Even though I didn’t get all of my goals accomplished last week, one thing I did do consistently changed my week.
That one thing?
Waking up before my children – most of them. Our 12 yr. old son, Nathan, wakes up while it’s still dark just about every day. But we have a rule that he has to stay in his bedroom until 7:00am.
Getting up before the kids changed my mornings for the better. I was able to be more productive and get more things done in probably half the time it would have taken me otherwise.
Here’s how I did with the rest of Β weekβs goals:
Family/Mothering Goals:
1. Take at least 40 pictures of the kids this week2. Go to the library and
spend even more time reading to the kidsPersonal Goals:
3. Juice at least 3 days this week – I drank juice only one day last week.
4. Read my bible everyday this week – I didn’t open God’s Word everyday, but almost everyday. Waking up before the kids is also helping me to spend more time in God’s Word and in a devotional that I’m reading.
5. Wake up by 5:00am every morning – While I didn’t get up by 5:00am every morning, I did get up before most of the kids each day. This is something that I’m definitely going to continue.
Elisabeth is 10 months old now, and I’m ready to start getting back to early morning productivity. I used to be able to get up around 5:00am each morning, but after I got pregnant with Elisabeth, I just couldn’t do it. Then after I gave birth to her, I tried to get back into waking up before the kids, but I failed. I decided to accept that I wasn’t going to be able to do it while Elisabeth was so young, but last week’s success gave me hope that I can start trying to make this a habit again.
Home Management Goals:
6. Make more body scrub
7. Make a menu for what weβll eat this weekBusiness Goals:
8. Start executing the things I learned at the conference9. Blog about the conference – I did blog about the Bloggy Conference, but didn’t get to blogging about the Savvy Blogging conference.
10. Continue working on a project in progress
Here are this weekβs goals:
Family/Mothering Goals:
1. Make a fall treat for our family – something with pumpkin in it
2. Read to the kids and return library books
Personal Goals:
3. Wake up by 5:30am every morning
4. Read my bible everyday this week
5. Exercise with the kids
Home Management Goals:
6. Tidy up the area around the DVD player and remove unnecessary clutter
7. Go through Elisabeth’s clothes and remove the pieces that no longer fit her
Business Goals:
8. Attend a webinar
9. Write 3 blog posts
10. Work on client projects
What goals do you have for this week?
Sandra, I like how you have your goals separated. You still accomplished quite a bit as a busy mom. Are you typically a morning person? I am a night owl, but work on getting up earlier every day, it’s a challenge.
Hi Tamara! You know, I’m either a ‘morning person’ or a ‘night person’ depending on the season of life that I’m in. π I’ve been a night person since the baby was born 10 months ago, but I’m trying to transition to becoming a morning person. If I can get there consistently, and I think I can, I’ll be a better mom in my current season – and a lot less stressed.
I am definately a morning person. The other night I was trying to watch a You Tube video to learn a new skill and caught myself falling asleep while watching. I finally gave up and went to bed. As I missed part of it anyways.
Looks like you got quite a bit done and good for you in making a change. It is so much easier just to stay in the same rut and so hard to change a habit.
Sandra, where to do find out about the webinars you attend are they on blogging or design? I know my husband does Webinars often for his flying but I haven’t come around any for blogging yet.
I hope you continue to have good success with getting up early.
Hi Shelly, great to hear that you are a morning person…there’s just something about the morning as a mom that if you can get up before the kids makes you feel so much more productive.
I find out about webinars through different ways. First, I’m signed up for the iThemes.com newsletter, because while I don’t use their theme framework, I do use their plugins.
They have some great webinars that help you to learn their plugins, but they go beyond that. They offer free plugins to help you to learn WordPress better, be a better business owner, and more. Not all of the webinars are free, but many are, and those are the only ones I attend. Love free!
I’ve also attended webinars given by Problogger, Darren Rowse. You can sign up for his webinar reminders on his blog.
Then there are webinars I’ve attended that are specific to Pinterest and Facebook by Melanie Duncan and Amy Porterfield. Those are good.
I should totally do a post on this! Lol! Anyway, I hope this helps.
Thanks for letting me know about different webinars. I will have to look into these. I am all for learning something new and if I can do it at home all the better. Would love to read a post about finding webinars to attend.
I was curious about the webinars, too?
Looks like you had a productive week! π
My week went pretty well, too! I didn’t get to check it all off but I feel like I did well.
Here are my goals: http://www.onemomsguide.com/2012/10/my-goals-for-oct-14th-20th.html
Hi Gina!
Take a peek at my comment above for more info. on the webinars. π I think I will create a post on this subject.
Great job on checking off things on your list. I hope we both have another productive week! π