Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

Last week we were crazy busy, but were able to get a lot accomplished.  The girls were a big help and were troopers throughout our entire week.  Hoping that we will be able to have some more fun and get a lot done this week.  We enjoyed spending an evening with Jake’s co-workers at the Greenville Drive game even though it got canceled due to rain and lightening on Friday night.  Thankful for some extra time with the kids.  Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Lightening’s Last Hope by Joanna Campbell book to the kids – the kids got a cold than I got a cold so didn’t read as much this past week.  Hoping to be back up to my normal self soon.
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Family
4. Spend time working on Summer Workbooks
5. Attend Evening Activities & Events
6. Lunch Bags Packed for Work & Errand / Outside Activities
7. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure(s)
8. Prep & Figure out Schedule for Summer Break
9. Ride Bikes with the Kids – it rained at the times when we could ride our bikes
10. Work on special projects with the kids – cleaned out, organized, and sold items with the online garage sale as well as other projects with the kids
11. Hang out at a park with Kids – we met friends at the park to have a picnic and play
12. Go to the Library
13. Find a new local place to visit or new activity to do with the Kids – we didn’t do this one with everything else going on this week
14. Attend an extra-curricular activity or event
15. Pick up Summer Clothes for the girls (Swim suit, shorts, sandals, pjs) – we are a little late getting swimsuits this year because the girls grew out of theirs, it was harder to find them, but we got them!

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s) – hoping to get this working on my new phone soon
3. Keep up with my FitBit Goals – fell behind when I got the cold
4. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week
5. Update Counting My Blessings and Other journal entries daily – a little behind

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 – Post Items to Sale and Take Items to Donate) – we sold a lot of stuff with the online garage sale and made over $250 which we will put towards debt, took items to donate, and was able to get some items cleaned up around the house.
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Girls Scrapbooks) – we have the items together, but hoping to start everything this week (the kids are looking forward to this project)
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Seed Goat Pen)
6. Pet Care (Focus – New Collar for Snowball, Hay, & Mineral Bucket)
7. Repairs – (Focus – Girls Necklace Hangers) – Jake is hoping to work on this soon

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 Plan Out Business 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 – working on it (should be making another payment this week)
2. Payoff Medical Bills – paid some more
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 – I DID IT! 🙂 It was a busy week and we had run out of milk, but I made it to the store on Saturday!

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Lightening’s Last Hope by Joanna Campbell book to the kids
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Family
4. Spend time working on Summer Workbooks (Week #4)
5. Attend Evening Activities & Events
6. Lunch Bags Packed for Work & Errand / Outside Activities
7. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure(s)
8. Prep & Figure out Schedule for Remaining Summer Break
9. Ride Bikes with the Kids
10. Work on special projects with the kids
11. Hang out at a park with Kids
12. Have a picnic with the Kids
13. Go to the Library
14. Find a new local place to visit or new activity to do with the Kids
15. Attend an extra-curricular activity or event
16. Turn in our Summer Reading Logs

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 – Living & Dining Room)
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Girls Scrapbooks)
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Work on the Tree House Fort )
6. Pet Care (Focus – Clean Out the Goat House)
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 Plan Out Business 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.