10 Weekly Goals

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read two chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read two chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read three chapters of A Bear Called Paddington with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read three chapters of Eloise Wilkin Stories to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

3. Have a Wii Challenge night as a family.

Personal Goals

4. Memorize Romans 1:7-8

5. Run 25 miles total.

6. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, Fit To Burst, A Charlotte Mason Education, and Eve’s Daughters. {I did almost zero reading this past week, believe it or not!}

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Finish 30 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne.

Business Goals

9. Have a business brainstorming afternoon to flesh out business ideas and map out business goals for the next few years (We have some amazing folks flying in to help consult us in this! Can’t wait to see what comes of this!).

10. Finish tweaking my talk for the MAPS events & give presentations on Thursday and Friday. {These ended up getting cancelled due to all the snow.}

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read three chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read three chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read five chapters of A Bear Called Paddington with Kathrynne, read four chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read four chapters of Eloise Wilkin Stories to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Start Early to Rise Challenge on March 1, 2013.

6. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, Fit To Burst, A Charlotte Mason Education, and Eve’s Daughters.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Finish Kathrynne’s scarf.

Business Goals

9. Work on outlines for five upcoming talks.

10. Turn in my manuscript to Thomas Nelson!

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.

I skipped setting any goals last week because it was supposed to be a completely “off” week for me. I still exercised, read, and did some writing, but for the most part, I spent the week truly relaxing, soaking up the sun, and just enjoying really amazing conversations and time with my husband.

Now that I’m refreshed and recharged, it’s back to real-life again! And honestly, I’m really excited to hit the ground running this coming week — because I didn’t quite know what to do with myself with so few responsibilities last week.

Goals from two weeks ago:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read two chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read two chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read two chapters of The Amazon Stranger with Kathrynne, read two chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read two chapters of Eloise Wilkin Stories to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

3. Have friends over for lunch.

Personal Goals

4. Memorize Romans 1:7-8.

5. Exercise 5 times.

6. Finish reading Love Has a Face: Mascara, a Machete and One Woman’s Miraculous Journey with Jesus in Sudan, Lessons at Blackberry Inn: Adventures with the Gentle Art of Learning, and The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Finish 30 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne.

Business Goals
9. Finish editing the final draft of my manuscript and send it out to those who are critiquing it before I turn it into the publisher.

10. Begin working on tweaking my talk for the MAPS event later this month.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read two chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read two chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read three chapters of A Bear Called Paddington with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read three chapters of Eloise Wilkin Stories to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

3. Have a Wii Challenge night as a family.

Personal Goals

4. Memorize Romans 1:7-8 (Must work more diligently on this this week!)

5. Run 25 miles total.

6. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, Fit To Burst, A Charlotte Mason Education, and Eve’s Daughters.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Finish 30 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne.

Business Goals

9. Have a business brainstorming afternoon to flesh out business ideas and map out business goals for the next few years (We have some amazing folks flying in to help consult us in this! Can’t wait to see what comes of this!).

10. Finish tweaking my talk for the MAPS events & give presentations on Thursday and Friday.

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.

Well, last week wasn’t as productive as I’d hoped, but at least I’m chipping away at things slowly but surely. And I have high hopes for this week!

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read two chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read two chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read two chapters of The Amazon Stranger with Kathrynne, read two chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read two chapters of Farming with Father to Silas.

2. Birthday outing with Kathrynne.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:7-8.

4. Exercise 4 times.

5. Finish reading The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears, Making Room for Life: Trading Chaotic Lifestyles for Connected Relationships, Love Has a Face: Mascara, a Machete and One Woman’s Miraculous Journey with Jesus in Sudan, Lessons at Blackberry Inn: Adventures with the Gentle Art of Learning, and The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse.

