{"id":21908,"date":"2013-05-13T10:53:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T14:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=21908"},"modified":"2013-05-13T10:53:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T14:53:13","slug":"intentional-living-weekly-goals-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=21908","title":{"rendered":"Intentional Living: Weekly Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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 size-full wp-image-9458\" 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\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/P1190258c.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/P1190258c.jpg?resize=234%2C300&amp;ssl=1 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was great to have Jake back home again last week!\u00a0 Although, I didn&#8217;t get everything done I hoped (do we ever get caught up) I was able to make progress in the right direction.\u00a0 Hoping to make some more progress this week.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">Last week\u2019s goals<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1589976312\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1589976312&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=johnjacom-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Imagination Station: Showdown with the Shepherd <\/strong><\/em><\/a>by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 5)<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><del>Plan one special Activity with the Family<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Play a board game<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Lunch Boxes &amp; Book Bags packed the night before<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Daily School Activities &amp; Homework Completed<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Attend After School Activities<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Schedule dentist appointments for (Jake &amp; Bridgette)<\/del><em> &#8211; Jake&#8217;s already gone to his and mine&#8217;s next week<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Schedule eye appointment for Bridgette &#8211;<em> didn&#8217;t get to this one<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Personal Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><del>Exercise at least 5 days this week<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Drink 8 glasses of water each day<\/del><em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Continue my <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouVersion<\/a><\/strong> plan(s)<\/del><\/li>\n<li>Finish reading <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0375400125\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0375400125&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=johnjacom-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Overcoming Dyslexia<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em> <\/em>by M.D. Sally Shaywitz (<em>someone gave me this to read<\/em>) &#8211; <em>getting closer to being done!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Home (Yard &amp; Pets) Management Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><del>All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in <strong><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><\/strong><\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Pay all upcoming bills<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Work on Spring Cleaning<\/del><\/li>\n<li><em><\/em>Get paperwork signed for new Home &amp; Auto Insurance Policies &#8211;<em> almost completed<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Remove remaining leaves from the lawn &#8211; <em>didn&#8217;t get to it<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Clean up the sticks and trees that have fallen &amp; had been cut down &#8211; <em>other items took priority this weekend<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Reseal Jungle Gym &amp; Swing &#8211; <em>it rained<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Give Skipper a bath &#8211;<em>\u00a0decided to wait since it rained<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Treat the lawn &#8211; <em>didn&#8217;t want to treat it since it was going to rain<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Work on the deck<\/del> &#8211; <em>still have more to do but made progress this past week<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Business Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><del>Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Work completed for clients<\/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><del>Write and Send Out Community Group Email<\/del><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Financial Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><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><\/strong><em> &#8211; went over budget<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/2012\/11\/living-on-a-budget-groceries-40-for-4-58\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Payoff the Van &#8211; <em>hoping to make an extra payment<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Pay medical bills in full &#8211; <em>making payments<\/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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1589976312\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1589976312&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=johnjacom-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Imagination Station: Showdown with the Shepherd <\/strong><\/em><\/a>by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 5)<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Plan one special Activity with the Family<\/li>\n<li>Play a board game<\/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>Bridgette&#8217;s dentist appointment<\/li>\n<li>Schedule eye appointment for Bridgette<\/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>Continue my <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouVersion<\/a><\/strong> plan(s)<\/li>\n<li>Finish reading <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0375400125\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0375400125&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=johnjacom-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Overcoming