{"id":17674,"date":"2012-11-19T08:37:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T13:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=17674"},"modified":"2012-11-19T08:37:28","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T13:37:28","slug":"intentional-living-weekly-goals-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=17674","title":{"rendered":"Intentional Living: Weekly Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/P1190258c.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Goals - SMART - Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time Bound Goals\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/P1190258c.jpg?resize=300%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so last week wasn&#8217;t one of my best ones.\u00a0 Had to make my first trip in years to the doctor because I was sick. I went in the doctor on Monday and got some medicine.\u00a0 On Thursday I still wasn&#8217;t better so went back in and got a shot along with different medicine.\u00a0 Jake even had to take the girls to school and pick them up one day I felt so bad.\u00a0 Thankfully, I am starting to get back to normal, however, my to do list didn&#8217;t get completely done (at least I made some progress).\u00a0 With this week being Thanksgiving I am hoping to catch up on some items and spend the extra time with family so my list isn&#8217;t as big this week.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">Last week\u2019s goals:<\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Family Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Read to the girls and have them read to me daily &#8211; <em>I was sick last week so this didn&#8217;t get done every day<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Lunch Boxes &amp; Book Bags packed the night before<\/del><em> &#8211; not quite sure what I put in them but it got done and they weren&#8217;t complaining<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Daily School Activities &amp; Homework Completed &#8211; <em>have a couple things to fill out for the girls<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Attend After School Activities &#8211; <em>missed one day with Momma being sick<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Plan one special Activity with the Family<\/del> &#8211; <em>had a celebration on Friday night! \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Personal Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Exercise at least 5 days this week &#8211; <em>with being sick I didn&#8217;t exercise last week<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Drink 8 glasses of water each day<\/del> &#8211; <em>I drank a ton, trying to get better!!!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><\/em>Finish reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0739403761\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0739403761&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=johnjacom-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Christian\u2019s Secret of a Happy Life<\/em><\/a> by Hannah Whitall Smith &#8211; <em>brought this to the doctor to read but felt so miserable I couldn&#8217;t concentrate on the words<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Reading \/ listening through my Bible \u2013 doing the 90 day plan through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouVersion<\/a><\/del> &#8211; <em>staying up to date and have past 60 days!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Home Management Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/2012\/10\/2012\/09\/2012\/09\/2012\/09\/2012\/09\/2012\/08\/2012\/08\/2012\/08\/2012\/07\/2012\/06\/2012\/06\/2012\/06\/2012\/06\/2012\/05\/2012\/05\/2012\/04\/2012\/03\/2012\/02\/2012\/02\/2012\/02\/2012\/01\/2012\/01\/2011\/12\/2011\/12\/page\/2011\/12\/2011\/11\/2011\/11\/2011\/02\/life-simplified-laundry-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one day<\/a> &#8211;<em> took me 2 days to get it all done this week<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week<\/del><\/li>\n<li>Tackle Fall Cleaning &amp; Organization Projects (Focus \u2013 Office \/ Garage) &#8211; <em>not much extra stuff got done with me being sick<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Pay all upcoming bills<\/del><\/li>\n<li>Winterize the Garden &#8211; <em>hoping to finish it this week<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Put any new printed pictures that we receive this week in the photo album<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Business Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts &#8211; <em>barely got through the day to day tasks<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention<\/del><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Ministry Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><del>Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch<\/del><\/li>\n<li>Write and Send Out Community Group Email &#8211; <em>didn&#8217;t get this out<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Send out the Alms &amp; Legs Food Meeting Reminder to the Team Members<\/del> &#8211; <em>got it out late, but did send it<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Financial Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Stay within Budget