Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

It was a busy week!  Thankful for family and that we were all back together.  Jake was traveling with work this week so he was greatly missed.  The girls had a busy week of school and work was full of fun activities too.

We have another busy week ahead of us and some fun stuff planned.  Thankful for all the opportunities that we’ve been given.  Even though I had a lot on my goals list several other projects came up that required more time and attention than I originally planned so I didn’t get as much as I wanted to on my goals list. Hopefully I will get more done this week.  Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Read the book The Land of Stories – The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer to the kids – the kids enjoyed the book and reserved the next one in the series from the library
2. Go through 7 more Brain Quest Flash Cards with the kids – still going through the new set of Flash Cards
3. Read through 7 more pages of History Trivia with the kids – learning more interesting information going through it with the kids
4. Reflect on our blessings and prayer time with kids every night.
5. Plan one special activity with the family
6. Play a Game with the Kids – we played As You Wish
7. Create Memories with the Family
8. Spend Quality time with each family member
9. Coordinate and review schedules at beginning of week to confirm all obligations, appointments, and other activities

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
4. Attend Robotics Club and Other After School Activities
5. Appointments – Orthodontist

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water
2. Wear FitBit (at least 10,000 steps and 10 sets of stairs every day) – I didn’t hit my goal every day this week
3. Do Yoga at least 5 times this week – I didn’t do it as consistently
4. Appointments

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. Household Cleaning / Organization – Organize my Paperwork, Folders, and Projects Stack – started working on it
2. Plan out the Menu for the Week
3. Clean & Organize Storage Room – got a chunk done
4. Speed clean & pick up the house 15 minutes a nightsome
5. Remove most of the Spring / Summer items from Closets – still working on it

Business Goals

1. Update Work Notes – got some done
2. Get caught up on blog posts – trying to get there
3. Work on a few special projects
4. Update my LinkedIn Profile
5. Research a couple of items in regards to the blog
6. Confirm the tasks my plate as I transition to a new team – getting some items transitioned
7. Pick from a couple of the “extra” activity and/or product options

Ministry Goals

1. Go to breakfast or lunch with a family member or friend
2. Counting my blessings journal
3. Attend Ladies Bible Study – hostess was out of town

Financial Goals

1. Schedule a meeting with the financial advisor  – confirming times on our schedules
2. Get our finances and budget back on track – catching up
3. Pay down debt we owe – made another payment
4. Limit amount spent on Groceries, Household, and Other Items (use what we already have at home) – close, but went over

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Brina is picking out our next chapter book to read together
2. Go through 7 more Brain Quest Flash Cards with the kids.
3. Read through 7 more pages of History Trivia with the kids.
4. Reflect on our blessings and prayer time with kids every night.
5. Plan one special activity with the family
6. Play a Game with the Kids
7. Create Memories with the Family
8. Spend Quality time with each family member
9. Do a new, unique, or different activity with the family this week
10. Coordinate and review schedules at beginning of week to confirm all obligations, appointments, and other activities

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
4. Attend Robotics Club and Other After School Activities
5. Appointments

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
4. Appointments

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. Household Cleaning / Organization  – Work in the Laundry Room
2. Plan out the Menu for the Week
3. Clean & Organize Paperwork Room
4. Speed clean & pick up the house 15 minutes a night
5. Remove most of the Spring / Summer items from Closets

Business Goals

1. Update Work Notes
2. Get caught up on blog posts
3. Work on a few special projects
4. Update my LinkedIn Profile
5. Research a couple of items in regards to the blog
6. Confirm the tasks my plate as I transition to a new team
7. Pick from a couple of the “extra” activity and/or product options

Ministry Goals

1. Go to breakfast or lunch with a family member or friend
2. Counting my blessings journal
3. Attend Ladies Bible Study

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