Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

The girls and I were able to spend some extra time with my extended family in Kansas last week.  The time went by too fast and now that we are back home (and mostly unpacked).  I hit the ground running this past weekend when we landed in South Carolina and don’t think I’ll be stopping any time soon.  There are many fun activities as well as long list of projects on the agenda this week, so I am hoping to get through a bunch of them while having fun along the way!

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Read Imagination Station: Problems in Plymouthby Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 6)
   
2. Plan one special Activity with the Family
3. Play a board game
4. Prepare for Upcoming Summer Events
5. Spend some time Monday – Friday having the girls read & do workbooks – we had a travel day in there but otherwise we did pretty well (and we even did some while traveling too)
6. Spend time with extended family
7. Go to nephews baseball game

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Finish reading One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp – thankful for some down time on the airplane so I could finish this book!

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
2. Pay all upcoming bills – had a stack of them when we got home

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 – took time off last week since I was visiting family

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Vehicles – working on it
2. Pay medical bills in full – making payments

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Read Imagination Station:  Secret of the Prince’s Tomb   by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 7)
   
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a board game
4. Prepare for Upcoming Summer Events
5. Spend some time Monday – Friday having the girls read & do workbooks
6. Go to Science Camp
7. Prepare for a big weekend
8. Ride bikes with the kids

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
2. Pay all upcoming bills
3. Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week

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

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Vehicles
2. 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.