It’s back to school time around here. I go back next Wednesday, August 7th and the girls and the rest of the students join us teachers the following Wednesday, the 14th. So, in our house that means we’ve already started setting goals.

My oldest daughter started a homework packet with great gusto at the beginning of the summer. However, her interest and my insistence waned as the summer waxed. Because of that, she has quite a bit left to accomplish before she returns to school. So, she has the goal of completing 2 pages a day. My youngest is just starting to read and I would like her to have more practice before she starts kindergarten. To help with that she has a goal of reading 2 pages in her decodable books each day. The girls’ school offers a superintendent’s award for reading each semester of school based on the AR points that students earn. They earn points by taking comprehension quizzes on books they read or have read to them. In order to reach the goal of getting that award each of the girls set an AR point goal today for the first semester of school.

In the spirit of this goal setting, I am setting some goals for myself with this blog. I already have some health and fitness goals in place to help with my “temple journey”. I have the goal of losing 5 more pounds by September 6th. I have the goal of completing all of the workouts (except the extra Friday ones) in the Beta phase of Focus T25 in this and the next 4 weeks (even with going back to work next week!!). Now I am setting the lofty goal of writing at least one recipe, one family/faith/farming, AND one health/fitness entry a week for the month of August!

I quite honestly only set goals for myself that I am at least 90% sure I can attain! However, I honestly have no idea if I can reach this one with starting back to school and maintaining my work out goals! But, this is something I enjoy; this is something I want to grow! Right now a lot of my life seems outside of my control. I’d like to stay home with my girls, but God continues to call us to school. I like to know that we have enough money coming in to pay all of our bills, but since my husband resigned from his job at the beginning of July (a decision we made together), I don’t know that. He has received a call for an interview this week and has some other applications out and we are trusting God to provide the best career for him. So, in an effort to focus on the things I can control and things I enjoy, I thought it might be a good idea to set a loftier than usual goal in this! It will give me something concrete and enjoyable to focus on when the chaos surrounds and threatens to overwhelm me!

So, here we go!! What are your current lofty goals? I’d love to hear them!