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Life Thoughts: Goals and Time Outs (Part II)

September 22, 2014 Leave a Comment

Earlier last week I wrote a post about setting some goals for myself and had hoped to share them by Thursday…and then within 24 hours Kai was down with a serious seasonal asthma attack (and ear infection) and I ended up with an upper respiratory infection and a double ear infection. So needless to say though my heart was to post and I even wrote down my goals, it wasn’t going to happen. However, Mike asked me to rest and stay home today so I’ve had to take a time out – though I did
clean and have some laundry going in the wash…yes I should be resting, but my mind is feeling a little more at ease. I’m hoping my body can catch up to it soon.

After spending some time writing my thoughts down on paper I came with my 5 goals to achieve by the end of September and into early October. I knew if I did more than five I would be setting myself up. So here they are:

  1. Complete the She Reads Truth study on time!
  2. Focus more on personal relationships (i.e. snail mail and “just because” happy mail)
  3. Spend more intentional family time
  4. Blog at least 2x’s a week 
  5. Start & Finish a craft (even old ones) once a week – I’ll be using #craftanddone on instagram

I’m definitely looking forward to really finishing those things that I’ve started since I can easily start and not complete. How are you with goals? I start off strong and then can be distracted. Share some goals you have for this week, I’d love to encourage each other along!

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