Dyslexia<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em> <\/em>by M.D. Sally Shaywitz<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Home (Yard &amp; Pets) Management Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in <strong><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><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week<\/li>\n<li>Pay all upcoming bills<\/li>\n<li>Get paperwork signed for new Home &amp; Auto Insurance Policies<\/li>\n<li>Remove remaining leaves from the lawn<\/li>\n<li>Clean up the sticks and trees that have fallen &amp; had been cut down<\/li>\n<li>Reseal Jungle Gym &amp; Swing<\/li>\n<li>Give Skipper a bath<\/li>\n<li>Work on the deck<\/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<li>Work completed for clients<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Ministry Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch<del><\/del><\/li>\n<li>Write and Send Out Community Group Email<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Financial Goals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Payoff the Vehicles<\/li>\n<li>Pay medical bills in full<\/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<p><strong>Why Share My Goals?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To keep me accountable<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>To have my goals consistently written down so I can gauge progress more accurately<\/li>\n<li>Create healthy habits in my life<\/li>\n<li>To encourage you to share your goals with me as you continue to grown and learn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How did you do this week on your goals?\u00a0 Feel free to share or link to your list of weekly goals.<\/p>\n<p><em>The picture above is one that I created for my own purposes, however, The \u201cSMART\u201d acronym was originally coined 30 years ago by Peter Drucker in his classic work, Management by Results.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was great to have Jake back home again last week!\u00a0 Although, I didn&#8217;t get everything done I hoped (do we ever get caught up) I was able to make progress in the right direction.\u00a0 Hoping to make some more progress this week. Last week\u2019s goals Read Imagination Station: Showdown with the Shepherd by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 5) Plan one special Activity with the Family Play a board game Lunch Boxes &amp; Book Bags packed the night before Daily School Activities &amp; Homework Completed Attend After School Activities Schedule dentist appointments for (Jake &amp; Bridgette) &#8211; Jake&#8217;s already gone to his and mine&#8217;s next week Schedule eye appointment for Bridgette &#8211; didn&#8217;t get to this one Personal Goals Exercise at least 5 days this week Drink 8 glasses of water each day Continue my YouVersion plan(s) Finish reading Overcoming Dyslexia by M.D. Sally Shaywitz (someone gave me this to read) &#8211; getting closer to being done! Home (Yard &amp; Pets) Management Goals All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week Pay all upcoming bills Work on Spring Cleaning Get paperwork signed for new Home &amp; Auto Insurance Policies &#8211; almost completed Remove remaining leaves from the lawn &#8211; didn&#8217;t get to it Clean up the sticks and trees that have fallen &amp; had been cut down &#8211; other items took priority this weekend Reseal Jungle Gym &amp; Swing &#8211; it rained Give Skipper a bath &#8211;\u00a0decided to wait since it rained Treat the lawn &#8211; didn&#8217;t want to treat it since it was going to rain Work on the deck &#8211; still have more to do but made progress this past week Business Goals Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention Work completed for clients Ministry Goals Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch Write and Send Out Community Group Email Financial Goals Groceries $40 for 4 &#8211; went over budget Payoff the Van &#8211; hoping to make an extra payment Pay medical bills in full &#8211; making payments My goals for the upcoming week Family Goals Read Imagination Station: Showdown with the Shepherd by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 5) Plan one special Activity with the Family Play a board game Lunch Boxes &amp; Book Bags packed the night before Daily School Activities &amp; Homework Completed Attend After School Activities Bridgette&#8217;s dentist appointment Schedule eye appointment for Bridgette Personal Goals Exercise at least 5 days this week Drink 8 glasses of water each day Continue my YouVersion plan(s) Finish reading Overcoming Dyslexia by M.D. Sally Shaywitz Home (Yard &amp; Pets) Management Goals All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week Pay all upcoming bills Get paperwork signed for new Home &amp; Auto Insurance Policies Remove remaining leaves from the lawn Clean up the sticks and trees that have fallen &amp; had been cut down Reseal Jungle Gym &amp; Swing Give Skipper a bath Work on the deck Business Goals Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention Work completed for clients Ministry Goals Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch Write and Send Out Community Group Email Financial Goals Payoff the Vehicles Pay medical bills in full 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. 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?\u00a0 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 \u201cSMART\u201d acronym was originally coined 30 years ago by Peter Drucker in his classic work, Management by Results.<\/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":[53,54,64,65,67,7,8,68,11,12,70,73,16,18,80,81,31,43],"tags":[1480,3319,7652,8006,10476,11914,11920,15859,16165,18020,19716,21677,22263,24013],"class_list":["post-21908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book","category-budget","category-events","category-family","category-family-activities","category-family-outings","category-financial","category-fresh-healthy","category-family-fun-2","category-games","category-goals","category-intentional-living","category-kids","category-living-on-a-budget","category-menu-planning","category-organization","category-schedule","category-twins","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-5Hm","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\/21908","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=21908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}