2015 Goals: December Update

November has sped by this year!  It seems as though I just wrote my goals update for November.  Only one month left to work on these goals in 2015!

Each year I set goals to help me focus on my priorities and grow as a person.  I spend an hour or so each month looking back at what I’ve accomplished that past month and planning specific steps I can take to move forward during the next month.

2015 Goals

Professional

1. Add high school certification to my teaching license

-I’m so excited!  After passing my PRAXIS test in February and submitting all of the necessary information to my state board of education, I am now certified in grades 6-12 English!

2. Develop a remediation curriculum for middle school English

-I taught a 6th grade English remediation class at my school last year.  I also tutor after school and teach summer school.  I hadn’t found a curriculum that I really liked for this group of kids, so I decided to make my own.  It is working well so far!

3. Add 10 products to my Teachers Pay Teachers store

-I have now added 4 products.  If you are a teacher or homeschooling parent, check out my post on selling on Teachers Pay Teachers!  Honestly, I’ve put my Teachers Pay Teachers store on the back burner since I started this blog.  I hope to add a few more products to it this fall, as I do enjoy the passive income gained from it.

Spiritual

4. Pray the Morning Prayers at least 4 times a week

-I am really excited at how much improvement we’ve made on this.  I wrote about our new morning plan for including prayers here.

5. Read through the New Testament

-I just finished II Peter.  I am on track to complete the New Testament by the end of the year.

6. Read 3 spiritual books

-I  have finished three: In the Heart of the Desert by Fr. John Chryssavgis, The Way of A Pilgrim translated by Olga Savin, and Following a Sacred Path: Raising Godly Children by Elizabeth White.

Family

7. Do one family outing a month

-We went on several outings this month.  We went to a local petting zoo, to the children’s museum (we were given a membership by my parents), to the park, and to a fantastic outdoor museum in a neighboring town.

8. Have one date night a month (in or out of house)

–We enjoyed our favorite date night of take out Chinese food and a Redbox movie.  Great fun!

9. Watch 12 movies on AFI Top 100 list

-We have watched 9 so far.

-My husband is really busy right now working on his dissertation and applying for jobs, so we have gotten a bit behind on our movie-watching.

Personal

10.  Complete the 30 Day Abs Challenge

-I am beginning to despair of ever accomplishing this one.  I’ve started at least three different times but always get bogged down around Day 10.  Has anyone else tried this?

11. Run a 5K

-Hallelujah!  I finished this one.  So excited to accomplish this goal.

12. Publish one piece of writing

-I submitted my first guest post to Money Saving Mom in February.  Then I had another post in June.  Check them out!  I am also (gulp!) submitting a manuscript for a children’s book to a publisher this month.  I think it is crazy that I can even write that sentence!  Wish me luck!

13. Read 100 books

   -Woohoo!  I have read 103 now.  When I set this goal it seemed nearly impossible.  I’m really excited that I was able to read so much great literature (and some not so great!) this year.  I will share a post with my top 10 picks of the year later this month!

What are your goals?  How are you doing on reaching them?

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(Linked to Small Victories Sunday.)