Goals vs Results 5/24/2011

Okay, so I was going through facebook (my new morning ritual I suppose as I wait for Brooklyn to wake up) and my brother has been reading up on this ‘flow’ theory- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi

If you don’t have a chance to read about the guy’s background, at LEAST give yourself the opportunity to read up on the “FLOW” paragraph. It is TOTALLY interesting and I think I need to marry this concept with my life coaching approach. J

I totally believe Jade when she says I should start this week off slowly and work my way up to the full 5 step challenge.

And this is why I’m thinking of gradually using my current ‘skill’ level to step up my motivation level.

So here’s what I’m thinking…

Week 1:

1. Get up and take the kids to the park and walk at least 1 lap around the park

2. Work on the kitchen EVERY DAY as my #1 goal

3. RELAX

Week 2:

1. Get up and take the kids to the park and walk at least 2 laps around the park

2. Work on the kitchen EVERY DAY as my #1 goal

3. Get the front room picked up and vacuumed everyday

4. RELAX

Week 3:

1. Get up and take the kids to the park and walk at least 3 laps around the park

2. Work on the kitchen EVERY DAY as my #1 goal

3. Get the front room picked up and vacuumed everyday

4. Be sure that ONE LOAD of laundry has been completed from START to FINISH

5. RELAX

Week 4:

1. Get up and take the kids to the park and walk at least 3 laps around the park

2. Work on the kitchen EVERY DAY as my #1 goal

3. Get the front room picked up and vacuumed everyday

4. Be sure that ONE LOAD of laundry has been completed from START to FINISH

5. Work on 1 ‘weekly’ item- but if it takes all week to finish it, that’s ok. At least it’s being done REALLY well.

6. RELAX

Today’s goals are: 1. Get Brooklyn up/dressed + get matt dressed 2. Put a load of laundry in the washer 3. Take an actual WALK to the park (unless they still aren’t feeling up to it.) 4. If kids are still feeling sick, call the dr and make an appointment 5. Walk around the park 1 time while the kids follow or play on the playground 6. Come home, make breakfast- 7. Take showers/baths 8. Start on the kitchen, again 9. Take kids to the dr (if needed) 10. Attempt to go to the dollar store again. Today’s RESULTS are: 1. Got Brooklyn up/dressed + got matt dressed 2. Put a load of jeans in the washer (I'm running out of casual clothes, HA!) 3. Took a 7 min WALK to the park, then watched them play with a stranger kid on the playground, 4. kids seemed a bit better than yesterday. Didn't make an appt. 5. once done, we took an 8 minute walk around the park and then home again, another 8 min. 7. Came home, took showers/baths- (FELT SO GOOD TO GET CLEAN/COOL) 6. watched TV while kids watched MY Little Pony… *(I was tired of ALL that walking!) 8. Got 'permission' to go to the grocery store and spend $80 on food for me & the kids 9. Got home around 3:30 and started on the kitchen again 10. Finished up some laundry that was in the dryer and on the table that needed to be folded.