Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

Thankful for a long weekend with my family.  The girls and Jake both had the Monday off and we stayed home this weekend to get some projects done.  The big project for our weekend was cleaning and re-staining our deck.  The girls were a big help cleaning out the bins, making meals, and more.  Last week was the girls last full week of school, next week they only have 4 days and the following week they have a couple half days.  The kids and the teachers are both ready to be done with school.  The last days for grades is this week so they have some fun stuff planned.  Hoping to get some items done this week even though it is a shorter work week.  Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Boxcar Children’s Blue Bay Mystery (Boxcar Children Series #6) by Gertrude Chandler Warner 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(s)
9. Prep & Figure out Schedule for upcoming Summer Break – working out some of the extra details
10. Ride Bikes with the Kids – the kids went riding, but I didn’t have a chance
11. Work on special projects with the kids
12. Attend Science Fair Project Presentations – the girls were selected as top in their class, very proud of them!
13. Annual Pest / Termite Inspection Completed – completed on Monday
14. Kids orthodontist appointment
15. STEM Club Meeting
16. Spend extra time with the Family over the Memorial Holiday Weekend
17. Finish sending out the remaining Graduation Cards – I got to go to my nephews 4K graduation last week too

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 – got a little behind on a couple days

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) – did other items as a family
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Laundry Room) – did other items as a family
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Deck Cleaned & Prepped)
6. Pet Care (Focus – Mix Extra Vitamins in Goat Food) – still needs to be put in the container
7. Repairs – (Focus – Take Slide Off Jungle Gym)

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 – need to get 2 more items completed this week
5. Prep, plan, and organize content for upcoming summer months while the kids are out of school

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 – paid a couple more this week
3. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, bed, HVAC unit, 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 – went over budget this week with the whole family home all weekend

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Finish reading The Trumpter Swan by E. B. White 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 Tuesday –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(s)
9. Prep & Figure out Schedule for upcoming Summer Break
10. Ride Bikes with the Kids
11. Work on special projects with the kids
12. Kids orthodontist appointment
13. STEM Club Meeting

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 – Pantry Cleaned Out & Organized)
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Organize and Re-Fill Snack Bins)
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Outside Containers Cleaned, Organized, and Put Back in Place)
6. Pet Care (Focus – Mix Extra Vitamins in Goat Food)
7. Repairs – (Focus – Jungle Gym)

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
5. Prep, plan, and organize content for upcoming summer months while the kids are out of school

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, HVAC unit, 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.