Goals

We starting homeschooling again today, and it went better than expected.

I think it helped that we started today instead of on Monday.

I decided to wait for a couple of reasons. First, because I wanted to ease back into homeschooling and give the kids an extra day off. The second reason is because I had two appointments out of the house on Monday, and trying to homeschool around those wouldn’t have been the smartest decision. 🙂

As for my goals, I crossed 9 out of 10 off my list.

Here’s what I accomplished:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Show David how to play a game he got for Christmas and play it with him

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 120 minutes on the treadmill

5. Start a prayer list

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Fill one bag with items to donate

8. Go through one box or bin in the basement

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to our family YouTube channel

10. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to my YouTube channel

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Show David how to play a game he got for Christmas and play it with him

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 140 minutes on the treadmill — I’m increasing my time by 20 minutes.

5. Share a Trader Joes haul video on my YouTube channel

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Fill out our January family calendar

8. Go through one box or bin in the basement

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to our family YouTube channel

10. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to my YouTube channel

What are your goals for this week?

Making Christmas cookies and monkey bread last week was a lot of fun, and both recipes turned out so well. 🙂

We also ended up making Christmas candy with saltines, butter, brown sugar, and chocolate chips. It was delicious, too! And it came out perfectly on my first try. I used the recipe here and followed her tips.

As for my goals, I crossed all of them off my list.

Here’s what I accomplished:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Bake and decorate Christmas cookies with the kids

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 120 minutes on the treadmill

5. Finish reading The Lord of the Rings (Part One) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien — I’ve loved reading this book, and I can’t wait to finish it before the end of the year.

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Wrap presents, etc…for Christmas

8. Fill one bag with items to donate

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to our family YouTube channel — I ended up editing and uploading a Minecraft video my son shot a few weeks ago.

10. Add New Year’s goals to my calendar — You know, so I don’t completely forget about them by the end of January. — All of my New Year’s goals are now in realistic time blocks on my Google Calendar. Yay! 🙂 I plan on sharing some of my 2016 goals and maybe even a peek at my Google calendar in a blog post soon. Truly, after trying out lots of different planners, apps, and processes over the years, I now know what REALLY works for me in terms of goal-setting and getting things done. It’s my Google Calendar. From “Make Dinner” to “Edit & Upload” our latest video to “School with the kids,” it’s all on my calendar.

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Show David how to play a game he got for Christmas and play it with him

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 120 minutes on the treadmill

5. Start a prayer list

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Fill one bag with items to donate

8. Go through one box or bin in the basement

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to our family YouTube channel

10. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to my YouTube channel

What are your goals for this week?

I’m looking forward to making Christmas cookies and monkey bread this week. 🙂

I think I’m most excited about the monkey bread! I haven’t made it in years, and while the recipe is kind of time-consuming, the end result is worth the effort.

As for my goals, I crossed all of them off my list.

Here’s what I accomplished:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Go see Christmas lights — There are two places in our area that put on great displays.

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 120 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. Make plans for Christmas dinner and write out grocery list

8. Go through one box in the basement

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to our family YouTube channel

10. Get social media handles

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Bake and decorate Christmas cookies with the kids

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 120 minutes on the treadmill

5. Finish reading The Lord of the Rings (Part One) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien — I’ve loved reading this book, and I can’t wait to finish it before the end of the year.

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Wrap presents, etc…for Christmas

8. Fill one bag with items to donate

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to our family YouTube channel

10. Add New Year’s goals to my calendar — You know, so I don’t completely forget about them by the end of January. 🙂

What are your goals for this week?