1. Priorities - God, Family, Ministry, and then everything else.... I need to focus on "keeping the main thing, the main thing" too often I get overwhelmed and I think that is often because I don't keep my priorities straight. My relationship with God MUST come first, then my relationship with my husband, then my daughter..... and then ministry and all the other things that come into my life.
2. De-cluttering - it is my goal in the next month to have gone through all our things - get rid of what we aren't using, organize and find a home from what we are using. My mom uses the rule of ten - she gets rid of ten things from each place she is organizing.
3. Read - I have so many books on my shelf that I have wanted to read, so often I find myself laying in bed at night not being able to fall asleep and instead of picking up a book - I pick up my phone and play solitaire or words with friends - I want to read instead. I would like to read one book a month - some of you readers may be laughing but for me - 12 books is better than the zero that I finished last year! Also I want to read more to Ella - I am really good at singing and playing with her and reading my bible outloud to her but I haven't done a good job reading books to her.... let's start with a realistic goal - 3-5 books a week.
4. Save - I want to do a better job saving! I find that so hard to do when we seem to be just making our payments. I want to be sure that each time I get paid for my tastefully simple parties - I put 10% of that in our savings account - it's a start!
5. A Budget - a loose one! I know for us - a strict detailed budget will probably just frustrate us and cause us to give up all together - but I would like to take a day - sit down together and come up with a general budget. Then maybe next year at this time we can be a little more specific.
6. Blogging - I have to thank my friend Christianna for her encouragment in this department. She recently launched a blog which you can check out here. She had a calendar set up so she can blog ahead of time and schedule those. She blogs for one hour a day on the days she is home. I would like to blog regularly..... so stay tuned - I am going to come up with a format and hopefully it will be an encouragement and a blessing to you.
7. Exercising - I have been in remission since getting pregnant with our little one and will "Lord willing" stay in remission while I continue to nurse her. I want to try to regain a level of fitness while I can - so my goal is to workout at least once a week - and walk 2-3 other times during the week.
8. Tastefully Simple - This fall I began to sell Tastefully Simple.... my husband and I love the products. They are simple, affordable and so versatile. It is my goal for my business that I would host 3-4 parties a month and have a $100 in online sales each month. If you would like to check out my site go to www.tastefullysimple.com/web/jsnyder6
9. Ministry - After taking some time off of focusing on Taraja Minisries so I could put my total focus on being a mom, I am making my return to speaking and counseling. I do feel as thought this is what God wants from me, so I need to be obedient. I struggle with how to promote myself, while not coming across as it being about me - because it is not - it is about finding joy and hope in the journey of life through Jesus Christ. I want to be sure I am taking time weekly to update my website and to make connections with Churches, camps, and organizations.
10. Offer Grace to myself - that may sound like a weird goal - but it is something that I struggle with on a daily basis - I look around and see things that need done that I didn't get too because something else came up, my baby was crying, or life just happened. Though I want a clean and organized house - I know that is not always possible with my schedule and I need to give myself some grace in that department.
11. - Finish reading through the Bible - I will get this done this year - it has taken me several years to read through the Bible - I am now in the Gospels and I will finish it this year! I can do this! Let's just say I am not a fast reader!
12. Note writing - I want to write at least one note a week to someone that needs encouragment, a thankyou to someone who has cared for us, or just a note to say that I miss seeing you. My mother in law is so good at this - I want to again start with a small goal of one a week and then we will see how we do.
I am going to review these goals monthly to see how I am doing. What are you goals for 2012?
1 comment:
Sounds like you have some great goals. I especially liked the one about offering grace to yourself. I think that one really connects to the priorities goal. I know for myself, as long as I know that I am focusing on what I have determined to be truly important, it makes it a little easier not to stress about the other stuff. Looking forward to reading more about your goals! :)
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