March 17 Goal Check

So I'm not gonna lie. Mondays are rough for me. I love weekends because I get to spend two wonderful days with my husband. No matter how busy we might be, we are together, working as a team. He goes back to work on Monday and we are all trying to get back to normal after two days without our routine. The children are usually fussy and needy, I am tired, and I feel like the day can't end fast enough. Sometimes I face it head on and do really well which sets me up for a good week, but I usually limp through Mondays, fighting to survive until my husband gets home.

I say all this because today is one of those days. It has not been a good day. I didn't get to go and workout this morning and didn't have time to do my own workout at home and I have done horribly on my diet. My old tendencies are slowly creeping back in to my life. I was doing well until both of my children decided not to take their naps. And that right there is what I need to fix- shutting down the second things get tough and plans have to change. 

My hope is that by having a goal check every Monday, I can re-examine what I am doing and think about what I can do to make it happen. So here are my new goals:

1. Complete a Daily Docket each morning. A docket is a form I fill out with daily goals, check lists, a memory verse for me to work on, and a reminder to exercise. In starting new routines I feel like I need something in front of me as a reminder to keep working. We'll see how it works!

2. Learn a new memory verse every week. I have the worst memory of anyone I have ever met. No joke. I forget things almost instantly. I can tell someone a story about something that happened to me or one of my children then have no memory of it ever happening. It is embarrassing how little scripture I have memorized so I want to make a point to work on some memory verses. 

3. Exercise five days a week. This does not have to be an intense workout five days a week, but I need to get active and get moving at least five days. My goal is for three days to be good workouts at the gym and the other two to be something at home, a walk, workout video, exercise ball, resistance bands, running around the yard with the boy, etc. 

4. Wake up no later than 6:30 on week days. I would like to have some time in the morning to do personal devotions (which I have never been very good about doing on a regular basis) and get prepared for the day. I wake up at 5:00 on the mornings I go to the gym but spend most of my extra time trying to wake up. So I need to either wake up a little earlier (yikes!) or stop wasting time and get my devotions done during that time before the gym. 

I will continue working on my previous goals. This week started out badly but that doesn't mean the rest of it has to go to waste!