Last year I set out to form my annual goals into a slightly different format by breaking down the four major areas of my life (Family, Personal, Home Management, and Other) into three focus areas each. You began to see this change as I shared with you my original Blog-and-Home Notebook. Since then I’ve learned even more about goal setting and am excited to see what God is going to accomplish this year as I look toward the future. This year my plan will be to use my 2013 Blog-and-Home Notebook to breakdown my annual goals into monthly and weekly bites for an even more intentional 2013. Here are my goals:
As a Wife
- Attend a marriage conference together
- Go on a date once/month
- Establish a weekly pow-wow for Bible Study, financial check-ups, etc.
- Read 3+ marriage books together
As a Mom
- Create an annual photo album for each daughter
- Finish preschool with Peanut
- Begin Pre-K with Peanut
- Level 2 swim lessons for Peanut
- Read aloud the Little House on the Prairie series
- Get a dog
- Travel to visit my brothers once
- Travel to visit parents 10 times
- Call parents weekly
- Call brothers monthly
Spiritual Growth
- Memorize the book of James
- Complete my Sabbath topical study
- Maintain a daily quiet time
- Unplug on Sundays
Physical Health
- Complete 3 hours of cardio per week
- Complete 15+ minutes of restance training per day
- Eat more seasonally/locally
Mental Health
- Read 36 books (I’ll be sharing that list tomorrow!)
- Listen to Focus on the Family podcasts
Upkeep
- Add trim to hall bath mirror
- Replace fence around the backyard exterior
Finance
- Continue giving 10% of our income to our local church
- Give 1% of our income toward charity organizations
- Invest 10% of our income in retirement funds
- Refinance our mortgage
- Increase our Emergency Fund by $1,000
Organization & Decor
- Organize the office cabinets and drawers
- Organize the bathroom cabinets
- Post Word Art in the Office and Dining Rooms
- Clean out the garage cabinets
Blog
- Switch to WordPress using the Genesis Framework
- Begin a monthly newsletter
- Publish a completed preschool curriculum package
- Write an e-book
- Guest post 10 times
Choir*
- Finalize our non-profit status
- Expand to 2 new locations across the state
- Grow in numbers to over 110 members (currently we are at 92)
- Provide a successful inaugural Solo & Ensemble Contest for Oklahoma home school and private schooled students
- Provide a successful inaugural Show Choir Summer Music Camp for area home school students
Outreach
- Continue to serve as an Awana leader
- Invite a family over at least 2x per month
- Adopt a Compassion child
- Adopt a nursing home (more on what this means soon)
- Create blessings bags and share with those we see in need
- Participate in Operation Christmas Child
What are your goals for 2013?
If you’ve posted about your 2013 goals, feel free to to provide your direct link in the comments below. If you are new to goal setting, be sure to check out my post on creating new habits and consider downloading my 2013 Blog-and-Home Notebook which has several goal setting worksheets included.
On the first Monday of the month I’ll be posting my month’s goal bites and sharing my progress from the previous month. I hope you’ll make plans now to share an update with how you are doing with your annual goals at this time too as a way to encourage one another to stick to our guns and live more intentionally in 2013. Happy New Year!
Hi! Welcome to Cornerstone Confessions. My name is Kathy Gossen and I'm a full time homemaker learning about what it means to be a godly woman in the everyday. On Cornerstone Confessions I share my adventures in organizing, homeschooling, cooking, parenting, and more as a means to encourage other women in their quest to becoming a Titus 2 model in their homes and beyond.
Kathy, I may be your biggest fan! I just love how organized you are and how well thought out your blog posts are. One of my primary goals this year is to get organized blogging, but I see I need to write all my goals down as you did. Thank you again for inspiring me! Paula
What a great list of goals! I like how you broke yours down into different categories! I need to do a better job at that! Your goals are very measurable which will be super helpful for you! I also shared mine: http://www.bytesofmemory.com/2013/01/goals-for-2013.html
Hi, great post. I found you through the blog hop. Please stop by and say hi when you get a chance. .Be sure and check out my new Blog Hop that started. It’s Weekly Goals Link Up. It’s a great way to stay on track. Have a great day.
Now following you. Here’s the link for it if you would like to check it out.
http://lenettacarnes.blogspot.com/2013/01/weekly-goals-linkup-1.html Lenetta
What a great idea! A blog hop for goals! Thanks for sharing. I’ll be sure to check it out.