Each year I set goals to help me focus on my priorities and grow as a person. I spend an hour or so each month looking back at what I’ve accomplished that past month and planning specific steps I can take to move forward during the next month.
Professional
1. Add high school certification to my teaching license (I’m so excited! After passing my PRAXIS test and submitting all of the necessary information to my state board of education, I am now certified in grades 6-12 English!)
2. Develop a remediation curriculum for middle school English (I teach a 6th grade English remediation class at my school. I also tutor after school and teach summer school. I hadn’t found a curriculum that I really liked for this group of kids, so I decided to make my own. It is working well so far!)
3. Add 10 products to my Teachers Pay Teachers store (I have now added 4 products. If you are a teacher or homeschooling parent, check out my post on selling on Teachers Pay Teachers! I plan on doing more work on my store over the summer.)
Spiritual
4. Pray the Morning Prayers at least 4 times a week (I am really excited at how much improvement we’ve made on this. I wrote about our new morning plan for including prayers here.)
5. Read through the New Testament (I am now in Romans.)
6. Read 3 spiritual books (I have finished two: In the Heart of the Desert by Fr. John Chryssavgis and The Way of A Pilgrim translated by Olga Savin.)
Family
7. Do one family outing a month (This month we went out for ice cream and dinner at our favorite local Mexican restaurant for Mother’s Day.)
8. Have one date night a month (in or out of house) (In May we went to a winery and had a wine tasting. I love living in Virginia where we have so many wonderful wineries within a 60 mile radius of our house!)
9. Watch 12 movies on AFI Top 100 list (We have watched 6 so far.)
Personal
10. Complete the 30 Day Abs Challenge
11. Run a 5K
12. Publish one piece of writing (I submitted my first guest post to Money Saving Mom. Check it out! I have another one coming soon. I’ll be sure to let you know when it is posted!)
13. Read 100 books (49 so far! I’m definitely on track to complete this goal this year. When I started this challenge I thought it might be too outrageous. Now I’m excited that it seems completely reachable!)
May has been a really good month for reading, writing, and spending time with my family. I feel like I have a fairly nice balance right now, if I could only add in more exercise. I know that I will feel healthier and have more energy if I exercise a few times a week, yet somehow I just don’t do it. Any tips you can give me? Maybe I should just sign up for a 5K to force myself to train, even though I’m terrified 🙂
How are you doing on your goals?
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Great job on your goals. Wow! We have a scary lot in common. I’m also working my way through the AFI 100 list (both lists). I used to teach middle school (now I homeschool my own kids). Good luck on your goals!
Thanks! How funny that we have so much in common. What is your favorite on the AFI list so far? I might have to go with The African Queen.
Great job with your goals and congrats on appearing on money saving mom! That’s great you found a way to supplement your income. And I’m impressed with the 49 books you’ve read, I’ve only read 16 and my goal was 50. Need to catch up. Thanks for sharing with Small Victories Sunday linkup.
Thanks, Tanya! Many of my books are young adult fiction, as I am a middle school reading teacher. So, several of the books only take a few hours to read. Any reading that we do is great!