It was awesome having Brinley and Parker home for our Family Home Evening on goal setting. For one, it felt more like the good old days. FHE with me, Brian and Aubrey is a quick and quiet affair. It was also really cool to share and discuss our goals together. Everyone participated with insights and suggestions on how to set and reach goals. Tanner gave an excellent talk on Christ Centered Goals earlier in the day so even though he and his family weren't there, we pulled from his talk, so it kind of felt like he was there. (They did join us for dinner and the activity: Skull King, but then they headed home to put Kaide to bed.) But back to our Family Home Evening lesson...
First, we took some time to review the past year. Not necessarily the goals we set and how we did on those but rather looking back on things we accomplished. It was uplifting. I think I sometimes feel dread and defeat when I look back on the specific goals because I didn't accomplish as much I as planned. However, that little tweak of looking back and thinking of the good things I learned, worked on etc. made me feel happy and proud of this past year. I am a better person in so many ways, even though I didn't eat as many veggies as planned or workout out as often as I should have.
Some of the things that came to mind from this past year: I listened to lots of amazing podcasts, most of them gospel based. (Follow Him, Don't Miss This, Unshaken, BYU Speeches, All In, How to Sell Online and Freakonomics Radio) I visited my parents almost daily and helped with my mom on Sunday mornings. I took a couple of new business courses and continued to learn and grow in this area. I went out of my comfort zone and listed a few t-shirts and Santa Bags on my personal FB page and made hundreds of dollars I wouldn't have otherwise. I worked on Family History by blogging over 30 posts and adding pictures and voice memories to Family Search.
It really is easy to think of all I didn't accomplish or the ways I fell short...but look at me! I am a better person because of my choices and hard work in 2023.
Also, it was fun as a family to share in the personal growth of each member this past year. A few of things Aubrey mentioned were her grades (all As except for Physics), finding/enjoying new hobbies (reading, podcasts, going on walks) and working through social anxiety to do hard things like attend HXP. (Humanitarian Experiences for Youth in Guatemala.) Parker mentioned finishing his mission strong, taking time for the temple, making all As in his first semester of college and his team winning the Rugby championship. Brian mentioned persevering with some really hard work responsibilities and flying out to visit and help his parents. Brinley shared weekly temple attendance, starting and loving her new job (Registered Behavior Technician), and journaling weekly.
Again...Go Us!
Then we took time to think about 2024 and we wrote a few goals we would like to achieve. We tried to make them specific and measurable and to break them down into bite sized steps.
Some of mine were: workout 4-5x a week, menu plan monthly, plan (life) weekly, block off 7-8:30 to exercise and study scriptures each day, learn ward member's names (recent ward boundary changes), and to listen/read more books (Library App/Deseret Bookshelf/re-sign up for Audible if needed).
I am looking forward to 2024.
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| A few 2023 accomplishments/2024 goals jotted down from the lesson... (Brinley and my sheets were MIA.) |
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