Happy New Year! I feel like all I’ve done this week is make lists, but I have to say as we had our family meeting this morning to discuss our Month of Nothing and our weekly goals it felt really good – like we were on track! This morning I’m posting this week’s goals and later I’ll do a post on our first day of our Month of Nothing. For everyone joining us, I hope day one goes well!

One of the reason I wrote such detailed 2013 goals was because I want to be able to break them down into monthly goals, therefore making it easier to accomplish them (or at least that is the theory!). Then I thought about what worked last year and what didn’t and remembered part of the problem was I posted monthly goals on the blog, but my most successful months were because I stuck to weekly goals written on a sheet in my kitchen. I think the monthly goals were too easy to forget, whereas weekly goals were continually at the front of my mind. So this year I’m going to aim to post a weekly goal list at the beginning of the week and update it before setting the next week’s goals. All my goals directly relate to the yearly goals and it already makes me feel happy thinking how much closer to accomplishing our 2013 goals we will be at the end of this week and month. This is also a very exciting month for us as it is our “month of nothing” aka no excess! We are all excited to begin!

This week’s goals are:

Family Goals

• Begin week one of 31 days of nothing experiment in January and blog about it
• Begin home educating my children (yes, really – more to follow!)
• Have a walk/hike as a family
• Have at least one educational outing
• Read at least 1 chapter book as a family
• Have a family games night
• Read the Bible at least 2x as a family
• Request formal OT report which is pending
• Do Physio with daughter twice
• Have a baking day 
• Research a “foster a senior” sort of program where we can visit a senior who is shut in

Personal Goals for Me

• Read Matthew in the new Testament
• Read 1 other book
• Attend my book group
• Unpack front porch area
• Write a list of small business ideas and research one
• Join a food co-op
• Be in touch with two friends in a meaningful way
• Lose 2 lbs
• Stick to a weekly menu plan
• Begin taxes
• Aim to sleep at least 7.5 hrs per night

Goals for my daughter

• Finish level A in kumon
• Read 1 Chapter book
• Write a paragraph
• Pick a topic for her monthly essay
• Begin learning the Lord’s Prayer
• Write to a pen-friend
• Write to her godmother in England
• Write her thank you cards

Goals for my son

• Finish level 2A in kumon
• Read 12 books
• Write a paragraph
• Write 25 sentences
• Write to a pen-friend
• Write to his godmother in England
• Write his thank you cards
• Begin learning the Lord’s prayer
• Practice rhyming words

Giving Goals

• Continue sponsoring a child through Butterfly Children’s Hospices
• Make a meal for someone in need
• Give food to the food bank

Blogging Goals

• Blog at least 4x weekly
• Update weekly goals

Financial Goals

• Track ALL spending
• Four no-spending days per week
• Spend no more than $50 this week on food and household items.