Can I be really honest with you? I kinda bombed last week.
I haven’t been getting enough sleep recently… mostly due to the fact that I’ve been trying to work on my book-writing in the wee hours of the morning. And well, that caught up with me after 2 and a half weeks.
You’d think that I would have learned my lesson by now that trying to push through when you are already running on empty is a recipe for burnout! 🙂
I limped through the first part of the week, but by Thursday, I was pretty much toast. So I re-arranged a bunch of deadlines and took Friday and Saturday almost entirely off. It felt so good and it was exactly what I needed.
After three nights of good sleep, I feel SO much better and much more inspired and invigorated about life. Which I’m grateful for!
Needless to say, I didn’t get much done in the way of reading or goals this past week. But I’m giving myself grace and trying again this week.
I’m committed to going to bed at a decent hour and making sleep a much higher priority this week. I’m wondering if I’ll end up being more productive as a result? If anything, I know that I’ll feel a lot better and be a lot more cheerful. 🙂
Last Week’s Goals:
Marriage/Mothering/Homemaking Goals
1. Read Teddy’s Button aloud to the kids at lunch time.
2. Have a movie night with Jesse.
3. Write a love note to Jesse.
4. Spend 30 minutes decluttering our house.5. Finish a craft/sewing project with Kaitlynn.
Personal Goals
6. Work on reviewing and memorizing Romans 1 and Romans 2:1-2.
7. Finish reading I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t), A Proper Pursuit, Manage Your Day-to-Day, Love, Skip, Jump, Eight Twenty Eight, and All In.
8. Run or exercise at least 5 times.Business Goals
9. Work on chapters 4-6 of my book manuscript. (I worked on chapters 4 & 5 and they are getting closer to being finished — yay!)
10. Write one more post for the Time Management series.
This week’s goals:
Marriage/Mothering/Homemaking Goals
1. Read Teddy’s Button aloud to the kids at lunch time.
2. Have a movie night with Jesse.
3. Write a love note to Jesse.
4. Spend 30 minutes decluttering our house.
5. Finish a craft/sewing project with Kaitlynn.
Personal Goals
6. Work on reviewing and memorizing Romans 1 and Romans 2:1-2.
7. Finish reading I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t), A Proper Pursuit, Manage Your Day-to-Day, Love, Skip, Jump, Eight Twenty Eight, and All In.
8. Run or exercise at least 5 times.
Business Goals
9. Work on chapters 4-7 of my book manuscript.
10. Write one more post for the Time Management series.
How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives! You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.
Pam B says
Hello! I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now and really enjoy it! I was wondering if you’ve ever posted about how you fit exercise into your day and what you do? I would love to read a post about it.
Pam
Crystal Paine says
I’ve done different things in different seasons of life. But here’s a post with some different ideas I’ve used:
https://moneysavingmom.com/2014/01/qa-find-time-exercise-young-children.html
Tiffany says
Teddy’s Button is so so good!! A family favorite!!
Lety says
SO happy to know you finally got much needed sleep, Crystal! I know what you mean about lack of sleep hindering our days. I have not been able to be consistent with sleep in probably forever! 😀 But I am not losing faith that I will win that battle one day!
My week was not productive in terms of getting many goals checked off my list. However, I have been reading extra Bible reading plan assignments and oh my! I feel like I’ve grown so much in my faith this last week. I did not acknowledge this in my post because I just realized it today. It makes me feel my week was much more than productive 🙂
Don’t forget lights out early for you!! 😉 I hope you continue taking care of yourself. 🙂 Have a great week!!
Jenni says
I want to tell you how much I appreciate your self-grace giving. I started reading here about 3 years ago and was so inspired about being intentional. It really help spring me forward in my homemaking and filled in gaps where I longed for discipleship in my home. But like you I have the tendency to be type A and burned out. Learning to give myself grace is a process. But again, your blog has filled in the gaps of discipleship in my home and reminds me I shouldn’t do it all, just my best. Thanks :).
Jenny @ Women With Intention says
One of my favorite parts of weekly goal setting is that on those weeks when nothing gets done, there is a new beginning the week after. Hope this is a better week with much more rest!
Sonya says
Well, it’s great that you still accomplished your exercise goals for the week. Usually, when I have a bad week I don’t accomplish my exercise goals. I hope you have a great week.
Becki @Running with Team Hogan says
My husband and I managed to have a couch date last night with the new Captain America movie. I hope you get your movie night in soon. Whenever we get really busy, my husband and I have to make ourselves take time to watch a movie together or play a board game. It’s amazing what spending a little relaxing time together can do for our stress levels. 🙂