Goal Planning Monday ~ Enough Time

I have been looking for some good quotes about goals to encourage or challenge us this week. This one really hit me. I hope it challenges you as well.

"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." ~Life's Little Instruction Book, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (from Quote Garden)

Wow! Did that hit you? Many days I just don't accomplish much at all.

I had a really bad day, emotionally, midweek, and I didn't accomplish much at all after that. Weeks seem to fly and many days I just live, but don't get anything much done. At the end of the day I wonder, where did the time go?

I have gotten a lot of reading done, which is a good thing. But, I have goals and I want to get more done with my days. Starting EACH day with my devotions will give me a better outlook on my life and give me more stability. Also, last week I did not write my goals on paper and look at them daily. That helps me as well. I hope and pray this week is better. I have as much time as anyone and I want to make better use of it.

Participants...It is not a requirement to comment on each others blogs but it would be nice to encourage each other. Please try and come back and check who else links up and go comment on their blog post. And comment on mine as well, we ALL could use some building up and community.

My top priorities are marked with a *

My goals for this coming week:

Spiritual Goals   

1. *Morning Devotions - including Bible reading, prayer, listening to music and reading a spiritual book. Read through Proverbs each month. Prayer will be a focus this year as that is my word for 2013. I am reading Praying God's Word: Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds by Beth Moore. I have been slack with this so my goal is not to miss a day of devotions in June! Partly Done - My goal was not to miss any days in June and I have missed a bunch. I will make them up but I still missed my goal of devotions  EVERY day.
2. Keep up with my Hello Mornings group the best that I can. Make a decision about my study of the book of John. Partly Done - I started doing the John study for Hello Mornings in the morning and the Proverbs study I had been doing in the evening. But, most days, I did just the Proverbs study.
   
3. Participate in the Joy Dare in 2013. Writing down 3 things each day that are gifts from God, things to be thankful for totaling more than 1000 gifts in 2013. Done

Homeschool Goals

• No homeschool goals at this time. We are done school for the year. I will be working on things but don't have any plans to do so this week. That may change. If I get anything done I will let you know next week.

Fitness Goals

• *Exercise at least 3 days 15 min each time. I hope to work up to doing much more than this. It is time to get serious about my health. Hubby has already started working on his diet, though he can't exercise until after he gets his other stent in. Partly Done - I did 2 days. One day on the Wii and on Father's day my hubby wanted to take a walk at a park.
• *Make at least one Weight Watchers meal/dessert/snack. I WILL do this this week. Not Done - ugh!! I do have all the ingredients to make my dessert now and hopefully will get it done this week.
• Eat fruit and veggies and drink water. Done

Blog Goals    

1. Comment on everyone's blog that links up to the Goal Planning Monday linky. Done
2. Post reminder and future themes for Think Back Thursday on Wed. Done
3. Post Think Back Thursday. Done
4. Comment on each person's post that links up for Think Back Thursday. Done
5. Post some good content on my blog. Not Done - I am not counting the cleaning post because that was a guest post. It was good content but it was not written by me.
6. Link up to a few good linkies/memes that I used to enjoy. Not Done
7. *Post May Reading Goal update. Done
8. *Work on a post about Delaware for my friend's blog. Not Done
9. *Work on a guest post a friend gave me for my blog. I may post it tomorrow... or Friday. Done - posted Tuesday.

Personal/Other Goals 

1. Read. Done - I have read 5 books already in June which is one more than I need for the whole month, so that means I am really working to catch up on my reading goal.
   
2. *Save files to my external drive. I really would like to get this all done this week. Not Done. Oh well, this is the start of a new week.
3. Make sure the kids do something special for my hubby for Father's day besides just food... even a handmade card would be good. I bought him something on Amazon that should be here today. Done - dd Rachel made him a card, a dessert and dinner. We took a walk and watched a couple movies. It was a good day.
   

For this week that is 10 Done, 3 Partly Done, and 5 Not Done.

My goals for this coming week:

Spiritual Goals   

1. *Morning Devotions - including Bible reading, prayer, listening to music and reading a spiritual book. Prayer will be a focus this year as that is my word for 2013. I am reading Praying God's Word: Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds by Beth Moore. I am almost done Praying God's Word as far as the reading goes. I will be using the prayers for the rest of the year. Do the study of the Book of John from Hello Mornings. 
2. Read through Proverbs each month in the evenings.
3. Participate in the Joy Dare in 2013. Writing down 3 things each day that are gifts from God, things to be thankful for totaling more than 1000 gifts in 2013. 

Homeschool Goals

1. Take a look at Philosophy Adventure. A curriculum I won. I will probably use it for Christopher next year.
2. Get the Science booklets from last year put onto the file folders.
3. Work on the Portfolio for last year's school.

Fitness Goals

1. *Exercise at least 3 days 15 min each time. I hope to work up to doing much more than this. It is time to get serious about my health. Hubby has already started working on his diet, though he can't exercise until after he gets his other stent in.
2. *Make at least one Weight Watchers meal/dessert/snack. I WILL do this this week.
3. Eat fruit and veggies and drink water.

Blog Goals    

1. Comment on everyone's blog that links up to the Goal Planning Monday linky.
2. Post reminder and future themes for Think Back Thursday on Wed.
3. Post Think Back Thursday.
4. Comment on each person's post that links up for Think Back Thursday. 
5. Post some good content, written by me, on my blog.
6. Link up to a few good linkies/memes that I used to enjoy. 
7. Work on a post about Delaware for my friend's blog. 

Personal/Other Goals 

1. Read. 
2. *Save files to my external drive. I really would like to get this all done this week.
3. Celebrate my birthday.
4. Survive pain of dental visit 4 of 5.

So, do you want to accomplish more with your day, like the people listed in the quote at the top. Try Goal Planning Monday... maybe it will help.

Sorry also that this is late getting up. With spending the day yesterday with my hubby and kids I didn't get this prepped. Then, I slept in until after 9 this morning. So, I am behind. I hope you will forgive me and get linked up no that my post is up.

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