10 Goals for this Week {3/11}

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These were ten of my goals for last week:

Personal

1. 8 hours of sleep per night. Not always, but getting better. It makes a huge difference!
2. Establish an evening routine. Done. Here it is.
3. Exercise on the treadmill three times this week. Done. This is a great time to listen to audio books.
4. Read All the Money in the World by Laura Vanderkam  Almost done. Love it!
5. Plan five work outfits for the week. Done.

Home Management

1. Try a new soup recipe. New recipe coming soon.
2. Make lunches to take to work. Well, yes. But I need some new ideas.
3. Declutter the cutlery drawer. Didn't get to this.
4. Finish organizing recipes. Still in progress.
5. Organize "pantry armoir". Started this.

And here are ten goals for this coming week:

Personal

1. 8 hours of sleep per night.
2. Establish an evening routine.
3. Exercise on the treadmill three times this week.
4. Finish All the Money in the World by Laura Vanderkam
5. Implement the Pomodoro Technique. (Using a timer to get things done)

Home Management

1. Try a new salad recipe.
2. Make lunches to take to work.
3. Compile a price book.
4. Finish recipe binders.
5. Finish organizing "pantry armoir".

Check back next week to see how it went. Writing down goals makes it so much more likely you will get them done. Try it!

10 Goals for this Week

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Have you set some goals? How did you do?

I find that writing down what I hope to accomplish makes a huge difference in whether or not it gets done. It doesn't always work (as you will see if you check out how I did this week), but I'm sure it's better than not setting any goals at all

Here's how I did on my 10 goals for last week:

Personal

1. Get 8 hours of sleep per night While I sort of fell off the bandwagon on this one, I do have a plan for accomplishing this in the future.
2. Exercise for 30 minutes on a treadmill 3 times this week (after not exercising for quite some time, I am just getting back to it) Not quite. I made it to the gym twice.
3. Finish listening to 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think.  This is my second time through the book and I am taking notes on some specific actions I would like to take. Done.
4. Wardrobe Update: Create 1 new outfit using pieces I already own (shopping in my closet). Done.

Home Management

1. Freezer cooking: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Didn't get to this.
2. Freezer cooking: Chocolate Banana Bread Didn't get to this one.
3. Try a new soup recipe: Curry Corn Chowder Done. Check out the results here.
4. Declutter and organize one area per day Maybe one area per week is more reasonable.
5. DIY Project: Homemade laundry stain remover Done. Read about it here.
6. DIY Project: Homemade microwave popcorn Done. Read about it here.

Here are 10 goals for the coming week:

Personal

1. Get 8 hours of sleep per night
2. Exercise for 30 minutes on a treadmill 3 times this week
3. Finish listening to 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done.
   
4. Stick to my morning routine. You can read about my morning routine here.
5. Wardrobe Update: Create 1 new outfit using pieces I already own (shopping in my closet).

Home Management

1. Freezer cooking: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
2. Try a new soup recipe: Potato Leek Soup
3. Declutter and organize the cutlery drawer
4. Organize recipes
5. Read The Promodoro Technique (free ebook on using a timer for time management)

Check back next week to see how it went. Writing down goals makes it so much more likely you will get them done. Try it!

10 Goals for this Week

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At the beginning of the year, I set goals for myself in the following areas:

1. Spiritual
2. Family
3. Personal Development
4. Home Management
5. Business/Career
6. Financial

Actually, I am still in the process of tweaking goals in several of these categories. But I have identified six areas that are important to me. In each category I have set broad goals which are then broken down into specific tasks.

Here are ten of my specific goals for the upcoming week. Hopefully, I will be able to give an update next week to let you know how it went.

Personal

1. Get 8 hours of sleep per night
2. Exercise for 30 minutes on a treadmill 3 times this week (after not exercising for quite some time, I am just getting back to it)
3. Finish listening to 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think.  This is my second time through the book and I am taking notes on some specific actions I would like to take.
4. Wardrobe Update: Create 1 new outfit using pieces I already own (shopping in my closet).

Home Management

1. Freezer cooking: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
2. Freezer cooking: Chocolate Banana Bread
3. Try a new soup recipe: Curry Corn Chowder
4. Declutter and organize one area per day
5. DIY Project: Homemade laundry stain remover
6. DIY Project: Homemade microwave popcorn

Check back next week to see how it went. Writing down goals makes it so much more likely you will get them done. Try it!

Goals: Beginning is the Hardest Part

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If you read my post on setting S.M.A.R.T. goals, you know that my first big goal is reducing my family's food budget.

With two teenagers, one with dietary restrictions, we eat primarily organic and unprocessed foods. This means lots of cooking from scratch. Some days I feel like my biggest challenge is keeping everyone fed. We finish with one meal and it's on to the next. Not only do I feel like we spend too much money on food, but it seems like I spend way too much time just feeding everyone.

I needed to start with one aspect of this huge project, so I decided to start at the very beginning--breakfast.

My first order of business in accomplishing this goal is to come up with several low cost, easy to prepare (or prepare ahead) breakfast items. From there, I'll move on to the rest of the day. This small part of the larger goal seems doable, not overwhelming.

Stay tuned for some of my favorite frugal breakfast ideas. What are yours?