Goals for the Year 2012!

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"In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are," Arnold H. Glasgow is quoted as saying. I don't know who he is but he has a great point! Another great quote was taken from Aristotle (I do know who Aristotle is): "Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals."

We all need to make goals in life.

Along with our 100 Life Goals, we decided that we should make yearly goals--basically smaller goals each year that will help us to realize our bigger life goals. You can read 7 Steps to Creating Life Goals with YourSpouse for more information about making your own list!

Here are our goals for 2012:

Joint

Giving

Do 2 community service/outreach projects per month
Always give when asked

Finances

Always ask, “In light of what we are trying to do for God and in life, is this the BEST use of our money?”

Save $3,000 by December 31

Pay off $2,000 from student loan ($17,000 balance) by December 31 (Average of $167 per month)

Invest in apparel (shirts and bracelets) by July 31 (OLoC)

Sell 100 t-shirts, earn $1,000 by December 31

Run an engagement ad (engage people, not having to do with weddings) on FB by June 30(OLoC)

Give 10 percent of our income towards something that breaks God’s heart

Family

Do family devotionals weekly on Saturday mornings

Pray together daily

Go on a date 2 nights a month

Have a family game night every Thursday

Take a family photo by October 31

Influence

Share 1 thing God showed us in Bible/through day with people on social media sites everyday

Have an article published on blog three days per week, including guest posts by May

Add store to blog by December 31

Build a stronger community on blog:

Engage people on FB page one time per day

Get 500+ Likes on FB

Have 2,000+ Twitter followers (OLoC)

Get 50+ subscribers on YouTube

Do 4 challenges per year on blog

Add prayer list to blog

Add memory verses to blog

Start monthly newsletter (upcoming challenges, tips in marriage, parenting, discipleship,

frual living, etc that are too short to blog about?)

Travel

Go on a couples/family trip

Go to Texas

Health/Physical

Plan menu every month

Eat out only 3 times per month

Go to YMCA together 1 time per month

Anji

Personal Growth

Read Bible and journal every single day! No Bible, no breakfast.

Pray daily

Don’t buy anything “new” for the year--can be new to me but not a brand new item(this does not apply to things like batteries, toothbrushes, undergarments and the like—mostly for clothes and furniture)

Start in a “mentorship” program (get involved in a child/teen development program)

Query 20 more agents, 20 publishers

Say 1 nice thing to myself when looking in the mirror everyday

Consciously “cancel” importance of others’ opinions—don’t care what other people think (be aware of the thoughts, intentionally counteract them)

Homeschool

Start Spanish Rosetta Stone by September

Do an art project with Truth every week, use Drawing with Children lessons

Continue swimming lessons in May

Enrichment classes/programs: ballet, art, American Heritage Girls?

Family

Make Truth Snapfish book by February 29

Make Serenity Snapfish book by December 31