Goals

It’s Thursday. Yes, I know.

I should’ve written this post and published it on Monday. I’ll blame my lateness on the endless dishes that need to be washed, getting ready to start our new homeschool year, and the many impromptu family nights that seem to keep happening so that we can squeeze in more Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies.

(I love family nights, by the way. 🙂 )

Here’s what I accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Go shopping for clothes to wear on David’s wish trip! I need to pick up some things for myself and the kids.

Personal Goals:

3. Read 20 pages of Virtual Freedom (affiliate link) by Chris Ducker

4. Walk a total of 60 minutes on the treadmill — I ended up logging around 45 minutes on the treadmill. Now if the treadmill had been located in front of the television, then I’d have made my goal easily. 😉

5. Read 20 pages of The Hobbit (affiliate link) by J.R.R. Tolkein

6. Read 10 pages of The Early to Rise Experience for Moms (affiliate link) by Andy Traub — I’ve decided not to finish this book and instead just work on going to bed earlier, so that I can wake up before my kids. I made it to bed before 11:00pm last night (big accomplishment), and next week, I’m going to try to be up by 6:00am every morning.

Home Management Goals:

7. Vacuum stairs

8. Continue home school planning

Business Goals:

9. Shoot and edit photographs for an upcoming blog post

10. Spend 15 minutes a day writing blog posts — I didn’t write every day, but having this as a goal has definitely made a difference.

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Make zucchini muffins

Personal Goals:

3. Read 20 pages of Virtual Freedom (affiliate link) by Chris Ducker

4. Walk a total of 60 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 20 pages of The Hobbit (affiliate link) by J.R.R. Tolkein

6. Go to bed by 11:00pm the rest of this week

Home Management Goals:

7. Clean bathrooms

8. Finish homeschool planning

Business Goals:

9. Rework my home/work/homeschool schedule in Google Calendar

10. Spend 15 minutes a day writing blog posts

What are your goals for this week?

Last week, we drove to Chicago to visit the hospital for two scheduled appointments for David, enjoyed a fun family day together at Six Flags Great America (Chevy invited a group of bloggers and their families to an event there, and after it was over, we got to experience the park on our own. Much hand sanitizer and wet wipes were used that day. Thankfully, no one ended up sick.), and on Sunday, we invited Ruben’s parents over for a visit.

All that to say, a few of my goals ended up being neglected. 😉

Here’s what I did get accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Type up plans for David’s Make-A-Wish trip

Personal Goals:

3. Read 20 pages of Virtual Freedom (affiliate link) by Chris Ducker

4. Walk a total of 85 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 20 pages of The Hobbit (affiliate link) by J.R.R. Tolkein — I believe I read about 12 pages.

6. Read 10 pages of The Early to Rise Experience for Moms (affiliate link) by Andy Traub — I didn’t get to this book at all.

Home Management Goals:

7. Clean refrigerator

8. Continue home school planning

Business Goals:

9. Get caught up on email

10. Spend 15 minutes each weekday writing blog posts — I only did this three days last week.

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 shopping for clothes to wear on David’s wish trip! I need to pick up some things for myself and the kids.

Personal Goals:

3. Read 20 pages of Virtual Freedom (affiliate link) by Chris Ducker

4. Walk a total of 60 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 20 pages of The Hobbit (affiliate link) by J.R.R. Tolkein

6. Read 10 pages of The Early to Rise Experience for Moms (affiliate link) by Andy Traub

Home Management Goals:

7. Vacuum stairs

8. Continue home school planning

Business Goals:

9. Shoot and edit photographs for an upcoming blog post

10. Spend 15 minutes a day writing blog posts

What are your goals for this week?

This week is going to be busier than usual, so I’m going to try to keep my goals a bit simpler.

We have a fun family day out planned one day and then a not-so-fun day planned at the hospital for David. He has two appointments this week (on the same day), and we’re also going to be meeting with a dermatologist for his most recent skin issues.

