• Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

    It was a little bit of a wild week, but we got through it!  Thankful for my family and the opportunities we’ve had throughout the week. The girls enjoyed a week of Summer Camp at Roper Mountain Science Center.  Glad they were able to learn a lot.  Jake and I had a busy week at work, but were able to get some items accomplished.  This upcoming week I have scaled back my goals list to allow some more free time to spend with my family.  There are only a few more weeks left in the kids summer vacation and I want to have the opportunity to spend some down time with them and Jake.  My main goal for the upcoming couple of weeks is to focus on my family, have fun, and create memories.  I will give you an update on my goals, but next week will be a much slimmer list!  🙂  Every once in awhile it is good to have a week like this to refresh and regroup.   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. – have not finished reading it yet
    2. Read 7 more Stories from the Bad Pets on the Loose by Alan Zullo book to the kids. – getting through a few each week
    3. Go through 7 more Brain Quest Flash Cards with the kids. – read some
    4. Read through 7 more pages of History Trivia with the kids. – continuing to read through these 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 – did not have a chance to play a board game this week
    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) – we were not home to do these activities
    4. Have kids work for at least 1 hour on this week on improving their typing skills – they did not have a lot of computer time this week
    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 – the girls went to Roper Mountain Science Center and had a great time learning!

    Personal Goals

    1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
    2. Keep up with my FitBit Goals – it has been a busy week, came close
    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) – work in progress
    4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Laundry Room) – made some progress
    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) – on hold

    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 – didn’t get to all the ones I wanted to this week
    9. Catch up on Hootesuite – hoping to get caught up soon
    10. Upload pictures from last few weeks and update – got it started

    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 – went over part of it
    2. Sign up for Work 401K program
    3. Schedule a meeting with the Financial Advisor – on my list to schedule for August once our schedule calms down a little bit
    4. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – made another small payment
    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 – made another Goodwill donation this week
    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

    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. 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. Spend time Monday –Friday encouraging the kids to find creative ways to learn and grow their skills
    2. At least 30 minutes of outside play, fresh air, or activity time a day

    Personal Goals

    1. Drink 8 glasses of water, wear FitBit, and do yoga (or at least stretch out) each day

    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

    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