Goals

Last week was an interesting, out-of-the-ordinary week, with the book launch. It was fun, though, and I managed to work on projects and get some of my goals accomplished in the midst of it.

Here’s how I did:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Memorize the first two of the Ten Commandments (you shall have no other gods before Me, and you shall not make unto yourselves any graven image)

2. Be off the computer from 8-9pm when the kids are getting ready for bed (working on making this a habit) – I started the week well, but on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I ended up being on the computer at some point during 8-9pm for work. I wasn’t on for the whole hour, maybe 15-20 minutes to check on some things. I’m going to back to being off the computer during this time, though.

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice at least 2 days this week

4. Read my bible everyday this week – There was at least one day where I didn’t open a physical bible to read it, but having this as a goal has been very positive, overall.

5. Exercise with the kids

Home Management Goals:

6. Help the kids get a handle on the LEGO mess in their room.

7. Work on child-proofing, because Elisabeth is officially mobile.

Business Goals:

8. Decide whether or not to sign up to do Kindle Select for my ebook (basically, the ebook is exclusively available on Kindle for 90 days and Amazon offers some perks)

9. Fill out my author page on Amazon

10. Blog at least 4 times this week

And now for this week’s goals:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Create reading goals for the kids. The three oldest will be doing the BookIt! Program.

2. Be off the computer from 8-9pm when the kids are getting ready for bed (working on making this a habit)

Personal Goals:

3. Go to bed by 11:30pm

4. Read my bible everyday this week

5. Exercise with the kids

Home Management Goals:

6. Make more conditioner and body scrub

7. Clean and wipe down the bathroom and kitchen sinks

Business Goals:

8. Go over the upcoming blog conference schedule with Ruben and make a plan for how we’ll work things

9. Attend a blog conference and network with other bloggers (After almost 4 years as a blogger, I’m going to my very first conference. So exciting!)

10. Blog at least 5 times this week

What goals do you have for this week? 

Now that the ebook is finished, I’m ready to start working harder towards accomplishing my goals each week.

I’m also going to start getting to bed before 1:00am. Yeah.

Okay, here’s how I did with last week’s goals:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Work on putting into practice (more often) the verse of scripture that we memorized last week – Titus 3:2 (to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people) – We continued to practice the verse, talk about it, and worked toward living it out. We are still far from where we need to be and we are going to continue to work on loving each other like Jesus, but we are starting to memorize the Ten Commandments with the kids this week.

2. Be off the computer from 8-9pm when the kids are getting ready for bed – I did this for the most part, except for Sunday night (I jumped back on around 8:45pm) when I realized there was yet ANOTHER issue with my ebook formatting being wonky. I tell ya! I’ve already said it a couple of times to others, but I’ll say it again, I’m so not going to be offering ebook formatting services in my design shop. I will have no hair left if I do. I’ll reserve those services for EXTREMELY close family and friends. Lol! 🙂

Seriously, though, I absolutely loved being off of the computer between 8:00-9:00pm when the kids were getting ready for bed and the night was winding down. It made our bedtime routine go so much smoother, and I think it made our time together before bed – less stressful. I am continuing this routine and plan to make it a habit.

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice at least 2 days this week

4. Read my bible everyday this week…starting today

5. Walk on the treadmill at least 3 days this week – I didn’t get on the treadmill at all last week, and I realized as I was dancing to music in my office with my baby girl in my arms that I don’t need to get on the treadmill to exercise. Duh, I know.

At this point, because it isn’t always convenient for me to take 30 minutes alone to walk on the treadmill (since I’m not waking up before the kids right now – remember the 1:00am bedtime?), I’m going to focus on exercising with them during the day. That may be a dance party in my office or it may mean I run around and act crazy with my boys. Probably both.

Home Management Goals:

6. Help the kids get a handle on the LEGO mess in their room. It’s LEGO city, literally. – I did a little cleaning, but it’s still LEGO city in there.

