Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

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 White Fang  by Jack London to the girls – read a good chunk of it while walking a sick goat and finished the last couple chapters this past week
   
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 – they had a blast and always love going to “Welcome Ranch”!

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s) – I have gotten a little behind with everything going on this summer but hoping to catch up this week

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 – with all the activities this week I didn’t plan the whole week out in advance, but I did plan out at least the day to day menu so I was prepared before dinner time arrived.

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 – got some projects finished

Ministry Goals

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

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Vehicles – made another payment on the car this past week
2. Pay medical bills in full – finished paying off one of the medical bills, now only have the big one left to go

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes  by Arthur Conan Doyle  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 our next big adventure
7. Ride bikes with the kids
8. Take the kids to park
9. Go on a picnic with the family
10. Play in the pool
11. Explore a new place or go on a new adventure with the kids
12. Go to the dentist (not my favorite place to visit, but kind of necessary)
13. Go on a short “road trip” adventure 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.