Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

It has been a fun, but busy week.  I am keeping my list shorter for the upcoming week so I can focus on time with family and friends.  Thankful for time to spend with people in my life.  It is always great having adventures, learning, and making memories with people around me.  Grateful for the opportunities I have been given.    Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein to the kids. – getting through it
   
2. Read 7 more Stories from the Bad Pets on the Loose by Alan Zullo book to the kids. – read some of it to the girls
3. Go through 7 more Brain Quest Flash Cards with the kids. – working through flash cards
4. Read through 7 more pages of History Trivia with the kids. – learning more with the kids
5. Do devotions, reflecting on our blessings, and prayer time with kids every night. – off schedule with some travel at the end of the week
6. Plan one special activity with the family
7. Play a Game with the Kids
8.  Attend After Work Activities
9. Lunch Boxes packed the night before work & other planned activities
10. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure(s)
11. Prep & Figure out Schedule for upcoming Summer Break
12. Ride Bikes with the Kids – was not able to fit it in this week
13. Work on family projects together
14. Pack suitcase for next family adventure
15. Daily 15 minute “Speed Clean” for entire family to keep the daily clutter under control – did the first half of the week

Kid Goals

1. Have kids do 1st week in Summer Workbook(s)
2. Encourage Kids to read independently at least 30 minutes a day
3. Sign up kids for the Easley, Anderson, & Greenville County Summer Library Reading Programs – have it started, but not all the programs done yet
4. Sign up kids for Barnes & Noble and other similar reading programs – started
5. Have kids work on our approved educational websites to encourage growth (at least 2 hours for the week)
6. Have kids work for at least 1 hour on this week on improving their typing skills
7. Each kid finish creating at least 2 blogs posts for their Fun with Sis blog
8. Spend time Monday –Friday encouraging the kids to find creative ways to learn and grown their skills
9. Kids start packing suitcases for next family adventure
10. At least 30 minutes of outside play, fresh air, or activity time a day

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Keep up with my FitBit Goals – did better
3. Do yoga at least 5 times a week – the off schedule made it harder
4. Go to my Appointments Scheduled this week
5. Update Counting My Blessings and Other journal entries daily
6. Tackle some lingering projects on my “to do” list

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 – Normal Maintenance Cleaning)
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Start getting the Laundry Room back together and organized so we can clean up the family room downstairs)
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Plant Lilly Flower and Blueberry Bush – weather permitting)
6. Pet Care (Focus – Refill Skipper’s Feeder)
7. Repairs – (Focus – Check on Water Heater Recall Notice we received)

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. Notes typed for work
6. Meeting regarding work goals and upcoming tasks completed
7. Folders Labeled for work
8. Desk drawers organized – almost there
9. Do at least 5 blog posts this week – other priorities popped up
10. Catch up on Hootesuite
11. Upload pictures from last few weeks and update – more to upload

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
2. One-on-one quality time with Jake (talking, date night, or doing an activity together)
3. One-on-one quality time with Brina (talking, date night, or doing an activity together)
4. One-on-one quality time with Karlie (talking, date night, or doing an activity together)

Financial Goals

1. Schedule a meeting with the Financial Advisor – not quite settled on a time for all parties
2. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – working on it
3. Pay Bills & File Paperwork – getting it done
4. Go grocery shopping one time this week and stay within budget – did it for the most part, but had traveling this week
5. Sell, giveaway, donate, or through away items no longer use – work in progress
6. Take items to the recycling distributor – was not able to do this week
7. Make meals with items from pantry, refrigerator, and freezer to use up what we have and eliminate any extra spending – started out well at the beginning of the week, but do to traveling wasn’t able to do so the later part of the week

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein to the kids.
2. Read 7 more Stories from the Bad Pets on the Loose by Alan Zullo book to the kids.
3. Go through 7 more Brain Quest Flash Cards with the kids.
4. Read through 7 more pages of History Trivia with the kids.
5. Plan one special activity with the family
6. Play a Game with the Kids
7. Spend extra time with family and friends

Kid Goals

1. At least 30 minutes of outside play, fresh air, or activity time a day

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Keep up with my FitBit Goals

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. Maintenance items only

Business Goals

1. Maintenance items only

Financial Goals

1. Maintenance items only

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.