Setting Family Goals

Anyone who knows me IRL, knows of my deep and abiding love of goal setting and list making.   We have some good friends who set goals for their family annually and then meet every so often to review their progress   Surprisingly, Kip really liked the idea.

Kip and I had been wanting to see The Bucket List and go out to dinner. My Mom came up to babysit last weekend so we could go out.  Over a long dinner we came up with some goals for our family in the areas of finances, home, children/family, and faith.   Here’s a sample of some of our family goals- some are specific for this year and some are more long term goals that may take years to accomplish.

Jewell Family Goals 2008

Financial-

(for privacy reasons, I’ve not included some of what’s on this list)

-Max out Roth IRA’s

-Bump up savings from 10% monthly to 12% monthly

-Set aside money for family vacations

Home-Inside

-Finish closets- install floors and closet organizers

-Bonus room cleaned out

-Finish garage storage room

-Clean out garage

-Replace kitchen cabinets and floors

-Purchase rug for dining room

-Replace dishwasher

Home-Outside

-Round 2 of landscaping

-stone wall and flowers around mailbox

-level and seed backyard

-Add on to storage building

-Build second garage for Kip

-Screen in 2/3 of the deck

Children/Family

-Homeschooling- choose curriculum, begin establishing a schedule

-Chores- establish daily chores for Mary and Nathan

-Nathan- work on obedience

-Mary- work on sass

-Plan more family day trips- zoo, Lazy 5 ranch, train museum, Tweetsie railroad, etc.

Faith

-Join PGBC

-Improve attendance to every other week- the weeks that Kip does not work, go to church

-Improve prayers- move from simple recited prayer, begin adding in what we are thankful for and move towards praying freely.

-Read Bible daily with children- also, use it as an opportunity to train for sitting in chuch