Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

The kids are out of school and we are already enjoying summer break with them.  Thankful for extra time with the kids this summer.  We have some projects and other items that we need to get accomplished this week, but we also have some fun activities planned.  Hopefully, we get some of the items on our list completed while having fun together.  Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

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 – Herd Your Horses and a couple other games with the kids
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 – so proud of our girls

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 – a little behind on this one

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day – the kids did it and it took a little longerI
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) – it rained this weekend
6. Pet Care (Focus – Mix Extra Vitamins in Goat Food) – adding it soon
7. Repairs – (Focus – Girls Necklace Hangers) – need Jake’s help with this one

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 – 1 more project to complete soon
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 – made another payment
2. Payoff Medical Bills – made another payment
3. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, bed, HVAC unit, and other debt) – made another payment
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 School’s Out by Ken Brynildsen book to the kids (it’s an older book & couldn’t find it on Amazon)
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Family
4. Prepare for Upcoming Spring Events
5. Spend time working on Summer Workbooks
6. Attend Eventing Activities & Events
7. Lunch Bags Packed for Work & Errand / Outside Activities
8. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure(s)
9. Prep & Figure out Schedule for Summer Break
10. Ride Bikes with the Kids
11. Work on special projects with the kids
12. Hang out at a park with Kids
13. Go to the Library
14. Find a new local place to sight-see or visit with the Kids
15. Attend an extra-curricular activity or event
16. Date Night with the Kids

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 – 3 Bathrooms)
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Kids Rooms)
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.