) 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
4. Work on Spring Cleaning
5. Get insurance quotes & make a decision on Home & Auto Insurance Policies
6. Remove remaining leaves from the lawn
7. Clean up the sticks and trees that have fallen & had been cut down
8. Reseal Jungle Gym & Swing
9. Give Skipper a bath
10. Treat the lawn

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
3. Work completed for clients
4. Schedule May work dates

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. Write and Send Out Community Group Email
3. Send out the Alms & Legs Meeting Time and Place

Financial Goals

1. Groceries $40 for 4
2. Payoff the Van
3. Pay medical bills in full

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.