Monday, August 20, 2012

Goals for week beginning August 19

a perfect summer day at Newfound Lake
Oh, my.  August has been SO BUSY.  It has been enjoyable -- much of the busyness has been fun with friends and/or family -- but it has been so busy.  However, as my wise husband reminded me yesterday, the weeks to come with visiting family are going to be even busier.  So I guess I'd better get used to it!  Here are my goals for this week:

*  Spend time in 1 Samuel Bible study
*  Finish Sunday School lesson 12
*  Limit sugar
*  Keep up with crafting goals for UFOs and Christmas, plus maybe a dress for a granddaughter
*  Exercise 5 to 6 times
*  Keep up a good water intake
*  Get to bed by 9:30 or 10 pm each night
*  Post regularly in one or both of my blogs
*  Keep up with Kelly's Missions for Zone 3, the bathrooms and Zone 4, the bedrooms
*  Do better at staying in touch with friends and faraway family
* Add 2 pages to prayer journal
*  Weed garden
*  Make a daily time schedule for the things I need to do.


And here's how last week went:


*  Spend time in 1 Samuel Bible study  -- didn't happen.
*  Work on Sunday School lesson 12 -- did work on this a lot, so I can call this goal DONE!
*  Limit sugar -- nope.
*  Keep up with crafting goals for UFOs and Christmas, plus maybe a dress for a granddaughter  -- finished a UFO of long standing, so I'm sort of calling this DONE!
*  Exercise 5 to 6 times -- DONE!
*  Keep up a good water intake -- DONE!
*  Get to bed by 9:30 or 10 pm each night -- came close, but didn't quite manage this.
*  Post regularly in one or both of my blogs -- posted some, but not as much as I'd hoped.
*  Keep up with Kelly's Missions for Zone 3, the bathrooms -- didn't even get started.
*  Do better at staying in touch with friends and faraway family -- DONE!
* Add 2 pages to prayer journal -- nope.
*  Weed garden -- did some weeding, but not as much as I'd hoped or planned.
*  Make a daily time schedule for the things I need to do -- DONE!


And, as always, I'm hoping for a more productive week ahead!



5 comments:

  1. I always get so much more done when I write my goals out. It's nice to see I'm not the only one to accomplish the whole list.

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  2. Thanks for sharing the truth when you do not meet your goals Mrs T. I seldom get all the things done that I have on my List of things to do. It is good to know that I have another day to try to get it done!!

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  3. Hi Pamela and Arlene,

    Yes, I very seldom accomplish everything that's on the list. But it sure does help to make one! I am always reminded of the old (and very true) saying -- "If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time." In the past, I often aimed at nothing and accomplished very little. A list sure helps me to aim at something!

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  4. The picture here is gorgeous! I love puffy white clouds against a bright blue sky and you captured it so well!

    I put some goals to paper recently, which I rarely do. Not only did it help me stay motivated, but it also served as a good reminder (as I can be very forgetful). And the best part was checking off the completed tasks! You and Carrie get the credit for the inspiration!

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  5. I am glad you liked the picture, Mrs. Smith! It was taken last Saturday when we spent some time with friends at their lakeside home. The sun was actually so bright that I didn't even see what the picture looked like before I took it. It was literally "point and shoot" but the pictures came out quite good considering.

    Glad you could be inspired by our goal-setting. I had slacked off on it for quite a while, but it really does help me to get more done.

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