Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

Last week was super fun with the girls home now on summer break. We packed in a lot of neat activities and got some projects done this week too.  The girls have been consistent on working on their summer workbooks and reading.  Thankful for extra time with the kids and a chance to do some exciting events together.  Jake has been busy with work and working on a big project for the girls in his free time at home.  He is such a great Daddy to his girls and comes up with neat activities for them from robotics to building items together and more!  This week Jake’s sister and her family are visiting us in South Carolina so the week will be a little different as we focus on spending time with them.  Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

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) –
   finished it (the girls enjoyed the adventures in the book) and started on the next one that Karlie picked out
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Family – taught the girls Hand & Foot, played Golf, and more
4. Prepare for Upcoming Spring Events
5. Spend time working on Summer Workbooks
6. Attend Evening Activities & Events
7. Lunch Bags Packed for Work & Errand / Outside Activities – packed Jake’s work lunch and we had 2 days with picnic lunches when we were out and about
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 visit or new activity to do with the Kids – went to Frankie’s Fun Park and went to the Candy Land Game Activity at the library
15. Attend an extra-curricular activity or event – went to the Free Movies with the Kids
16. Date Night with the Kids – I went with Karlie and Jake went with Brina
    

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s) – need to catch up
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 – the girls are getting faster
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 – 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) – 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 Romona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary 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 working on Summer Workbooks
6. Attend Evening Activities & Events
7. Spend Extra Time with Extended Family
8. Lunch Bags Packed for Work & Errand / Outside Activities
9. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure(s)
10. Prep & Figure out Schedule for Summer Break
11. Ride Bikes with the Kids
12. Work on special projects with the kids
13. Hang out at a park with Kids
14. Go to the Library
15. Find a new local place to visit or new activity to do with the Kids
16. Attend an extra-curricular activity or event
17. Get kids packed and sent off to Church Camp
18. Celebrate Father’s Day

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 – Vacuum & Dust)
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Refrigerator)
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Treehouse Fort)
6. Pet Care (Focus – Treat Yard for Mosquitoes / Flies)
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. Research and pursue career goals
6. 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.