Goal Update Week 5

 I have had a great year so far in working on meeting my goals, I hope that I can keep it up the rest of this year.  

  

1 ) Work / Life Balance- Work Life balance has been going great, it is making me a better person at home and also at work. 

  

2) Menu Plan - Believe it or not for this time of our lives, planning a week at a time is perfect. We have done so many different types of menu planning over the years, so I have learned what works for one stage of life does not always work for other stages.  

 

3) Blog More- I have actually blogged for 5 weeks this year, I hope to keep this up. I really need to start jotting down ideas of what I want to write about.  

  

4) To Do List- Need to start working on this. While my notebook method for menu planning is going well, it doesn’t seem to be working for the to do list.  

  

 5) Game Time- We played Ticket to Ride again, it is quickly becoming a family favorite, today I am hoping to fit in a game of Labyrinth with the boys. What is really helping with this is that I bought a card table and we just set it up in the living room for game time, and then take it back down when we are done.  

 6) Personal Goals -  

 a) Get Up and Move- Had a lazy week, a few snow days. 

  

b) Drink More Water- Feel like a fish. 

  

c) Fast Food- We had takeout one night for dinner. Of course, I got all the way home before I noticed that my hamburger was not in the bag, so I had to drive all the way back.  

 7-a) Clean Kitchen before bed- I have been doing great at this, so I am adding another habit. 

  

7-b) Make my bed every morning – I did this 6 out of 7 days, and on that day the hubby was still in it when I left for the day. 

 8) Garden- Did plan on ordering seeds yesterday but ended up doing something fun. So today I will get the seeds ordered. Or I will end up having to buy plants from the store.  

Goal Update - Week 4

 I have had a great year so far in working on meeting my goals, I hope that I can keep it up the rest of this year. 

1 ) Work / Life Balance- This is going surprisingly well, I don't know if it's because I have made it a goal and therefore am keeping it a priority. Or if just after a few difficult years, the current mode at work has become the new normal. But I give work my energy from  7 to 3:30 and outside of that  I haven't.

2) Menu Plan - What seems to be working is I am only planning one week at a time, and I am making the menu from what we have in the house. This is helping us stay on track and also to help empty out some of the odds and ends from the freezers. I am actually enjoying cooking, I just hope that this keeps up. 

3) Blog More- this week I only managed the blog entries on Sunday, but this coming week I do have Ideas for things I would like to write.

4) To Do List- I did make 6 different doctor appointments and completed some cleaning of the garage. 

5) Game TIme- Didn't get any games in, but we are having family dinner again on Tuesday so we should be able to play a quick game. 

6) Personal Goals - 

a) Get Up and Move- I did work at a kitchen one day, worked in the garage and also did some outdoor stuff since it was so nice out.

b) Drink More Water- DIdn't do so great at this goal this week, will make more of effort in the coming week.

c) Fast Food- Only one day, and even felt a little guilty, 

7) Clean Kitchen before bed- I have been doing great at this, so I am adding another habit.

7-2) Make my bed every morning - If I can get in the habit of clean kitchen before bed i can do the same for making the bed in the morning.

8) Garden- Just some pick up, need to order seeds and a mini green house to get things planted. 

Goal Update- Week 3

 1 ) Work / Life Balance- Well it was an interesting week to say the least, it started as a short week do to a holiday. Then the district added 2 more days off due to the amount of sickness making its way around. Of course our whole house ended up being added to those who were sick, so we also stayed home on Thursday and Friday. So there was no outside the home work, but there also wasn't much going on here at home as we rested and did what needed to be done to survive.

2) Menu Planning- Since we were home all week , the menu was followed.

                                             

3) Blog More- this week I managed to write 2 Blog entries, and take lots of naps.

4) To Do List- Most days the list was to just feed the family, sleep and do one chore. I feel that this upcoming week really is going to be one that needs to to do list.

5) Game TIme- We played Ticket to Ride again, this time Aidan was the winner. We will start rotating the games we play but since most of us were coughing we didn't want to play a game that we had to talk a lot or that would take to long. 

6) Personal Goals - 

a) Get Up and Move- We spent the week sleeping, I did spend a few hours working in the yard yesterday as I was feeling better.

b) Drink More Water- I did drink water this week, lots and lots of water and tea anything to help my throat.

c) Fast Food- Since we didn't leave the house this week not much of a temptation. We did pick up hamburgers and chicken sandwiches on Saturday for lunch just as a treat.

7) Clean Kitchen before bed- I have been doing great at this, I am thinking of next month of adding another little habit,

8) Garden- I was able to get outside and lay down some cardboard, I am going to win against the weeds this year. I also was able to refill the bird feeder, so hopefully some of the song birds will be back.

Goal Update - Week 2

1 ) Work / Life Balance- It has been a crazy week at work. But I continue about not worrying about the next day, I control what I can and work hard during my work day but at the end I leave it at work. Well accept the aches and pains. 

2) Menu Planning- For the most part we followed the menu, there were some changes, on Friday as I was not feeling the husband order subs. He also treated us to pizza overnighted from Buffalo for the Bills game on Saturday.

                                             

3) Blog More- this week I managed to write 5 Blog entries, and what seems to be working is noting ideas on paper and then once a week sitting down and writing.