on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/2012\/11\/living-on-a-budget-groceries-40-for-4-58\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Groceries $40 for 4<\/a> &#8211; <em>only got a couple items, but didn&#8217;t take pictures or keep track this week<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Payoff the Van &#8211; <em>working on it<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Emergency Fund \u2013 save <strong>3 months<\/strong> worth of living expenses (we are trying to build this back up because we had to take some out for unexpected expenses recently.) &#8211; <em>slowly getting there<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Stay within Christmas Budget<\/del> &#8211; <em>so far so good, it&#8217;ll probably get harder the closer it gets to Christmas!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"\">My goals for the upcoming week:<\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Family Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Read to the girls and have them read to me daily<\/li>\n<li>Lunch Boxes &amp; Book Bags packed the night before<\/li>\n<li>Daily School Activities &amp; Homework Completed<\/li>\n<li>Attend After School Activities<\/li>\n<li>Plan one special Activity with the Family<\/li>\n<li>Celebrate Thanksgiving<\/li>\n<li>Start Decorating for Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Family &amp; Friends Game Night to kick off the Holiday Season<\/li>\n<li>Work on Christmas List<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Personal Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Exercise at least 5 days this week<\/li>\n<li>Drink 8 glasses of water each day<em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><\/em>Finish reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0739403761\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0739403761&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=johnjacom-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Christian\u2019s Secret of a Happy Life<\/em><\/a> by Hannah Whitall Smith<\/li>\n<li>Reading \/ listening through my Bible \u2013 doing the 90 day plan through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouVersion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Home Management Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/2012\/10\/2012\/09\/2012\/09\/2012\/09\/2012\/09\/2012\/08\/2012\/08\/2012\/08\/2012\/07\/2012\/06\/2012\/06\/2012\/06\/2012\/06\/2012\/05\/2012\/05\/2012\/04\/2012\/03\/2012\/02\/2012\/02\/2012\/02\/2012\/01\/2012\/01\/2011\/12\/2011\/12\/page\/2011\/12\/2011\/11\/2011\/11\/2011\/02\/life-simplified-laundry-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one day<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week<\/li>\n<li>Thanksgiving Meal &#8211; Menu, Prep, and Enjoy<\/li>\n<li>Tackle Fall Cleaning &amp; Organization Projects (Focus \u2013 Cleaning for Thanksgiving Celebration)<\/li>\n<li>Pay all upcoming bills<\/li>\n<li>Winterize the Garden<\/li>\n<li>Put any new printed pictures that we receive this week in the photo album<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Business Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts<\/li>\n<li>Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Ministry Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch<\/li>\n<li>Write and Send Out Community Group Email<\/li>\n<li>Send out the Alms &amp; Legs Food Team Meeting Notes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Financial Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Stay within Budget on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/2012\/11\/living-on-a-budget-groceries-40-for-4-58\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Groceries $40 for 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Payoff the Van<\/li>\n<li>Emergency Fund \u2013 save <strong>3 months<\/strong> worth of living expenses (we are trying to build this back up because we had to take some out for unexpected expenses recently.)<\/li>\n<li>Stay within Christmas Budget<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>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.\u00a0 I want to live intentionally not just hope all my dreams and goals come true.\u00a0 When I focus on small steps of improvement I am able to see results as I get closer to my goals.\u00a0 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).\u00a0 Once the goals are written down and shared it provides a guideline for what I aim to accomplish this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so last week wasn&#8217;t one of my best ones.\u00a0 Had to make my first trip in years to the doctor because I was sick. I went in the doctor on Monday and got some medicine.\u00a0 On Thursday I still wasn&#8217;t better so went back in and got a shot along with different medicine.\u00a0 Jake even had to take the girls to school and pick them up one day I felt so bad.\u00a0 Thankfully, I am starting to get back to normal, however, my to do list didn&#8217;t get completely done (at least I made some progress).