Every month I look at my annual goals, choose three to focus on, and get to work.
Ok, so maybe I don’t get to work every month. July was certainly one of those months! I knew I would be traveling and thought I’d chosen simple goals to match my schedule. In the end, the demands of my day job exceeded my expectations and I overestimated the time I had available for reading. I had an amazing month though and wouldn’t change a thing. Recognition, travel, girlfriend time, and a celebration of our Eagle Scout! I plan to share some of our stories in the coming weeks.
The new month is here now and the opportunity to reset my goals has arrived with it.
August Goals
Family Fun
This might be as simple as a daytrip to the local amusement park or as complex as a Labor Day Weekend getaway, but I’d like to see our little family have one more memorable adventure before summer’s unofficial end on September 2.
Hard Work
There are four categories of a quarterly challenge for me to complete for my business. There are a variety of business activities I’ll be tracking including number of appointments, types of products delivered, and team member goals. I am working to complete all four, but two is the absolute minimum.
Financial Planning
With our oldest beginning college and only our daughter at home for her Senior Year, we’ve had several major changes to our expenses. Combine those changes with our goal to have SkipperClan retire from the Air Force around the end of 2014 and we have several financial matters to review. We’ll be updating our budget and scheduling some classes available to us for retirement planning.
Are you setting big goals for the month or just trying to fit a little more fun into summer?
Connect with other bloggers at Aurie’s 3 in 30 linkup. 3 goals, 30 days, encouragement. “Choose up to 3 goals you’d like to work on. Then, throughout the month there will be weekly link-ups and opportunities for daily encouragement and accountability.”
Hi! I’m visiting from the 3 in 30 goals link up! I love your goal for family fun! My birthday is this week and I told my husband that all I wanted was a family fun day before the school year kicks off. We are heading to a park north of us with hiking areas and a beautiful stream. I’m very excited about it!
I had to privilege recently of singing The National Anthem for the Air Force Retirement ceremony of a friend. It was quite moving to sing that song in front of so many who have sacrificed for my freedom. I wasn’t sure if I would make it through without tears. I did but then the floodworks started once my friend gave his speech! Best wishes to you and your family!
I have tried to make monthly goals before, I really need to start again. I love that you wouldn’t change anything about July though, looking forward to reading about it
BTW – I nominated you for the Super Sweet Blogger Award! Check it out at – http://stitchednsown.blogspot.com/2013/08/super-sweet-blog-award.html