Thankfully, the dermatologist will be coming to see David during his appointment with his transplant doctor and nurse as opposed to us having to schedule a third appointment and get on a shuttle to go from the hospital to the dermatologist’s office.

David’s skin is a constant issue because of his bone marrow transplant. It breaks my heart. 🙁 I’m planning on writing an update soon about how he’s doing, and I’ll explain more then.

On a happier note, David is very excited about his Make-A-Wish trip this year! We’re going to spend extra time planning it this week.

Here’s what I accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Make zucchini bread

Personal Goals:

3. Read 20 pages of Virtual Freedom (affiliate link) by Chris Ducker

4. Walk a total of 85 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 20 pages of The Hobbit (affiliate link) by J.R.R. Tolkein — By the way, the new Hobbit teaser trailer came out today for the final movie. Not that I was waiting for it or anything…

6. Read 10 pages of The Early to Rise Experience for Moms (affiliate link) by Andy Traub

Home Management Goals:

7. Clean bathrooms

8. Start home school planning

Business Goals:

9. Make and photograph a recipe to include in an upcoming post

10. Spend 15 minutes per day writing blog posts — I was able to get this done during the week, but then missed writing over the weekend. After mulling things over, I actually think it is best to take a break over the weekend. On Sundays, we try to really limit time spent online, and Saturdays aren’t always predictable.

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Type up plans for David’s Make-A-Wish trip

Personal Goals:

3. Read 20 pages of Virtual Freedom (affiliate link) by Chris Ducker

4. Walk a total of 85 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 20 pages of The Hobbit (affiliate link) by J.R.R. Tolkein

6. Read 10 pages of The Early to Rise Experience for Moms (affiliate link) by Andy Traub

Home Management Goals:

7. Clean refrigerator

8. Continue home school planning

Business Goals:

9. Get caught up on email

10. Spend 15 minutes each weekday writing blog posts

What are your goals for this week?

Once again, I met most of the goals I had set last week, but I didn’t meet my goal of writing at least three blog posts.

After thinking about it, the thought crossed my mind to actually put together a plan for how I can make this goal a reality each week. So this week, instead of simply setting a goal to write a certain number of posts, I’ve decided to create a goal to write for 15 minutes each day.

More specifically, my goal will be to write blog posts for 15 minutes a day.

Next Monday, I’ll report back with how things went. 🙂

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. Read 20 pages of Virtual Freedom (affiliate link) by Chris Ducker

4. Walk a total of 90 minutes on the treadmill

5. Juice 1x

6. Finish reading the last few pages of Tasty Food Photography and watch videos from the book

Home Management Goals:

7. Vacuum upstairs

8. Move photos and videos from my computer to an external hard drive

Business Goals:

9. Purchase black foam board or simply something else that I feel I can use as a background for food photography

10. Write 3 blog posts — Once again, I didn’t meet this goal, but I have a plan to make it happen this week. 😉

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

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

2. Make zucchini bread

Personal Goals:

3. Read 20 pages of Virtual Freedom (affiliate link) by Chris Ducker

4. Walk a total of 85 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 20 pages of The Hobbit (affiliate link) by J.R.R. Tolkein — By the way, the new Hobbit teaser trailer came out today for the final movie. Not that I was waiting for it or anything…

6. Read 10 pages of The Early to Rise Experience for Moms (affiliate link) by Andy Traub — This year, reading short ebooks on areas in life and work where I need improvement has been such a blessing! The last book that I finished is helping me to improve my food photography in ways I hadn’t even though of, and this next book should help me to FINALLY be able to get into the habit of waking up before my children.

Home Management Goals:

7. Clean bathrooms — It’s amazing how bathrooms can get so icky so quickly. I do basic daily maintenance of our bathrooms, but they need more serious cleaning on a regular basis!

8. Start home school planning

Business Goals:

9. Make and photograph a recipe to include in an upcoming post

10. Spend 15 minutes per day writing blog posts

What are your goals for this week?