Homemaking Goals

6. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

7. Finish 30 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne.

Business Goals

8. Finish first draft of final chapter for my book + do a thorough read-through of all other chapters.

9. Create slides & practice talk for BEECH Retreat.

10. Attend & speak at the BEECH Retreat.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read two chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read two chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read two chapters of The Amazon Stranger with Kathrynne, read two chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read two chapters of Eloise Wilkin Stories to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

3. Have friends over for lunch.

Personal Goals

4. Memorize Romans 1:7-8.

5. Exercise 5 times.

6. Finish reading Love Has a Face: Mascara, a Machete and One Woman’s Miraculous Journey with Jesus in Sudan, Lessons at Blackberry Inn: Adventures with the Gentle Art of Learning, and The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Finish 30 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne.

Business Goals

9. Finish editing the final draft of my manuscript and send it out to those who are critiquing it before I turn it into the publisher.

10. Begin working on tweaking my talk for the MAPS event later this month.

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.

With my busy week last week, I wasn’t able to do as well on my goals as I hoped to, but I’m happy with being able to have at least crossed quite a few things off my list. And I’m trying to remind myself not to bite off more than I can chew — even if it seems really tempting to do so

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read two chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read three chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read two chapters of The Amazon Stranger with Kathrynne, read two chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read two chapters of Farming with Father to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:7-8.

4. Exercise 4 times.

5. Finish reading The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life, Making Room for Life: Trading Chaotic Lifestyles for Connected Relationships, Love Has a Face: Mascara, a Machete and One Woman’s Miraculous Journey with Jesus in Sudan, Lessons at Blackberry Inn: Adventures with the Gentle Art of Learning, The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse, Risk is Right, and Tahosa Treasure. {And yes, I know that that is a crazy long list, but since I have eight flights combined for my two trips this week, I’m thinking I should plan for plenty of reading time!}

Homemaking Goals

6. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

7. Finish 30 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne.

Business Goals

8. Work on the third round of edits for two chapters of my next book.

9. Attend the She Speaks Intensive.

10. Finish mapping out my keynote for the BEECH Retreat.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read two chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read two chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read two chapters of The Amazon Stranger with Kathrynne, read two chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read two chapters of Farming with Father to Silas.

2. Birthday outing with Kathrynne.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:7-8.

4. Exercise 4 times.

5. Finish reading The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears, Making Room for Life: Trading Chaotic Lifestyles for Connected Relationships, Love Has a Face: Mascara, a Machete and One Woman’s Miraculous Journey with Jesus in Sudan, Lessons at Blackberry Inn: Adventures with the Gentle Art of Learning, and The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse.

Homemaking Goals

6. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

7. Finish 30 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne.

Business Goals

8. Finish first draft of final chapter for my book + do a thorough read-through of all other chapters.

9. Create slides & practice talk for BEECH Retreat.

10. Attend & speak at the BEECH Retreat.

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.

I’ve been amazed at how much of a difference it’s making for me to be approaching my days by being really committed to knocking out the hardest things first. This resulted in another week where I completed all my goals — and there was still plenty of margin time. Yay!

Here’s my list of goals for this week:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read five chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read three chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read three chapters of The Amazon Stranger with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read three chapters of Farming with Father to Silas.

2. Play at least one game of Scrabble together as a family.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:5-6.

4. Finish writing all Christmas thank yous.

5. Exercise 5 times.

6. Finish reading You Can Raise a Well-Mannered Child, The Shelter of God’s Promises, The Duck Commander Family, and The Good Life for Less.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Finish 30 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne.

Business Goals

9. Work on the second round of edits for three chapters of my next book.

10. Finish two guest posts for other sites.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read two chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read three chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read two chapters of The Amazon Stranger with Kathrynne, read two chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read two chapters of Farming with Father to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:7-8.

