Jesse and I spent time really discussing what my focuses should be for 2014 and we nailed down four areas that are my priorities for this year:
- Marriage: to continue to invest time and energy to strengthen and nurture our marriage and make it one of the greatest priorities
- Mothering: to continue to invest in our children with the goal of teaching them character, life skills, and raising them to be responsible adults
- Myself: to make my health a priority and to invest in my personal growth as a Christian, business owner, writer, speaker, and leader
- MoneySavingMom.com: to invest time into blogging — not just overseeing the business and my team, but making writing content pieces one of my top blogging priorities
Having these specific areas determined at the beginning of the year is really helping me to prioritize and giving me much clearer direction on when, where, and what to say no to this year.
Here’s my progress on my 12 goals for 2014:
Marriage Goals
1. Read 6 marriage books. (I’ve finished three marriage books so far.)
2. Write 50 love notes to Jesse. (I’ve written 22 love notes so far.)
Mothering Goals
3. Read 40 books aloud to the kids. (We’ve finished eight books so far — I’m really hoping to catch up on this goal over the summer since we’re quite behind!)
4. Finish memorizing Romans 1 together. (We’ve been working on this!)
5. Go through a cooking course with the kids.
Personal Goals
6. Read through the Bible. (I’m mostly on track with this.)
7. Memorize Romans 2. (I started this this week.)
8. Run a 5K race and go through P90X again. (We’re currently looking into races for this Fall and hoping to sign up for a couple.)
9. Read 150 books/ebooks. (I’ve read 50 books so far this year.)
Blogging Goals
10. Write 150 substantive content pieces for the blog. (I’ve written 100 substantive content pieces so far this year — woot!)
11. Write 50 DIY/Recipe posts for the blog. (I’ve written 25 DIY/Recipe posts so far.)
12. Blog about/participate in the 12 Months to a Healthier You Challenge (I finished June’s challenge.)
Did you set goals for 2014 yet?
If you’ve posted an update on how you’re doing on your goals for 2014, I’d love for you to share your link in the comments. Or, if you don’t have a blog, feel free to just leave a comment with an update on how you’re doing on your goals. Let’s encourage one another to live lives of intention and purpose!
If you’re brand-new to goal-setting, be sure to read my post on How to Change Your Life By Setting Goals.
The Saving Cents Mom says
One of my goals was to save an average of $400 – $500 a month, but I’ve been saving about $600 – $800 a month. 🙂
Crystal Paine says
Woohoo! Way to go!!
Victoria says
I am making pretty good progress on my wow goal. I re-adjusted my full marathon goal to a half since the winter here in Indiana was horrible and I lost a lot of my running endurance and it is taking a while to build it up again (not a fan of the dreadmill ) I am up to 38 books read and my goal was 1 a week for a yearly total of 52.
Crystal Paine says
Great job and way to go!!
Lana says
Our only real goal for this year was to pay off our house which we did in May. Yay! This took way too long but we did raise 5 kiddos on one income and all 5 went to college and only two of them incurred any debt from student loans which were very small. I am just so glad that we finally got it done!
Tracy S. says
That’s huge! All 5 in college and only 2 small loans between them! What a jump start they have! And congrats on getting your deed free and clear!
Lana says
Thanks!