\u00a0 With this week being Thanksgiving I am hoping to catch up on some items and spend the extra time with family so my list isn&#8217;t as big this week. Last week\u2019s goals: Family Goals Read to the girls and have them read to me daily &#8211; I was sick last week so this didn&#8217;t get done every day Lunch Boxes &amp; Book Bags packed the night before &#8211; not quite sure what I put in them but it got done and they weren&#8217;t complaining Daily School Activities &amp; Homework Completed &#8211; have a couple things to fill out for the girls Attend After School Activities &#8211; missed one day with Momma being sick Plan one special Activity with the Family &#8211; had a celebration on Friday night! \ud83d\ude42 Personal Goals Exercise at least 5 days this week &#8211; with being sick I didn&#8217;t exercise last week Drink 8 glasses of water each day &#8211; I drank a ton, trying to get better!!! Finish reading The Christian\u2019s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith &#8211; brought this to the doctor to read but felt so miserable I couldn&#8217;t concentrate on the words Reading \/ listening through my Bible \u2013 doing the 90 day plan through YouVersion &#8211; staying up to date and have past 60 days! Home Management Goals All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day &#8211; took me 2 days to get it all done this week Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week Tackle Fall Cleaning &amp; Organization Projects (Focus \u2013 Office \/ Garage) &#8211; not much extra stuff got done with me being sick Pay all upcoming bills Winterize the Garden &#8211; hoping to finish it this week Put any new printed pictures that we receive this week in the photo album Business Goals Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts &#8211; barely got through the day to day tasks Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention Ministry Goals Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch Write and Send Out Community Group Email &#8211; didn&#8217;t get this out Send out the Alms &amp; Legs Food Meeting Reminder to the Team Members &#8211; got it out late, but did send it Financial Goals Stay within Budget on Groceries $40 for 4 &#8211; only got a couple items, but didn&#8217;t take pictures or keep track this week Payoff the Van &#8211; working on it Emergency Fund \u2013 save 3 months worth of living expenses (we are trying to build this back up because we had to take some out for unexpected expenses recently.) &#8211; slowly getting there Stay within Christmas Budget &#8211; so far so good, it&#8217;ll probably get harder the closer it gets to Christmas! My goals for the upcoming week: Family Goals Read to the girls and have them read to me daily Lunch Boxes &amp; Book Bags packed the night before Daily School Activities &amp; Homework Completed Attend After School Activities Plan one special Activity with the Family Celebrate Thanksgiving Start Decorating for Christmas Family &amp; Friends Game Night to kick off the Holiday Season Work on Christmas List Personal Goals Exercise at least 5 days this week Drink 8 glasses of water each day Finish reading The Christian\u2019s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith Reading \/ listening through my Bible \u2013 doing the 90 day plan through YouVersion Home Management Goals All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week Thanksgiving Meal &#8211; Menu, Prep, and Enjoy Tackle Fall Cleaning &amp; Organization Projects (Focus \u2013 Cleaning for Thanksgiving Celebration) Pay all upcoming bills Winterize the Garden Put any new printed pictures that we receive this week in the photo album Business Goals Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention Ministry Goals Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch Write and Send Out Community Group Email Send out the Alms &amp; Legs Food Team Meeting Notes Financial Goals Stay within Budget on Groceries $40 for 4 Payoff the Van Emergency Fund \u2013 save 3 months worth of living expenses (we are trying to build this back up because we had to take some out for unexpected expenses recently.) Stay within Christmas Budget 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.\u00a0 I want to live intentionally not just hope all my dreams and goals come true.\u00a0 When I focus on small steps of improvement I am able to see results as I get closer to my goals.\u00a0 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).\u00a0 Once the goals are written down and shared it provides a guideline for what I aim to accomplish this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54,64,65,67,8,11,70,15,73,16,18,80,81,31,41],"tags":[1480,3319,7652,8006,10476,11914,11920,15859,16165,18020,19716,21677,22263,24013],"class_list":["post-17674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budget","category-events","category-family","category-family-activities","category-financial","category-family-fun-2","category-goals","category-holiday","category-intentional-living","category-kids","category-living-on-a-budget","category-menu-planning","category-organization","category-schedule","category-thanksgiving","tag-attainable-goals","tag-business-goals","tag-family-goals","tag-financial-goals","tag-goals","tag-home-goals","tag-home-management-goals","tag-measurable-goals","tag-ministry-goals","tag-personal-goals","tag-relevant-goals","tag-smart-goals","tag-specific-goals","tag-time-bound-goals"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcnfwQ-4B4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}