Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

We are officially on the new school and work schedule starting this week.  The girls are now in middle school.  It has been a little bit more of an adjustment, but they (and their parents) are doing well.  Looking forward to seeing the schedule get into the new normal rhythm.  I a positive there will be a lot of fun and exciting events as we fly through these next few weeks.

Thankful for a great summer.  We had a lot of great opportunities to catch up with family and friends across the county.  We were able to cover a lot of territory over the past couple of months.  Last week we had close friends staying with us for a few days which was awesome.  Grateful for friends who check in on our house and pets while we were traveling and that work was flexible with the slightly insane schedule.

I am hoping to get back up, running, and staying on top of things more regularly with the house, blog, and personal goals.  You should be seeing some of our fun adventures over the summer break.  Hoping to ease back into some of these items so I am not over committed as I gear up for a busy week.  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  –  the kids loved this book and were looking up more books by the same author or if this one was part of a series
2. Read 7 more Stories from the Bad Pets on the Loose by Alan Zullo book to the kids – these are fun, short stories that make the kids giggle.  We actually saw one of the locations where one of the stories took place when we were traveling through Alaska!  Very exciting!!!
3. Go through 7 more Brain Quest Flash Cards with the kids. – somehow this set got placed in a random spot and didn’t go through it until later in the week
4. Read through 7 more pages of History Trivia with the kids – these have been a fun learning tool for me too
5. Reflect on our blessings and prayer time with kids every night – always love hearing the neat things they are thankful for in their days
6. Plan one special activity with the family – spent time with our friends that were visiting from Maine
7. Play a Game with the Kids – we did a Nerf war with friends while they are visiting all adults and most of the kids participated (Savannah slept through the whole Nerf game)
8. Create Memories with the Family – thankful for great memories and special times together – I took off the girls last day of summer to hang out with them and our friends from Maine
9. Spend Quality time with each family member – the girls did a slumber party with Bradley this week so we did not do one-on-one time with everyone this week
10. Do a new, unique, or different activity with the family this week – craft time and science experiment fun over the weekend

Kid Goals

1. Spend time Monday –Friday encouraging the kids to find creative ways to learn and grow their skills – lots of fun learning and being creative as well as attending the first few days of school
2. At least 30 minutes of outside play, fresh air, or activity time a day – didn’t get this on a couple of the school nights

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water, wear FitBit, and do yoga (or at least stretch out) each day – I didn’t get all these goals accomplished this week.  Had some technical issues with the TV for yoga while Jake was out of town with work.  Did well on the water and decent on the FitBit though.

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. Focusing on my Family not the “to do” list

Business Goals

1. Focusing on my Family not the “to do” list

Ministry Goals

1. Quality time with my family

Financial Goals

1. Focusing on my Family not the “to do” list

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Pick out a new Chapter book to read to the girls and start reading it
   
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. Create Memories with the Family
9. Spend Quality time with each family member
10. Do a new, unique, or different activity with the family this week

Kid Goals

1. Do Homework Monday – Friday
2. Pack Lunches and Prep for the next day
3. Spend one-on-one time with kids each day

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water
2. Wear FitBit (at least 10,000 steps and 10 sets of stairs every day)
3. Do Yoga at least 5 times this week

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. Give Skipper a bath this week
2. Speed clean & pick up the house 15 minutes a night

Business Goals

1. Update Work Notes
2. Get caught up on blog posts
3. Work on a few special projects

Ministry Goals

1. Go to breakfast or lunch with a family member or friend
2. Counting my blessings journal

Financial Goals

1. Schedule a meeting with the financial advisor
2. Get our finances and budget back on track
3. Pay down debt we owe
4. Limit amount spent on Groceries, Household, and Other Items (use what we already have at home)

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