4) To Do List- Not so good on this one, didn't even try. I had long list for this long weekend, but the household has taken ill. So nothing on the list, but rest, and the least about of work needed to keep the household running. In fact today list consists of write blogs, rest, sweep floors, kitchen, and play a board game. 

5) Game TIme- We didn't get a chance to play on Friday since I came home sick from work. On Saturday we also didn't play as there was a Bills game. We do have plans on playing a game today.

6) Personal Goals - 

a) Get Up and Move- I worked at a school 5x this weeks so that was a solid 5 hours of moving each day. As far as family the youngest did TKD 1x last week.

b) Drink More Water- I did drink water this week, but also had more caffeine than I should have to try to get through the week. 

c) Fast Food- during the work week I did once for a breakfast. The work week didn't really go as planned at all . 

7) Clean Kitchen before bed- I have been doing great at this , and it's also making the rest of the household help. I was able to do this every night but Friday, when I was sick. But the other family members stepped up and took care of it.

8) Garden- nothing yet, but I have been thinking. 

Goal Update 2022- Week One

 It has been a good week as far as working on goals and I am hoping that it keeps on going this well.

1 ) Work / Life Balance- It has been a crazy week back to work thankfully it was a short week. I have been much better about not worrying about the next day, I control what I can and work hard during my work day but at the end I leave it at work. 

2) Menu Planning- For the most part we followed the menu, there were some changes but we did eat at home every night but Friday.

3) Blog More- this week I managed to write 3 Blog entries, and I think I may have found a way to make sure that I take time to blog. 

4) To Do List- Not so good on this one.

5) Game TIme- we did play a family game this week, it was Ticket to Ride and for the first time in a long time I won a game that we played. Some things that we did to make sure this happened was to let everyone in the house know that we were going to play a game on Saturday and the time. 

6) Personal Goals - 

a) Get Up and Move- I worked at a school 2x this weeks so that was a solid 5 hours of moving each day. As far as family the husband and older son did go to the gym once and the youngest did TKD 3x last week.

b) Drink More Water- What I did this week was drink water all morning and not have any soda till the afternoon when I needed some caffeine. 

c) Fast Food- during the work week I didn't get fast food at all, but I was tempted. Then I remembered this goal, and drove on past. I have started placing some snacks into my work bag so that I have something in the car to eat between different schools. We did have fast food 2x on the day that we went to my daughters school once for breakfast in the car, and to bring home donuts from a great place near her school as a treat. 

7) Clean Kitchen before bed- This goal has been the hardest and also has made the most impact. I was able to get it done every night but Friday night. Making sure that this was done , made the mornings and dinner each night easier. 

8) Garden- nothing yet.

 So I normally make my yearly goals in August, but this year I was just not into thinking about things I wanted to work on since we were in the middle of a kitchen remodel that was one issue after another. The kitchen is still not completely done but is closer then it was, and no longer takes up a ton of my brain space.

So here we go, at the top of the list is work/ life balance. I work in school nutrition, and like most places this year we have been short staffed and have had procurement issues. I also have a personality that leans toward over focusing. My plan to make this goal work is to first not check my email before 6:45am, my work day starts at 7am but a quick check at 6:45 will let me know if I need to head to a school or the office. If I am needed at a school before that time, they can call me.

Number 2- Menu planning, I seem to have this one as a goal every year, But I know that it helps to have a plan, I spend less and waste less. I think I need to remember that a meal plan can be flexible and that its ok to to serve the meal planned on Wednesday on Thursday if that works better that day as the week proceeds. I don't need to give up, if I can't seem to follow the plan, each Sunday is a new start. 

Number 3- Blogging- yep if you notice it's been a while since I have posted. I just haven't been feeling it, the last two years have been crazy. I had been thinking about trying vlogging but have realized I am more a blogger at heart. So as goal number three I am aiming to post 3 times a week. 

Number 4- To Do List- yep this one has also been on the list before. I am aiming to get at least 1/2 of my list completed each week to start and work from there, with a goal that at the end of the year I will be either completing my list each week or will be better at making a more realistic list. 

Number 5- Game time I really want to play a board game once a week. I do have a selection on two person games and also larger group games. I am going to list this on my to do list each week and let the others who live here know. I am thinking Friday nights.

Number 6- Personal Habits: I will be using a Habit tracker to keep track of the following.

 Get up and Move- If it is a day that I end up in a school kitchen, I am counting that as exercise  4 hours of non stop moving counts in my book. On days that I am in the office , I will take the stairs and if it's not to cold try to get some walking in. 

Drink More Water- Just like it says, drink more water and that will equal less soda drinking I hope.

No getting Fast Food during the week work- As I travel between schools a lot during my work day I tend to stop for fast food. This has lead to two issues one it costs money that I can use for something else and it's not good for my waist line . Still working out on how to stop doing this, as I don't know for sure which days a packed lunch would be good and which days I will be at the office and can have lunch there. I am thinking maybe some freezer type meals that I can heat in the microwave if I miss lunch at the office, and maybe some packaged food that will do fine in my car. Just need to do some pre planning. 

Number 7- Have a clean kitchen before bed each night, I know this sounds easy but on some days I just don't get it done. 

Number 8- Garden - this last year I didn't have a garden at all, the house remodel took up all my brain power and energy. I haven't fleshed out this goal but I will have a garden this summer. 

Wish me luck, I hope that I can meet these goals this coming year. If I can I think that it will be better for me mentally and physically, 2021 was rough on both fronts.