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10 Goals for the Week

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10 Goals to Tackle This Week

Once again, I was able to cross off nearly all of my goals, but because I keep missing the goal I have to create four videos per week for our family YouTube channel, I’m going to revise it.

Instead of trying to film and upload four videos per week, I’m only going to shoot for three. πŸ™‚

Here’s what I accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Continue to work on memorizing two verses of scripture as a family

2. Plan a fun family day at home

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 200 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 10 pages of The Lord of the Rings (Part One) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Put diatomaceous earth around the house

8. De-clutter my desk area

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload four videos toΒ our family YouTube channel

10.Β Shoot, edit, & upload two family vlogs

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Continue to work on memorizing two verses of scripture as a family

2. Go on a family outing

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 200 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 10 pages of The Lord of the Rings (Part One) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7.Β Fill one bag with items to donate

8.Β Clean under Elisabeth’s bed

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload three videos toΒ our family YouTube channel

10.Β Shoot, edit, & upload two family vlogs

What are your goals for this week?


The Latest YouTube Videos on Fun Playtime Reviews

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Disney World and Universal Studios Florida Souvenirs Show and Tell

I had a goal to get four videos uploaded to Fun Playtime Reviews this week, but we only ended up filming three.

And instead of trying to film a video on Sunday, I decided to simply move the fourth video I’d planned to film this week to next week.

And since I’m trying to post at least two videos to my personal channel each week as well, I think I may need to lower my goal for Fun Playtime Reviews to only three videos per week going forward.

Anyway, before I get to the videos, here are a few YouTube-related things I’ve observed:

  1. If you have a video that YouTube doesn’t allow you to immediatelyΒ monetize but instead decides to label it as “monitoring for possible monetization,” there is hope that someday it will be monetized even though (according to YouTube) “monitoring for possible monetization” means that it MAY or MAY NOT ever be considered for monetization. Have I lost you? I hope not. πŸ˜‰

    What I want to tell you is that YouTube didn’t allow us to immediately monetize the very first video that we uploaded to Fun Playtime Reviews, but this week, they considered it for monetization. And it went from being labeled as “monitoring for possible monetization” to “under review.”Β I then received an email from YouTube and had to let them know that we weren’t violating any copyright with our own personal video, and a little later in the day, it was monetized.

  2. Responding to comments that people leave on your videos is a good idea and a great way to let people know that you care that they took the time to watch your video and share their thoughts. πŸ™‚
  3. I enjoy editing our vlogs, and I laugh a lot while working on them.

And now, here are this week’s videos:

Super Mario Plush Adventures Episode 10 (The Final Episode)

Disney World and Universal Studios Florida Souvenirs Show and Tell

SpongeBob SquarePants Kinder Surprise Eggs Opening!

Super Mario Plush Adventures Episode 9

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10 Goals for the Week

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10 Goals to Tackle This Week

I hope you had a nice Easter weekend!Β I spent a lot of time with my immediate and extended family, and it was great. πŸ™‚

I didn’t quite get everything crossed off my list, but I came close.

Here’s what I accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Continue to work on memorizing two verses of scripture as a family

2. Plan individual β€˜Day Out with Dad’ and β€˜Day Out with Mom’ dates for the month of April — After talking things over, Ruben and I decided to group the kids together for special days out of the house this month. The reason we decided not to schedule individual dates with the kids is because Ruben’s work schedule is CRAZY right now. So, one separate occasions, we’ll each take either all of the boys or both girls out for a fun time. I have those days scheduled on my calendar.

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 200 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 10 pages of The Lord of the Rings (Part One) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Schedule a pancake making session for myself and follow through on making a whole bunch of pancakes for future meals

8. Fill one bag with items to donate

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload four videos toΒ our family YouTube channel. — For this channel, I ended up getting two videos uploaded to YouTube.

10.Β Shoot, edit, & upload two family vlogs (I have one done already.) — I’m crossing this off because I got the second one uploaded late last night. And I plan on uploading two new vlogs this week. πŸ˜‰

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Continue to work on memorizing two verses of scripture as a family

2. Plan a fun family day at home

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 200 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 10 pages of The Lord of the Rings (Part One) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Put diatomaceous earth around the house

8. De-clutter my desk area

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload four videos toΒ our family YouTube channel

10.Β Shoot, edit, & upload two family vlogs

What are your goals for this week?