Here is my latest set of goals. I will post them here to keep me on track! Note: this is a major revision, therefore it is definitely a WIP!
Goals: Financial Security/Future Goals having my own house having a better car providing for my kids
Get a Job Start pushing resume again Do interviews Followup w/thankyou letters
How will I know I'm progressing? Keep track of companies applied to Make checklist of positives during interviews getting a job offer!
Debts/bills do not create any new debt keep w/in spending plan keep working w/creditors to bring old debt down attack these w/vengeance once I'm working
How will I know I'm progressing? Monitor w/spreadsheet on spending plan Monitor w/spreadsheet on debt total
Purchases stay realistic in spending plan food/shelter/heat/transportation paid first kids/cable/phone/clothing paid second
How will I know I'm progressing? Keep track of which bills are paid on time/late there will be more food in the house! I will have less stress over spending $
Personal Goals: S9's care and well-being is most important Spending more time w/other kid's Spending more time w/family Creating time for my own well-being
S9 Look into more options on his health set a dental appointment check on therapies in relocation areas have bloodwork re-evaluated keep working on potty training
How will I know I'm progressing? Monitoring his behavior and health Getting him completely potty trained Watching his mood in correlation to changes in life
Dd25 #1 & #2 Spend time w/them (plan visits) contact them instead of having them call me set some boundaries on what is discussed S17 follow up on his grad stuff/pic taken contact recruiter w/him allow time for adjustment if we move Family call mom every sat instead of her calling me call sis/nieces every other w/e plan visits
How will I know I'm progressing? better relationship w/all my kids! better relationship w/all my family
ME! keep working out slacked off on this and need to get going again cut down on caffeine start drinking more water eating more healthy snacks will help curb withdrawal quit smoking cut down to 1/2 pack smoke outside only again! go back to patch/gum if necessary new wardrobe sort out everything that I don't wear plan this w/in spending plan spiritual growth finish reading pdl keep reading bible find a church to belong to housekeeping dishes and laundry done everyday keep sorting out misc stuff to donate/trash PMA goals set aside time (and time limit!) for hobbies
How will I know I'm progressing? I will look and feel my best I will be more relaxed and less stressed
Deja - as for your financial goals - two books I recommend reading are Your Money or Your Life by Dominguez, and The Tightwad Gazette by Dacyzyn. Will get you thinking outside the box.
Quote: S9 Look into more options on his health set a dental appointment check on therapies in relocation areas have bloodwork re-evaluated keep working on potty training
How will I know I'm progressing? Monitoring his behavior and health Getting him completely potty trained Watching his mood in correlation to changes in life
As to S9, what treatments have you tried so far? I have been intrigued by the similarities between autism and obsessive compulsive disorder (I have a son with Tourette's - tics, OCD, and ADD - as well as a daughter who had anorexia/bulimia/OCD). I am a family physician and would be interested in discussing any ideas you have about S9.
On the financial side, I keep 'How to get out of debt, Stay out of debt' by my side. Have followed the principles (which are based on debtor's anonymous) for months and it helps. I will check into those you suggest also.
We've done the GFCF diet, treated his immune system and then therapies of OT/PT and speech. Everything works somewhat, but I'm looking at getting him to another level. I get frustrated at times but will never give up!
If you want to discuss it more off bb, my email is tinall (2 L's) at charter dot net! T
T - those are great goals. I think I'm going to have to borrow some of those! I just need to find a way to add about three extra hours to each day! Then I could actually get things done. Yeah, right, I'd be sleeping!
Thanks for the feedback on the goals, I will say a lot of 'grief' went into those! Ended up spending most of the past couple of days working on my goals and not accomplishing any of them! I did sit and break them down even further last nite to focus on those which are most important and need to be daily activities. ie: working out/healthy living, job issue settled, cleaning house. and the secondary ones that can be worked into things later: ie: calling relatives, visiting.
I feel so guilty over turning this focus onto 'me'. But I keep telling myself, when I am more complete and content, everyone around me also benefits!
And yes Hope, about 3-5 more hours in the day would be nice! with all my daily activities that I have now, I wonder how I am going to find the time to 'work' and keep up w/all this.
T - Don't you dare feel guilty for putting the focus on you! That's where it needs to be. The better you make you, the better mom/friend/wife/everything else you'll be.
t, Agree with Hope. The better you feel about yourself the more you can care for those you love. Great list of goals, but it looked like Mount Everest to me. Personally I think I'll tackle...
1. Get out of bed. 2. Go to work 3. Go back to bed.
Showering and combing my hair are optional.
Me
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
