Happy Monday! I hope that you all had a great relaxing weekend. I am really excited to tell you about one of the goals that I reached last week. It was an extremely small, baby step toward one of my larger (and scarier!) goals for this year.
I registered for my first 5K!
I am now committed to running a 5K on October 31. Whew, that’s frightening! I know that some of you run half marathons and marathons all of the time–and I really admire you. This is a pretty big step for me, however, and I am proud of myself for even trying.
You see, back in high school I was on the track team and ran the mile. And I guess I got stuck in the mile mentality. Once I hit that first mile, my body feels like it is finished. So, now I need to work on building my endurance so that I can run farther. This is one of those times when goal-setting is so important.
I have my big goal in front of me: to run a 5K. Each week I am going to take baby steps toward reaching that goal: miles run, miles walked, etc. By the time that the day of the race arrives, I hope to be in good enough shape to run the race with confidence. Wish me luck!
Last Week’s Goals
Spiritual:
1.Pray one psalm a day
2. Read I Timothy
Professional:
3. Post one new product on Teachers Pay Teachers
Family/ Homemaking:
4. Read with my children for 10 minutes each night
5. Enjoy our camping outing
6. Have a couple from our church over for dinner
7. FINALLY organize kids’ clothes
Personal:
8. Continue with the Make Over Your Mornings course
9. Run a mile 3 times (I only made it out twice this week because of afternoon thunderstorms.)
10. Register for a 5K (Yippee!)
11. Continue 9:30 bedtime and 5:30 wake up time on weekdays (I did not get up early this week. Perhaps I was still recovering from our long weekend of camping? Perhaps my thyroid was acting up? I hope to get back into the habit of early rising again this week.)
12. Read 2 books
This Week’s Goals
Faith:
1.Plan the first few lessons for my Church School class (first graders!)
2. Read II Timothy
Professional:
3. Complete my SMART Goal rough draft and submit to my principal
Family/ Homemaking:
4. Read with my children 10 minutes each night
5. Play a game as a family
6. Go on a family outing
Personal:
7. Run a total of 5 miles
8. Continue taking the Make Over Your Mornings audio course (If you haven’t checked it out yet, click HERE to learn more about Crystal Paine’s fantastic course about using your mornings wisely. I have completely changed my morning routine as a result!)
9. Read 2 books (I am excited to have Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life around the Table and The Nesting Place: It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect to be Beautiful checked out from the library this week.)
10. Go to bed at 9:30 and get up at 5:30 each weekday
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What are your goals for the week?
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I’ve been thinking of signing up for a 5K, which I probably wouldn’t run, but would at least give me a reason to get my steps in each week! I also definitely need to add some faith goals to my list. Here’s my goals for the week: http://www.mediumsizedfamily.com/work-the-plan-goals-for-the-week-914/
How many steps do you try to get per week? I’ve been thinking of adding a similar goal to my list.
That’s awesome you are going to do a 5k! They’re so fun, believe it or not :-). We do them as a fun family event, or my husband and I have done them together. You can do it! Great goals! I am working on sleep goals lately. Trying to get in bed by 10 and up by 5. So far I am unsuccessful. But I’m getting closer :-). Great post!
I’m really impressed that you do many 5Ks! I’m upping my game a bit this week and will be running 1.5 miles at a time. I still have 5 weeks to train for the race, so I think I’m on track. Have you taken Crystal Paine’s Make Over Your Mornings Course? It’s really inspiring. I would highly recommend it!