12 Goals for 2015: My May Update (Wow! What a month it was!)

After a difficult April, May was much, much better. And it was full of adventures and excitement and new things…

I got stuck in the Dallas airport for 14 hours!

We started our new summer homeschool curriculum and schedule (we homeschool year-round).

Jesse and I ran our first Tough Mudder.

Kaitlynn started taking intensive all-day figure skating lessons/coaching on Mondays and Wednesdays and the ice rink has become my home away from home.

Silas finished out his season of baseball and is already looking forward to next season!

We celebrated the beginning of summer with $0.25 Corn Dogs from Sonic.

We launched my first-ever online video course — Make Over Your Mornings — and have been blown away by your response, enthusiasm, and amazing comments! If you’ve not purchased it yet, you can grab your copy here. (Photo from tshogue on Instagram.)

Silas and I went to San Francisco for a quick business trip. The highlight for him was definitely seeing the Golden Gate Bridge!

Here’s an update on my goals for 2015:

My 12 Goals for 2015

Marriage

• Read 1 book per month on marriage.
  • Read in January: 52 Ways to Wow Your Husband
  • Read in February: From This Day Forward
  • Read in March: For Married Women Only
  • Read in April: 50 Frugal Dates
  • Read in May: Red Hot Romance Tips
• Write at least 1 love note to Jesse each week.
  • Done in January
  • Done in February
  • Done in March
  • Done in April
  • Done in May.

Motherhood

• Read at least 1 book aloud to the kids per month.
  • Read in January: James the the Giant Peach
  • Read in February: The Imagination Station Book 15, The Cricket in Times Square
  • Read in March: The Imagination Station Book 16, Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing
  • Read in April: Caleb’s Story
  • Read in May: Pedro’s Journal
• Write 1 love note to each child every month.
  • Done in January.
  • Done in February.
  • Done in March.
  • Done in April.
  • Done in May.

Myself

• Complete all She Reads Truth 2015 Bible Studies + memory work.
  • Done in January — I absolutely loved the John study.
    
  • Done in February — I really enjoyed the Esther study.
  • Done in March — I’m finished the Lent study — so, so good!
  • Done in April — I loved the Timothy study!
  • Done in May — I’m so enjoying the Women in the Word study.
• Read 1 fiction book per month.
  • Read in January: What Alice Forgot
  • Read in February: The Cricket in Times Square (read aloud to the kids)
  • Read in March: Lizzy & Jane
  • Read in April: Dear Mr. Knightley
  • Read in May: Walk the World’s Rim (read aloud to the kids)

MoneySavingMom.com

• Hire a local personal assistant.
  • Done! And I’m so grateful! My new assistant, Ashley, is amazing!
    
• Launch 2 courses (we’re planning one for spring and one for fall — stay tuned!)
  • Woot! Woot! We launched Make Over Your Mornings last week!
    
• Launch our new product line (slated to soft launch in the summer).
• Release my third book (slated to come out November 2015).
  • We’re in the middle of gearing up for marketing and publicity and are in the midst of the final edits. Can’t wait to tell you more about this book in the coming months!
    

Money

• Increase last year’s overall giving totals by 10% in 2015.
  • Part of my going to South Africa was to investigate the possibility of our family personally supporting the work of Take Action. After coming home, we both felt this was the direction we were supposed to take and our partnership with them will allow us to meet this goal. We’re so thrilled with what God is doing there in South Africa and, for those who have joined us in this through the #TenDollarTribe.
    
• Finish funding our Rental House #3 Savings Account.
  • We’re still at 60%. We didn’t make any headway here as it was a very low month for us income-wise last month — which is very typical for us at this time of year, especially since we’re in the process of investing a lot of money back into the business right now.
    

How are you doing on YOUR goals for 2015?

If you set goals for this year, I’d love to hear how you are doing on them! Leave a comment telling us about your progress on them or leave the link to your blog post about them. Here’s to a year of living with purpose, intentional, impact, and meaning!