7. Work on child-proofing, because Elisabeth is officially mobile. – Does putting one outlet cover in the wall count?

Business Goals:

8. Sign up for e-junkie

9. Finish first draft of the ebook and send for editing

10. Blog at least 4 times this week – Not done, but I’m going to focus on spending less time on social media and more time writing blog posts.

And now for this week’s goals:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Memorize the first two of the Ten Commandments (you shall have no other gods before Me, and you shall not make unto yourselves any graven image)

2. Be off the computer from 8-9pm when the kids are getting ready for bed (working on making this a habit)

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice at least 2 days this week

4. Read my bible everyday this week

5. Exercise with the kids

Home Management Goals:

6. Help the kids get a handle on the LEGO mess in their room.

7. Work on child-proofing, because Elisabeth is officially mobile.

Business Goals:

8. Decide whether or not to sign up to do Kindle Select for my ebook (basically, the ebook is exclusively available on Kindle for 90 days and Amazon offers some perks)

9. Fill out my author page on Amazon

10. Blog at least 4 times this week

What goals do you have for this week? How did you do on last week’s goals?

Last week, I did okay on my goals.

Here’s my recap:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Memorize a verse of scripture as a family – we’re working on memorizing Titus 3:2 (to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people)

2. Read aloud to Isaac and David at least 4 times this week

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice at least 3 days this week

4. Read my bible everyday this week — while I did read scripture in some form or another…on my phone, facebook, white board, verse on the bathroom mirror, I didn’t actually OPEN my Bible everyday and read it, which is what I really want to do. Daily.

5. Walk on the treadmill at least 3 days this week — I got on the treadmill once last week, and that’s actually real progress for me right now. I keep making excuses, like I have to watch the baby, or, if she is asleep, I make the excuse that as soon as I get on the treadmill, I’m going to have a 3 year-old trying jump on with me.

On Sunday (yep, I waited all the way ’til Sunday! :-)), I decided to put the excuses aside, I put the baby in her high chair and wheeled it to the room with the treadmill, then I got on and started walking. My husband helped to keep my 3 year-old son off the treadmill while I was on it. He did stay nearby, though!

Home Management Goals:

6. Declutter kitchen counters

7. Clean the school room (I never got this done the last time I posted it.)

Business Goals:

8. Sign up for e-junkie – I didn’t get to this yet.

9. Finish first draft of the ebook (almost done) – So close to being done.

10. Blog at least 4 times this week

And now for this week’s goals:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Work on putting into practice (more often) the verse of scripture that we memorized last week – Titus 3:2 (to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people)

Because we homeschool and work from home, our little family of 7 is together all the time. That’s not always easy, and we really want to work on making this verse a reality more in our family before we move onto a new verse.

2. Be off the computer from 8-9pm when the kids are getting ready for bed

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice at least 2 days this week

4. Read my bible everyday this week…starting today

5. Walk on the treadmill at least 3 days this week

Home Management Goals:

6. Help the kids get a handle on the LEGO mess in their room. It’s LEGO city, literally.

7. Work on child-proofing, because Elisabeth is officially mobile.

Business Goals:

8. Sign up for e-junkie

9. Finish first draft of the ebook and send for editing

10. Blog at least 4 times this week

What goals do you have for this week? How did you do on last week’s goals?

I totally fell off the goal bandwagon the past 2 weeks.

Time to jump back on.

Here are my 10 goals for the week.

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Memorize a verse of scripture as a family – we’re working on memorizing Titus 3:2 (to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people)

2. Read aloud to Isaac and David at least 4 times this week

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice at least 3 days this week

4. Read my bible everyday this week

5. Walk on the treadmill at least 3 days this week (I have been a complete failure in the area of exercise lately)

Home Management Goals:

6. Declutter kitchen counters

7. Clean the school room (I never got this done the last time I posted it.)

Business Goals:

8. Sign up for e-junkie

9. Finish first draft of the ebook (almost done)

10. Blog at least 4 times this week

What are your goals for the week?