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 for 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 20 love notes so far.)
Mothering Goals
3. Read 40 books aloud to the kids. (We’ve finished six 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 on track with this.)
7. Memorize Romans 2.
8. Run a 5K race and go through P90X again.
9. Read 150 books/ebooks. (I’ve read 41 books so far this year.)
Blogging Goals
10. Write 150 substantive content pieces for the blog. (I’ve written 69 substantive content pieces so far this year.)
11. Write 50 DIY/Recipe posts for the blog. (I’ve written 18 DIY/Recipe post so far.)
12. Blog about/participate in the 12 Months to a Healthier You Challenge (I finished May’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.
Kelly Stilwell says
Have you read In Search of the Source to your kids? Got it from Sonlight. We read it 5 or 6 years ago and my kids still talk about it.
Crystal Paine says
No, we haven’t! Thanks so much for the recommendation!
Amanda says
Thanks for hosting! I find I do a lot more reading in the summer months too, so I’m confident you can catch up! 🙂
Karen says
I have always liked how you read aloud to your kids, so this year I added reading to my kids to my goals this year. I am hoping to get a lot of reading done this summer.
Crystal Paine says
Yay! That makes me so happy!
Kristy @ Little Natural Cottage says
I’ve been thinking about goals lately, especially since it’s JUNE and we’re already half-way through this year.
My “word” for 2014 is INTENTIONAL, and I’ve been trying to live that way.
One area I’m trying to live intentionally is by staying in God’s Word. I struggle to read through the Bible in a year, so I’m listening instead. 🙂 I love the Bible Gateway app!
A goal for this summer is to read 100 books to my kids.
Crystal Paine says
Wow! 100 books to your kids?!? I’m inspired!
Elizabeth Sims says
i think its nice how u and ur husband sit down and talk about normal life goals normally when i sit down with my husband its house hold project goals that normally fall to me… i barely get through normal life not sure i could ever attempt lofty goals like all that glad to see u getting back to ur roots on blogging though and keep up the hard work
and sorry for typing my phone is being a pain in the rear.