Now, I want to report on my For Just One Week goal. Go on over to My Ice Cream Diary if you'd like to join in the fun of blogging about a personal goal.
Last week, my personal goal was to teach at least 3 math lessons to all three boys. For those of you who don't know, I homeschool our kids. Since Christmas, we had been struggling to have formal math lessons and I knew that I needed to get back into the groove of doing math daily. We took a minimum day on Monday to have a friend over (since everyone else had a holiday) and we didn't do math then. Tuesday we watched the inauguration, then ran from doctor's appointments to karate to the library and didn't do math again. Wednesday and Thursday we had formal math lessons with all three kids. On Friday, I don't usually do math, but I told myself that on Friday or Saturday we needed to in order to meet my goal. Well, Saturday evening rolled around and I realized that we hadn't had our lessons. I had just picked up the kids from a friend's house and had promised them that we'd make cookies and dinner. How was I going to fit in math--three separate lessons usually take at least 90 minutes?
I did some quick thinking and decided to turn the cookies into a math lesson. Henry & I talked all about measurements, fractions, and how to follow a recipe. Kimball got busy figuring out how to double and half the recipe. Ian was only interested in nabbing chocolate chips, so I guess he didn't really have math that day, but I knew that Kimball and Henry got something out of it besides the cookies and I felt good about counting it. And as of today (Tuesday,) we've already had 2 good math lessons with 2 more to go this week.
My goal for this week is to stay off of the computer for non-school reasons until noon each school day. On the weekend, I must stay off the computer until I've exercised and read the scriptures. That means no email, facebook, blogging, shopping, etc. It will be tough, but I also know that it is key to my success if I want to get back into a good routine with my kids. It might sound ridiculously easy, but it will require self-control on my part.
My other goal last week was to get more out of my workouts. I don't felt like I acheived that one, partly because I continued to feel sick and overtired a lot of the time, so I'm going to carry it over again this week.
How are your goals coming? How does it feel to be competing in this challenge?
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4 comments:
My goals are coming along well! It's really helping me at this time in my life especially to have this scripture challenge.
Great work on the math lessons! It can be hard to fit it in, but it's worth it!
You always seem to get so much done!
I have enjoyed exercising and even more having my sister do it with me. We both feel better and cheer each other on.
My girls have been sick this past week and a half so I have not been going to the gym each morning like I usually do. That being said, I have managed to sit and pedal the bike for 30 min each night while watching "The Bachelor", "American Idol", "Biggest Loser" etc. It's been good for me to have this challenge to keep me motivated.
Every night I read the scriptures with a pencil in hand (now that I finally found my personal set again). It helps me to focus on what I am reading if I am looking for things to underline.
I can't wait to hear how the computer goal goes. I think I see the most benefits from my reduced computer use goals.
Thanks again for doing this with me. It really makes me want to succeed knowing there are others working on this too.
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