Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

This past week went by in a whirlwind.  Jake was traveling for work, the girls have been working diligently every day on their Science Fair Project which is due pretty soon, and there were a lot of extra activities and appointments going on.  We made it through the week in one piece, but hoping it slows down soon.  I was not aware of how time consuming the Science Fair projects would be.  Not sure if this week is much quieter, but I am hoping to make some more progress in the right direction. Due to the many activities going on this week several items are going to be the same again because I was unable to get to them.  Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Samantha’s Pride (Thoroughbred Series #7) by Joanna Campbell to the kids – we haven’t had as much time to read for fun with all the extra work on the Science Fair Projects, hoping to get to this more soon
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Kids – Played the  Destination USA Board Game with them
4. Prepare for Upcoming Spring Events
5. Spend time Monday –Friday helping the kids with Homework
6. Attend After School Activities
7. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
8. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure – are brainstorming and trying to work out the details (and scheduling)
9. Finish the kids Science Fair Projects – almost done!!!!!!!
10. Prep for upcoming Summer Break – starting to fill in the schedule

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s) – I am about 3 days behind, need to catch up this week
3. Keep up with my FitBit Goals – I did it!!!!
4. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week
5. Update Counting My Blessings and Other journal entries daily – this one didn’t get updated daily with everything going on

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. Clean House (Focus – All Winter Clothes Pulled out of Closets & Dressers and Put into the Attic) – other items took priority and with the cold rainy days one of my daughters wore her jeans and long shirts all week!
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – All pictures downloaded & organized from FL, STEM, and Atlanta trips) – got all the Florida and STEM ones completed, just need to tackle the Atlanta trip
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Clean Off the Deck) – it rained the entire week here in SC
6. Pet Care (Focus – Get Another Water Bucket set Out for the Goats) – have one that will be repositioning soon

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Respond to Inquiry – Business Relation Emails – need to catch up
3. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention – I did the high priority or hot items
4. Work completed for clients –  have a few projects to complete soon

Ministry Goals

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

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car – working on it
2. Payoff Medical Bills- working on it (paid off a couple this week, YAY!)
3. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, bed, and other debt)- working on it
4. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
5. Go grocery shopping one time to one store this week and stay within budget

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Samantha’s Pride (Thoroughbred Series #7) by Joanna Campbell to the kids
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Kids
4. Prepare for Upcoming Spring Events
5. Spend time Monday –Friday helping the kids with Homework
6. Attend After School Activities
7. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
8. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure
9. Finish and turn in the kids Science Fair Projects
10. Prep for upcoming Summer Break

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Keep up with my FitBit Goals
4. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week
5. Update Counting My Blessings and Other journal entries daily

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. Clean House (Focus – All Winter Clothes Pulled out of Closets & Dressers and Put into the Attic)
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – All pictures downloaded & organized from Atlanta trip)
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Clean Off the Deck)
6. Pet Care (Focus – Get Another Water Bucket set Out for the Goats)

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 Medical Bills
3. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, bed, and other debt)
4. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
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.