Goal Diggin’: My Goals For The Rest Of 2012

I am still on a high from the Olympics and seeing all the young moms REPRESENT like they meant it! Too awesome for words.

I devoured the coverage like a fiend and when I got to Allyson Felix’s Facebook page, this photo stopped me in my tracks. I love how they work hard for such an short event. Hours of training for a 30-second (and in some cases, shorter) race. Insanity.

It got me thinking about my goals for the rest of the year. I want to continue to grow and learn and push myself. But at the same time, I want to learn when to listen to my body’s cues that I need to rest. So here are my goals for the rest of the year: with regard to school, family, work and marriage.

School

• Finish school strong. I’ve come too far than to falter at the finish line. I’ve never completed a thesis before, but I’m a great student and I know I’ll do a great job and this will NOT be a roadblock to me walking across that stage in December 2012.
• Find my groove early in the semester in terms of balancing school, work and my family. I’m menu planning again and already life seems a little easier. If I can keep my head above water until late November, I’ll be set.
• Figure out what I need to do to gain my certification as a Certified Family Life Educator. From what I understand, I can either take a few more classes (no!!) or take a $200 exam and cross my fingers and hope that I pass.

Family

• My daughter’s school be trying to kill me! LOL. They are very big on parental involvement and my eight hours at the school each month felt like drops in the bucket for what they were asking. I want to be as involved as I can (part of the reason I was so gung-ho about being a WAHM in the first place), but I also need to be realistic. I’m not going to be able to be at the school volunteering every week. Maybe once a month, maybe twice a month, but no longer will I have those unrealistic expectations.
• Get back to doing parent-child dates. I really feel like I need more time with my daughter and my husband needs more time with our son. So once a month or so, we’re going to make that happen, even if it’s just a trip to the park to walk around.
• Re-build our emergency savings account. We had a nice chunk of change sitting there when I got laid off in 2010, but alas, 2011 put a hurtin’ on it! We’re finally at the point where I feel comfortable setting aside a certain amount each month and we need to keep doing that consistently.

Work

• Exhale once September rolls around and I will have the house to myself three days a week! BOTH kids are heading to school this year and I am relieved. From Wednesday through Friday, I will be able to come and go as I please, work on projects uninterrupted and not have the nagging guilt that I’m ignoring the children right as I get into a good groove on a project.

Marriage

• We’re in a good place in our marriage and I’ll have to attribute this to the fact that I am much more laid-back and less controlling. I let my control freak tendencies get the better of me, but now I have more trust that my husband will be exactly what I need. To keep things going smoothly, we’re planning a mini-vacay at the end of September (coinciding with a business trip). I hope a few days away from home is the key to destressing (even if I’ll be handling business during the day).

What are your goals for the rest of 2012?