Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

Our family had a great time in the Midwest celebrating my little brother’s wedding.  It was wonderful seeing my family over the Thanksgiving Holiday.  The wedding was beautiful, successful, and hopefully they are now relaxing on their honeymoon!  I was happy to welcome another sister into our family, WOOHOO!!!  Happy for my brother and his new wife.

Now I am back home and need to make some progress with upcoming projects.  Here’s what happened this past week and what is going on this week.

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Read the book Wonder’s First Race by Joanna Campbell to read to the kids – about halfway through the book
   
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Prepare for Upcoming Fall Events
4. Spend time Monday – Tuesday helping the kids with Homework
5. Attend After School Activities
6. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
7. Play a Game with the Kids
8. Watch a movie with the Kids
9. Listen to an Audiobook with the Kids
10. Thanksgiving Holiday – So Many Reasons to be Thankful
11. Celebrating Josh & Megan’s Wedding & Activities

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day – didn’t drink enough when traveling
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day – took 2 days
2. Clean House (Basic Speed Clean before the Holiday Activities)

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts

Ministry Goals

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

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car – working on it
2. Payoff Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, and other debt) – working on it
3. Pay Bills & File Paperwork

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Read the book Wonder’s First Race by Joanna Campbell to the kids
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Prepare for Upcoming Winter Events
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. Play a Game with the Kids
8. Start Organizing the Kids Scrapbook Items
9. Dr. Appointments for Kids

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week

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. Do at least one “Make 1 & Freeze 1″ Meal Prep (make a main dish to eat that day and one to freeze for later)
4. Clean House (Focus – Suitcases Unpacked & Put Away from Wedding / Thanksgiving Trip)
5. Organize Chaos (Focus – Snack Bins Refilled)
6. Yard Cleanup (Focus – Pool and Leaves)
7. Pet Care (Focus – Hay Feeder Filled)

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Respond to Inquiry – Business Relation Emails
3. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
4. 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 – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, and other debt)
3. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
4. Earn some Creative Cash
5. 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.