Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

There was not a lot of extra free time to relax and hang out this week with everything going on, but we still had a good week.  This upcoming week will be busy with extra items that we need to get done as we prepare for more family adventures.  Thankful for my family and their willingness to work together as a team to tackle some of the items on this list as well as willingness to wait on other projects or activities until the time allows it.  I am blessed!   Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Finish reading The Forgotten Filly by Karle Dickerson to the kids. – we were not able to read as much as I had hoped with everything going on this week
2. Read 7 more Stories from the Bad Pets on the Loose by Alan Zullo book to the kids. – we only got through a couple more stories
3. Go through 7 more Brain Quest Flash Cards with the kids. – we were not able to do it
4. Read through 7 more pages of History Trivia with the kids. – hoping to do more this week
5. Reflect on our blessings and prayer time with kids every night.
6. Plan one special activity with the family
7. Play a Game with the Kids – it was a packed week, but we have some family time planned coming up soon
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. Work on family projects together
13. Daily 15 minute “Speed Clean” for entire family to keep the daily clutter under control – we cleaned, but most of the time we were busy and once we had a moment we were ready to hit the bed

Kid Goals

1. Have kids do work in their Summer Workbook(s)
2. Encourage Kids to read independently at least 30 minutes a day
3. Have kids work on our approved educational websites to encourage growth (at least 2 hours for the week) – we were not home enough to allow for the extra time to do this activity this week
4. Have kids work for at least 1 hour on this week on improving their typing skills – had to put it on hold this week
5. Each kid finish creating at least 2 blogs posts for their Fun with Sis blog – super busy week, they didn’t have the extra time to do it
6. Spend time Monday –Friday encouraging the kids to find creative ways to learn and grown their skills
7. At least 30 minutes of outside play, fresh air, or activity time a day
8. Attend Summer Camp – They had a blast at Horse camp this week and loved riding as well as taking care of a lot of different farm animals (horses, donkeys, chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, lambs, and more fun animals!)

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Keep up with my FitBit Goals – so close, almost had it!
3. Do yoga at least 5 times a week
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
7. Read over the kids blog posts – they have been busy and haven’t had a chance to write this week (I need to catch up on editing still too)

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day – with everything going on it took us more than 1 day this week
2. Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
3. Clean House (Focus – Family Room) – work in progress
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Laundry Room) – I picked up some bins and hope to get a good chunk organized this week
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Blow off deck, sidewalk, & driveway) – did some but not all
6. Pet Care (Focus – Refill Goat & Dog Food) – need to do this week
7. Repairs – (Focus – Check on Water Heater Recall Notice we received) – hasn’t been on the highest priority list

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts – did some but not as much as I had hoped to get done
2. Respond to Inquiry – Business Relation Emails – have a couple more to respond to this week
3. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention – let a couple items slide with everything going on this week
4. Work completed for clients – have a handful of small projects to wrap up this week
5. Notes typed for work – have not been able to tackle this one yet
6. Meeting regarding work goals and upcoming tasks completed
7. Folders Labeled for work – the girls helped me get some of these done, have a few more to go
8. Training on new projects – going well and learning
9. Desk drawers organized – almost got it where I want it
10. Do at least 5 blog posts this week – close but not quite
11. Catch up on Hootesuite – getting it done
12. Upload pictures from last few weeks and update – put on hold with everything going on

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 – waiting until back on a more normal schedule, the summer schedule is a little crazier and always changing from week to week and day to day
2. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – made 2 more small payments – little by little
3. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
4. Go grocery shopping one time this week and stay within budget – keep the food & regular household items under budget, but the new containers for the laundry room made us go a little over
5. Sell, giveaway, donate, or through away items no longer use – donated 3 bags of clothes the girls have outgrown to Goodwill
6. Take items to the recycling distributor
7. Make meals with items from pantry, refrigerator, and freezer to use up what we have and eliminate any extra spending

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Finish reading The Forgotten Filly by Karle Dickerson 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. Reflect on our blessings and prayer time with kids every night.
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. Work on family projects together
13. Daily 15 minute “Speed Clean” for entire family to keep the daily clutter under control
14. One-on-One Meeting with Jake to go over this week and future events on Calendar

Kid Goals

1. Have kids do work in their Summer Workbook(s)
2. Encourage Kids to read independently at least 30 minutes a day
3. Have kids work on our approved educational websites to encourage growth (at least 2 hours for the week)
4. Have kids work for at least 1 hour on this week on improving their typing skills
5. Each kid finish creating at least 2 blogs posts for their Fun with Sis blog
6. Spend time Monday –Friday encouraging the kids to find creative ways to learn and grown their skills
7. At least 30 minutes of outside play, fresh air, or activity time a day
8. Attend Summer Camp

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Keep up with my FitBit Goals
3. Do yoga at least 5 times a week
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
7. Read over the kids blog posts

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 – Family Room)
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Laundry Room)
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Clean up items under deck – toys, bikes, wood, etc…)
6. Pet Care (Focus – Refill Goat & Dog Food Bins / Clean Out Pet Water Buckets & Refill)
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. Folders Labeled for work
7. Training on new projects
8. Do at least 5 blog posts this week
9. Catch up on Hootesuite
10. Upload pictures from last few weeks and update

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. Meet with Jake to go over Finances and Status Update
2. Sign up for Work 401K program
3. Schedule a meeting with the Financial Advisor
4. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt
5. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
6. Go grocery shopping one time this week and stay within budget
7. Sell, giveaway, donate, or through away items no longer use
8. Take items to the recycling distributor
9. Make meals with items from pantry, refrigerator, and freezer to use up what we have and eliminate any extra spending

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