Here we go… the goals update, and new goals for this week!

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So, in continuing with the goals, and the accountability and all that… let’s see how week #2 goes.

My goals this week..

Family/Mothering Goals

1. read Secrets of The Baby Whisperer

Personal Goals

2. Walk 30 minutes with Liam (2x this week)

Home Management Goals

3. Call insurance ELP about 2012

4. Have budget meeting with Jer since it is a new month (bring up joining the Y) What is a budget meeting? 

5. Meal plan & shop from E-Mealz

6. Finish 3 loads of laundry from start to finish.

Business Goals

7. invoicing & contract updates

8. submit license payment & tax review

9. Get portfolio onto kcsdesign

10. Finish email documentation for google apps

Check back in a week to see how I did!

So, you might remember this post about my 10 weekly goals. If not, I’ll list them below, to be as user friendly as possible.

Family/Mothering Goals

1. Spend 15 minutes a day with Liam completely focused on him (YES! I did it, and found that time with Liam begets time with Liam, the more time I focus on him, the more time I want to spend with him, what a sweet finding!)

2. Track Eat, Wake and Sleep patterns everyday, on my new nifty spreadsheet. (Sorta-ish… I have the past few days to catch up on, but I’ll do it, my memory in this area is pretty good… especially the nighttime feedings… because they are getting so much better, thank you Liam!)

3. Sync said spreadsheet to iCloud (oh yes, I said it) AND yes, I did this! It was surprisingly easy.. tutorial coming soon, for those of you who care!

Personal Goals

4. Walk 30 minutes a day with Liam (no, I really failed on this one.  I think I walked one day with Liam… , we will try to do better next week!)

5. Join the Y. (no, I realized that this action item requires a presence at the budget meeting, so we’ll be doing this one in November!)

6. Finish reading So Long Insecurity (no, I didn’t finish, but I did make significant headway. I decided that the better goal on this one is to savor it and let it seep in, instead of finishing for the sake of finishing a book! I am treating this book more like a devotional than a novel, and therefore it’s going to take some time. I am completely okay with that because of what God is doing in my heart through reading it!)

Home Management Goals

7. Meal plan & shop from E-Mealz (yes! and it was incredible!)

8. Finish 3 loads of laundry from start to finish. (yes and no, I folded 3 loads of laundry, and washed 3 loads of laundry, so in total I did 3 loads of laundry from finish to start)

Business Goals

9. Move blog & business website to new hosting company (yes, and I am so glad I did!)

10. Finish web project #1 (yes! I did, why thank you!)

At first glance it looks like I didn’t complete many of these, but having these goals spawned me getting so many things done, I think that it was still completely worth it, and I plan to keep it up even if I don’t publish it here!

So, life as a stay-at-home mom, and trying to run a business and all, is tough. I mean, tough because I have expectations for myself and thus far I have not been meeting them. I have LOTS of ideas and lack the “time” to implement them. But, to be honest, what I really lack, is the organization of my time to implement them.

I have blogged about money saving mom before, but I’m not kidding, she has inspired my socks off. She’s living like no one else, runs a successful blog, keeps her priorities in order, sets goals for herself and her family, plans and organizes their meals, all of which I want to do/become. So, it makes sense that she would inspire me.

Recently she had a post of 10 goals for the week, it’s so simple, yet so needed. I have goals, in my head, and the problem with that is that there is no accountability or measurability. So, here we go, my 10 goals, posted in clear view so that you too, can know what they are, just you knowing them helps me to be accountable, strange, huh?

Family/Mothering Goals

1. Spend 15 minutes a day with Liam completely focused on him (ie not doing other things, like playing Words With Friends! ha!)

2. Track Eat, Wake and Sleep patterns everyday, on my new nifty spreadsheet.

3. Sync said spreadsheet to the Cloud (oh yes, I said it)

Personal Goals

4. Walk 30 minutes a day with Liam

5. Join the Y.

6. Finish reading So Long Insecurity

Home Management Goals

7. Meal plan & shop from E-Mealz

8. Finish 3 loads of laundry from start to finish.

Business Goals

9. Move blog & business website to new hosting company

10. Finish web project #1

So, there you have it. To clarify, these are goals for Monday, October 24th – Friday, October 28th, 2011. I’ll update as we move along to see if I’ve been able to implement these goals or not.