Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

Happy June 1st!  This year is flying by so quickly still cannot believe we’ve hit June already!  This is the girls last week of school!  WooHoo!  I always love it when they are on summer break.  It is a great time to spend together doing a lot of fun things that we don’t always have time to do doing the school year like summer reading, swimming, hiking, biking, traveling, hanging out with family and friends, and so much more.  We are looking forward to a lot of fun over the summer and making some treasured memories.  Jake had to travel some last week for work, but thankful he is back home this week!  There is a lot I want to get done this week before the kids are out of school, hopefully I will be able to accomplish most of it!  Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Finish reading The Trumpter Swan by E. B. White to the kids – we did some extra reading this week since they didn’t have homework and finished this book.  They loved this classic story!
2. Plan one special activity with the family – took the girls out for dinner one night while Jake was out of town and went to the library to check out some good books to read together.
3. Play a Game with the Kids – we played a classic this week Sorry!  More than once!
4. Prepare for Upcoming Spring Events
5. Spend time Tuesday –Friday helping the kids with Homework – No More Homework this year! YAY!
6. Attend After School Activities
7. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
8. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure(s) – lots of fun in store the next couple of months!
9. Prep & Figure out Schedule for upcoming Summer Break – getting closer to getting most of the details finalized
10. Ride Bikes with the Kids – need to get my bike down off the rack
11. Work on special projects with the kids
12. Kids orthodontist appointment – B no longer has to turn her expander every night! Yay!
13. STEM Club Meeting – last one of the year, the kids learned a lot and did well!

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s) – a little behind, my app isn’t updating so it is harder to track the days
3. Keep up with my FitBit Goals – so close
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 – the girls did laundry from start to finish so it took more than one day this week, they did a good job!
2. Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
3. Clean House (Focus – Pantry Cleaned Out & Organized) – got it done and looks much better now!
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Organize and Re-Fill Snack Bins) – the kids were happy to get new snacks in their drawers
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Outside Containers Cleaned, Organized, and Put Back in Place) – they are cleaned and organized and put away except the ones on the deck because we need to do another coat of stain on the flooring before putting items back on the deck (waiting for a rain-free 2 days which has been hard this week).
6. Pet Care (Focus – Mix Extra Vitamins in Goat Food) – hoping to get it mixed and transferred into the bin soon
7. Repairs – (Focus – Jungle Gym) – we re-stained the jungle gym, need to work on the sandbox next

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 – thankful for family and friends who take the time to hang out and speak truth in my life.

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car – working on it
2. Payoff Medical Bills – working on it
3. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, bed, HVAC unit, and other debt) – made an extra payment this week, it wasn’t much, but every little bit helps!
4. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
5. Go grocery shopping one time to one store this week and stay within budget – went over this week

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Finish reading The Pet Patrol #1 – Puppy Love by Betsy Duffey book to the kids
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Family
4. Prepare for Upcoming Spring Events
5. Spend time Monday –Friday helping the kids with School Items
6. Attend After School Activities & Events
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. Get kids Summer Workbooks Ready and Started
13. Attend Kids Awards Ceremony for School

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 – Laundry Room)
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Storage Room Cleaned & Organized)
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Mow)
6. Pet Care (Focus – Mix Extra Vitamins in Goat Food)
7. Repairs – (Focus – Girls Necklace Hangers)

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.