4. Exercise 4 times.

5. Finish reading The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life, Making Room for Life: Trading Chaotic Lifestyles for Connected Relationships, Love Has a Face: Mascara, a Machete and One Woman’s Miraculous Journey with Jesus in Sudan, Lessons at Blackberry Inn: Adventures with the Gentle Art of Learning, The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse, Risk is Right, and Tahosa Treasure. {And yes, I know that that is a crazy long list, but since I have eight flights combined for my two trips this week, I’m thinking I should plan for plenty of reading time!}

Homemaking Goals

6. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

7. Finish 30 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne.

Business Goals

8. Work on the third round of edits for two chapters of my next book.

9. Attend the She Speaks Intensive.

10. Finish mapping out my keynote for the BEECH Retreat.

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.

I’ve been working on not procrastinating and getting things done early — and I’ve been amazed at how this has increased my productivity, enabled me to do a better job on chipping away at my goals, and has given me more margin time. I know I should already know this by now, but I’m still surprised — and delighted!

Here’s my list of goals for last week:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Play a game with the girls.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

3. Weekend trip with Jesse for our 10 year anniversary!

Personal Goals

4. Memorize Romans 1:1-4.

5. Extra rest and liquids to help me recover from the flu.

6. Finish reading For the Children’s Sake, Lead Your Family Like Jesus, A Woman’s Place: A Novel and 20,000 Days and Counting: The Crash Course for Mastering Your Life Right Now.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do the Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Finish 25 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne (I finish Kaitlynn’s scarf a few weeks ago and am now working on a matching scarf for Kathrynne.)

Business Goals

9. Work on the second round of edits for chapters 4, 5, and 6 of my next book.

10. Finish two guest posts for other sites.

Here’s my list of goals for this week:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read five chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read three chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read three chapters of The Amazon Stranger with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Little House on the Prairie with Kaitlynn, read three chapters of Farming with Father to Silas.

2. Play at least one game of Scrabble together as a family.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:5-6.

4. Finish writing all Christmas thank yous.

5. Exercise 5 times.

6. Finish reading You Can Raise a Well-Mannered Child, The Shelter of God’s Promises, The Duck Commander Family, and The Good Life for Less.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Finish 30 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne.

Business Goals

9. Work on the second round of edits for three chapters of my next book.

10. Finish two guest posts for other sites.

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.

Have you set goals for this week yet? If not, what are you waiting for? Start by setting just a few small and simple goals, write them down, and work on them a little bit every day.

Here’s my list of goals for this week:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Play a game with the girls.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

3. Weekend trip with Jesse for our 10 year anniversary!

Personal Goals

4. Memorize Romans 1:1-4.

5. Extra rest and liquids to help me recover from the flu.

6. Finish reading For the Children’s Sake, Lead Your Family Like Jesus, A Woman’s Place: A Novel and 20,000 Days and Counting: The Crash Course for Mastering Your Life Right Now.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do the Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Finish 25 rows of the scarf for Kathrynne (I finish Kaitlynn’s scarf a few weeks ago and am now working on a matching scarf for Kathrynne.)

Business Goals

9. Work on the second round of edits for chapters 4, 5, and 6 of my next book.

10. Finish two guest posts for other sites.

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.

I didn’t have as productive of a week last week as I was hoping for, but such is life sometimes! However, I’m grateful to cross some things off the list… and am hopeful that maybe I’ll get to the other things this next week.

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read three chapters of The King’s Daughter with Kaitlynn. Read three chapters of The Mysterious Case with Kathrynne. Read two chapters of Cameron Townsend aloud to the children.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

3. Have a breakfast dozen doughnut date with friends for 12/12/12.

Personal Goals

4. Finish For the Children’s Sake, Ocean’s Apart, Lead Your Family Like Jesus, Until We Reach Home, The Circle Maker, and Uneclipsing the Son.

