This year after reading Marybeth and Curt Whalen's book, Andy and I decided to implament the idea of "no-matter whats" in our goals for the year. This is a concept that whatever is going on we have runs set and we stick to them.
Jodi's No-Matter Whats for 2010
No Matter What....
- I will worship in some fashion everyday whether it is extra Bible reading, a specific time for quiet prayer, a Christian book, or stopping and lifting my voice and heart to Heaven.
- I will be more focused on Dylan's schooling and be more open to "crafting and messy" ideas.
- Our family will get into good daily routines and try to continue to follow them.
- I will exercise 4 times a week for 30 minutes
- Through the good, bad and the ugly we will keep track and write down our Weight Watchers points.
- We will eat at home every week day with only a few occassional eating out meals on the weekends.
- I will drink 32 oz. of water every day and then gradually bump it up to 64 oz.
- I will have a protein shake for breakfast and take my meds and vitamins regularly everyday.
- We will work on a budget together and stick to it.
- I will clean 45 minutes per day and do laundry daily instead of one big, exhausting session.
Books to Read:
- Organic Gardening
- Living Organic
- Be Fruitful and Multiply
- Plan B
- Freakonomics
- What Happens When Women Walk in Faith: Trusting God Takes You to Amazing Places
- The Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God
- Simple Secrets of a Great Marriage
- Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?
- Taking Care of the Me in Mommy: Becoming a Better Mom: Spirit, Body & Soul
- The Heart of the Five Love Languages
- Shepherding a Child's Heart
- Begin family movie nite and family game nite
- Be more adament and deliberate about starting our own family traditions
- Andy and I work on budget together and stick to it
- Find new and inventive ways to save money
- Establish emergency fund
- Pay off $10,000.00 of medical debt
- Save for my dental implants
- Journal all purchases and better organize/keep receipts
- Begin couponing
- Prepare a few freezer meals for hectic days
- Make a meal journal and rotate for menu planning
- Become more deligent in menu planning
- Organize and thin out clothes
- Organize pantry and make a journal of contents
- Center our meals around healthy couponing
- Try 3 new recipes a month
- De-clutter and clean room by room for garage sales in spring and fall
- find a home-cleaning routine that works for me
- find easier ways to garden and use harvest as well as grow garden by adding more vegetables
- 20% weight loss goal by May
- Begin to sew and use up fabric stock
- Make aprons
- Get scrapbooks more caught up
- Continue the homemade Christmas gift tradition for next Christmas
- Better health choices including taking medicine and vitamins regularly
- Read Bible daily
- Better attendence at church functions
- Begin prayer journal
- Reach out to those at church who are new or that I do not know.
- Be better prepared for Sunday school and Small Group
I composed a list last Saturday of recipes I would like to try this year. Click here to see it!
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6 comments:
I think one new recipe a week is doable and realistic.
"Shepherding a Child's Heart" is an awesome book. Check out the Titus2.com website if you aren't familiar with it. She has some great books on there.
I know what you mean about the mess. It was always hard for me to have them make a mess, but they had so much fun. I just had special areas for messy projects!
It's so great to read about other's who have lots of goals for this coming year!
We did the Shephrding a Child's Heart video series in our sunday school class & it was wonderful! I also really like the idea of having a meal in the freezer for hectic nights. That will be a great idea & I'm going to use it as well! I'm often tempted to just order a pizza or grab fast food when things get hectic, so this will be perfect!
May God richly bless you & your family in 2010 and beyond!!
I love your list of goals! I would love to learn to make aprons--something about them, I just love 'em! Oh, and catching up on scrapbooking is on my list, too. A neverending project, for sure.
I need to look into some of the books you mentioned, they sound interesting.
Sounds good...I love that scrapbooking is on your list. I love to scrapbook!!! Just wish I could find time to do it...maybe this year! :)
I just read Family Driven Faith, it is a GREAT book! Your goals look awesome.
Toni
I enjoyed reading your goals. I especially like the idea of the "no matter whats." I also need to compile a list of recipes to try. I get so many (both physical clippings and bookmarks) recipes to try collected, but I rarely actually getting around to trying them.
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