Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

Our family enjoyed celebrating July 4th and spending some time with long time friends over the weekend which was a wonderful blessing and a lot of fun.  We also had to say “goodbye” to one of our sweet pets “Toasted Coconut” last week too which was very difficult.  We had the vet out earlier in the week to treat him and then brought him back in late in the week.  The vet was really surprised that he made it so long with all the problems he was having.  We spent hours last week playing, walking, feeding, watering, and taking care of him the hardest part is there was nothing we could do to help him any more other than to let him know how much we love him.  The girls (myself included) had a tough time, but it also opened up many conversations about life, death, and taking the time to enjoy what we have been given if only for a season.  One of Karlie’s comments made me both laugh and cry – “I think Jesus has a field of beautiful dandelions up in heaven just for all his pet goats”.  Brina’s comment “At least when we get to heaven there will be no pain, death or goodbyes, instead we can celebrate and have fun together.”  Although last week didn’t go as planned I am thankful we had time to cherish moments and memories with loved ones, friends, and even our pets.  I am hoping to get through a bunch of the tasks, but with the girls at home I am not going to stress about it too much if something else fun comes along the our way.  My biggest goal for the summer break is to have fun, create memories, be flexible, and enjoy the little moments together!

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Read Superfudge  by Judy Blume to the girls
   
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. Prepare for a big weekend
7. Ride bikes with the kids – it rained every day last week and every time we could ride it was raining, but we did run and splash in the puddles for a couple hours one day (the kids loved it)!
8. Celebrate July 4th with Family & Friends
9. Get upcoming plane tickets

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day – it was a stressful week and I spent a lot of extra time outside with the furry critter who was sick so although I didn’t track my water amount I know by how I was feeling it wasn’t enough
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 – last week didn’t go quite as planned

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts – several items got put on hold last week
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 – made another payment (with a little extra) on the van last week.
2. Pay medical bills in full – paid off one bill now have to get the bigger one paid down

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Read White Fang  by Jack London to the girls
   
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a board or card game
4. Prepare for Upcoming Summer Events
5. Spend some time Monday – Friday having the girls read & do workbooks
6. Prep for a big weekend
7. Ride bikes with the kids
8. Take the kids to Horse Camp

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.