Blessings Multiplied

The girls had their first full week of school since the first week of February.  Now it makes sense why these past few weeks have gone by so quickly with them home one or more days each week over the last three weeks.  This week was busy with school, Jake traveling, getting everything caught up (or trying), and more fun stuff.  I was able to tackle a lot of tasks that needed my immediate attention last week, but I have a lot to still get done for the month of March. Overall it was a productive week.  I am hoping to spend some good time getting things done this week, but I am going to “lighten” the load for this week so I can focus on some of the priority items!   Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Rascal by Sterling North to the kids! – we finally decided on the book and got through the first chapter this week with the busy schedule, but so far they are loving it!
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Kids
4. Prepare for Upcoming Winter Activities
5. Spend time Monday – Friday helping the kids with Homework
6. Attend After School Activities
7. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
8. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure
9. Go on a Date Night with one of the kids – I got to hang out with my Brina, so sweet having some time to relax and chat together!
10. Send out Thank You Notes

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week

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. Use up food items in our pantry and freezer
4. Clean House (Focus – Laundry Room) – laundry room has to go on hold, I got the basic pick up completed
5. Organize Chaos (Focus – Spring / Summer Clothes Organized) – they are out and tried on, but not put away yet
6. Yard Cleanup (Focus – Check the Boundary Fences)
7. Pet Care (Focus – Pick Up Turtle Food)

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

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car – working on it
2. Payoff Medical Bills– working on it, got a couple smaller ones paid off this week!  WooHoo!
3. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, bed, 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 – didn’t do as well as I hoped on this one
6. Sale Items no longer using or do not need on Facebook / Craigslist / Ebay – didn’t get the items posted

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Rascal by Sterling North to the kids
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Kids
4. Prepare for Upcoming Winter & Spring Events (Spring is just around the corner)
5. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure
6. Spend Extra Time with the Family

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)

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 – Basic House Clean Up)

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention 

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch

Financial Goals

1. Pay Bills & File Paperwork

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.