Goals

This week, I’ll be heading out-of-town on a short business trip. I’m going to a Disney event, and I’m looking forward not only to the event but also to be able to catch up on work while I’m on the plane and hanging out during layovers.

Keeping this in mind, I’m going to try to maintain doable goals for the week.

But first, here’s what I accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Do a fun kitchen science activity with the kids — I’m going to be posting on the science projects we did. They were very neat. The kids had a fun time making magic mud, a bouncy ball, and even a homemade lava light.

2. Play outside with the kids at least 3 times this week

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice or smoothies 2 days this week — A HUGE thanks to my husband for juicing and making smoothies all week. The juicer is not fun to clean, and cutting all the fruits and veggies is really time consuming. Oh, and he does the grocery shopping, too.

4. Read 10 pages of the book Desperate — We’ve started a new family tradition of not using the computer or ipads on Sundays. (Well, at least until around 9pm, when the kids go to bed.) It has been such a blessing to our family. I get my reading done during this time, and I even whipped my pathetic looking coupon bag into shape. The kids are using their imagination more, and the family time has been rich.

5. Workout at least 5 days this week — Exercise hasn’t been going well lately. It’s time to get back on the treadmill.

Home Management Goals:

6. Keep up with de-cluttering our home (getting rid of or donating 7 things per day) — I did this once last week. I ended up getting behind on work, and I wasn’t able to keep up with this. You may be thinking…is it really hard to get rid of 7 things per day? 😉 No, it isn’t, but I just let this goal fall by the wayside last week.

7. Clean first floor bathroom

Business Goals:

8. Work on client project

9. Return emails

10. Write 4 blog posts

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Make a volcano with the kids

2. Read library books to the little ones

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice or smoothies 2 days this week

4. Read 10 pages of the book Desperate

5. Walk on the treadmill for 2 hours

Home Management Goals:

6. Clean the master bathroom counter

7. Organize the entertainment area in the living room

Business Goals:

8. Go on a short business trip

9. Return emails

10. Write 4 blog posts

What are your goals for this week?

Last week was a long week. I don’t know if it’s because we were out of town for part of it or because all the kids ended up getting sick, it just felt drawn out.

I’m thankful for a fresh new week, and I’m excited about the possibilites this week holds. My schedule is jam-packed, but I don’t think it’s overwhelming. I’ve been working on not over-scheduling myself, and it’s starting to payoff. Though life has been a little crazy lately, I haven’t felt like pulling my hair out.

That’s a good thing. 🙂

Anyway, here’s what I accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Take a short family trip

2. Play outside with the kids at least 3 times this week

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice 2 days this week — We didn’t juice at all, but we did drink healthy fruit & veggie smoothies. They were thick, green, and had seeds in them. If that’s not healthy, I don’t know what is. 😉 A huge thanks to my hubby for making our smoothies this week! Even my dad, who is visiting, liked his smoothie.

4. Read 10 pages of the book Desperate

5. Workout at least 5 days this week

Home Management Goals:

6. Keep up with de-cluttering our home (getting rid of or donating 7 things per day) — I missed one day last week.

7. Clean and organize the pantry

Business Goals:

8. Work on client project

9. Return emails

10. Write 4 blog posts

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Do a fun kitchen science activity with the kids

2. Play outside with the kids at least 3 times this week

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice or smoothies 2 days this week

4. Read 10 pages of the book Desperate

5. Workout at least 5 days this week

Home Management Goals:

6. Keep up with de-cluttering our home (getting rid of or donating 7 things per day)

7. Clean first floor bathroom

Business Goals:

8. Work on client project

9. Return emails

10. Write 4 blog posts

What are your goals for this week?

This week should be a fun week. We’re planning on doing an overnight stay at an indoor water park in Wisconsin Dells for Nathan’s 13th birthday. It’s hard to believe that I’ll be the mom of a teenager by the end of the week. The days are passing by so quickly, and it seems like I’m constantly reminding myself of what I’m doing “wrong” or what I’m not doing enough of for my kids.

When you’re oldest child becomes a teenager, I guess it’s normal to think these things. Right?

I don’t know…I’m just thinking out loud here. 😉

Anyway, here’s what I accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Read to Isaac and David individually

2. Play outside with the kids at least 3 times this week

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice 2 days this week — I think I only had juice once last week. With my dad visiting, my normal eating habits have been kind of thrown off.

4. Read 10 pages of the book Desperate

5. Workout at least 5 days this week

Home Management Goals:

6. Go through our jackets and donate or get rid of the ones we no longer need

7. Continue to work on de-cluttering one of the kid’s bedrooms

Business Goals:

8. Work on one client project

9. Return emails

10. Write 4 blog posts

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Take a short family trip

2. Play outside with the kids at least 3 times this week

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice 2 days this week

4. Read 10 pages of the book Desperate

5. Workout at least 5 days this week

Home Management Goals:

6. Keep up with de-cluttering our home (getting rid of or donating 7 things per day)

7. Clean and organize the pantry

Business Goals:

8. Work on client project

9. Return emails

10. Write 4 blog posts

What are your goals for this week?

Last week, I made the mistake of not writing my goals down on my calendar, which led to me not getting more of them crossed off my list. Oh well. I made decent progress anyway. I’m going to be thankful for that.

Here’s what I accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Take time and simply relax as a family

2. Play outside with the kids at least 3 times this week — I think we actually played outside twice. It was so funny, because one of the days, I played tag with the kids and my daughter looked at me and was like, “Mom? You run?” To switch I responded, “Yes, I run!” 🙂 You just haven’t seen me do it very often…

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice 2 days this week

4. Read 10 pages of the book Desperate

5. Workout at least 5 days this week (I’m in a Hello Mornings accountability group that’s going to help me accomplish my exercise goal. Part of my accountability has to do with exercising every weekday in addition be reading my Bible and planning my day before the kids wake up.)

Home Management Goals:

6. Clean the master bedroom, which is kind of a mess after unpacking

7. Work on de-cluttering one of the kid’s bedrooms

Business Goals:

8. Work on one client project

9. Return emails

10. Write 4 blog posts

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Read to Isaac and David individually

2. Play outside with the kids at least 3 times this week

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice 2 days this week

4. Read 10 pages of the book Desperate

5. Workout at least 5 days this week

Home Management Goals:

6. Go through our jackets and donate or get rid of the ones we no longer need

7. Continue to work on de-cluttering one of the kid’s bedrooms

Business Goals:

8. Work on one client project

9. Return emails

10. Write 4 blog posts

What are your goals for this week?