5. Listen to one hour of Made to Stick.

6. Do 4 days’ worth of the Couch to 10K program.

Homemaking Goals

7. Clean out/organize my bathroom drawers.

8. Finish Kaitlynn’s scarf, continue working on my embroidery project. {Kaitlynn’s scarf is almost done — yay!}

9. Make at least two new recipes.

Business Goals
10. Work on the rough drafts for chapters three and four of my next book.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read three chapters of The King’s Daughter with Kaitlynn. Read three chapters of The Mysterious Case with Kathrynne. Read two chapters of Cameron Townsend aloud to the children.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

3. Have a playdate with friends.

Personal Goals

4. Finish For the Children’s Sake, Ocean’s Apart, Lead Your Family Like Jesus, Until We Reach Home, The Circle Maker, and Uneclipsing the Son.

5. Listen to one hour of Made to Stick.

6. Do 4 days’ worth of the Couch to 10K program.

Homemaking Goals

7. Clean out/organize my bathroom drawers.

8. Finish Kaitlynn’s scarf, continue working on my embroidery project.

9. Make at least two new recipes.

Business Goals

10. Work on the rough drafts for chapters five and six of my next book.

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.

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Start a new book with Kathrynne and Kaitlynn. Read two chapters of Cameron Townsend aloud to the children.

2. Go on a date with Jesse.

3. Write a love note to Jesse.

4. Have a playdate with friends.

Personal Goals

5. Finish Erasing Hell by Francis Chan, finish For the Children’s Sake, Ocean’s Apart, and Note to Self.

6. Listen to one hour of Made to Stick.

7. Do 4 days’ worth of the Couch to 10K program. {Only did two days’ worth. }

Homemaking Goals

8. Follow the 4 Weeks to a More Organized Home plan & blog about it.

9. Start an embroidery project.

10. Make at least two new recipes.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read three chapters of The King’s Daughter with Kaitlynn. Read three chapters of The Mysterious Case with Kathrynne. Read two chapters of Cameron Townsend aloud to the children.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

3. Have a breakfast dozen doughnut date with friends for 12/12/12.

Personal Goals

4. Finish For the Children’s Sake, Ocean’s Apart, Lead Your Family Like Jesus, Until We Reach Home, The Circle Maker, and Uneclipsing the Son.

5. Listen to one hour of Made to Stick.

6. Do 4 days’ worth of the Couch to 10K program.

Homemaking Goals

7. Clean out/organize my bathroom drawers.

8. Finish Kaitlynn’s scarf, continue working on my embroidery project.

9. Make at least two new recipes.

Business Goals

10. Work on the rough drafts for chapters three and four of my next book.

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.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Finish reading A Way Through the Sea with Kathrynne, finish reading The Imagination Station: Book 8 with Kaitlynn, and read two chapters of Cameron Townsend aloud to the children.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

3. Close on our rental property.

Personal Goals

4. Finish Erasing Hell by Francis Chan, Anything by Jennie Allen, Pocketful of Pinecones by Karen Andreola, and The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury.

5. Listen to one hour of Made to Stick.

6. Do 4 days’ worth of the Couch to 10K program.

Homemaking Goals

7. Follow the 4 Weeks to a More Organized Home plan & blog about it.

8. Finish 25 more rows of the scarf I’m working on knitting… and maybe even finish the scarf? {Finally!}

9. Make at least two new recipes.

Business Goals

10. Fly to Arkansas to spend time with my friend Tricia Goyer and do some radio recordings with FamilyLife.

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Start a new book with Kathrynne and Kaitlynn. Read two chapters of Cameron Townsend aloud to the children.

2. Go on a date with Jesse.

3. Write a love note to Jesse.

4. Have a playdate with friends.

Personal Goals

5. Finish Erasing Hell by Francis Chan, finish For the Children’s Sake, Ocean’s Apart, and Note to Self.

6. Listen to one hour of Made to Stick.

7. Do 4 days’ worth of the Couch to 10K program.

Homemaking Goals

8. Follow the 4 Weeks to a More Organized Home plan & blog about it.

9. Start an embroidery project.

10. Make at least two new recipes.

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.