Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

I am hoping to get through a bunch of the tasks this week!  There is a lot going on around here the next few weeks, but if I remain consistent I will still be able to get a lot accomplish.  Looking forward to getting some items done.

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Read The Adventures of Robinhood by Howard Pyle to the kids – finished reading it and Brina has picked out our next chapter book to read together
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a board or card game – we did not get our game in this week due to a lot of other activities that fell on the evenings and weekend
4. Prepare for Upcoming Fall Events
5. Spend time Monday – Friday helping the girls with Homework
6. Prep for a big weekend
7. Ride Bikes with the kids – our week filled up too quickly we didn’t get to riding bikes
8. Go for a Walk with the Kids – on the nice non-rainy days this past week would went outside and walked while reviewing for their upcoming Science and Social Studies tests at school

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 – it was spread out over a couple days due to my husband having last minute work travel
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 – had to reschedule due to other conflicts

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car – working on it
2. Payoff Outstanding Debt – made another payment this past week
3. Pay medical bills in full– finished paying off one of the big medical bills that we had been working on in awhile!  WooHoo! 

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Read A Horse Called Wonder by Joanna Campbell (Book #1 of the Thoroughbred Series) to the kids
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Prepare for Upcoming Fall Events & Trips
4. Spend time Monday – Friday helping the kids with Homework
5. Attend After School Activities
6. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
7. Ride Bikes with the kids
8. Go for a Walk with the Kids
9. Attend School Board Meeting
10. Give Jake a haircut
11. Make Toffee per girls requests
12. Cook up Ground Hamburger and Freeze for future meals
13. Make and freeze Spinach Cubes for Smoothies

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Exercise at least 5 times this week
4. Pedicure – my toenails could use a fresh coat of polish

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. Freezer Meals Prepped for future meals
4. Clean out & Organize Refrigerator / Freezer
5. Clean House including all 3 bathrooms, dusting, floors, and bedrooms
6. Put Fall/Winter Clothes in Closets and dressers and put Spring/Summer Clothes in the Attic
7. Refill kids vitamin container
8. Refill Baggie Drawer and Lunch Box Container
9. Pool taken down and put away

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 Car
2. Payoff Outstanding Debt – we recently had to buy a new microwave and refrigerator
3. Pay October Bills
4. Recent Receipts Basket Cleaned Out, Organized, & Receipts Filed
5. File Paperwork
6. Earn some Creative Cash
7. Go grocery shopping one time to one store this week and stay within budget

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.