1. Invite another family over for supper at least once- Hospitality makes me come alive and I love filling this house with people we love!
2. Read three books- This has become a fun habit for me and less of a goal at this point, which just makes me happy. I have fallen in love with reading again!
3. Catch up on my Bible in a year plan- full disclosure here… I am a month behind. A month! And it’s Deuteronomy that is tripping me up. I know that many of us have struggled with Deuteronomy. My New Testament reading is going great. This is all a blog post for another day, but I’ve really really fallen behind in this area.
4. Continue to eat clean, unprocessed foods- For the past 10 days I have eliminated dairy, sugar, and all processed foods from my diet and I feel amazing. I’m hoping that this goal becomes a full habit because the benefits have been incredible.
5. Send three notes in the mail to friends “just because.”- I love doing this and it seriously only takes about five minutes. Every month in my Day Designer, I make a list of 3 people I want to send a note to, and I do it within the first week of the month.
6. Celebrate our anniversary and Hayes’s birthday
7. Get started on Hayes’s big boy room- Hayes is still in a crib, and with his third birthday next week, I know it’s time to start moving him. We’ve got all the elements for his room picked out, but decorating takes time. This month I’d just like to get him in a bed.
May is a big month for our family. We got married on May 3 and Hayes’s birthday is May 5, so we do a lot of celebrating. But I’m trying to make sure those celebrations aren’t totally centered around food and specifically sugary food.
Many of my goals have become habits for me, and that’s exactly what I wanted at the beginning of this year. Each month I want to host another family for dinner, read three books, read my Bible, and send some letters to friends.
This month, I intentionally left off big lofty goals. The truth is, I don’t have any big lofty goals right now. I’m not seeking to write a book or do big things with this blog. Not because I want to be “small,” but because I’m becoming more and more aware of my limits and personal boundaries.
The things that fire me up are being with my people and making sure I have just enough time to myself to recharge.
My friend, Hayley, has a great community-filled link up every month where bloggers can share their goals for the month. And my friend, Lara, reminded us yesterday that May is the new January and it’s like we can get a fresh start in May. I agree. I feel energized and alive, and I’m even looking forward to the end of preschool. I’m excited about a fun-filled summer with my family.
I’d love to hear more about your monthly goals if you have them.
I’m linking up with The Tiny Twig today!
Like many others I’ve had a goal of reading the Bible in a year but I could never seem to keep up and once I fell behind it was hard to continue so a couple of weeks ago I just started reading in Genesis and my plan is to try and complete it in a year but if not…it’s OK. I want to really study it and not just read it. I read a chapter and then go back over it while reading the study notes. It has helped my understanding tremendously. Thanks for sharing and Happy Anniversary to you guys and Happy Birthday to Hayes!!
Love how intentional you are, Miss Erin. Need to add some more personal goals to my May list.
LOVE these goals!! How in the world is Hayes days away from turning 3 years old? I feel like he just had his first birthday!
I love your goal of having people over for dinner. We have recently been much more intentional about this and have been consistently having people over once a week, aside from our weekly small group that meets at our home. Some weeks, it’s a couple or family, some weeks it’s college kids from church where I cook pizza delivery and break and bake cookies, and some weeks it’s a friend and her kids over for coffee one morning. 😉 I’ve loved letting go and enjoying doing life with friends. I think we are in a good season for that.
Have a great weekend, friend!!
I don’t know which goal I like the most?!?! They’re all so good!! I am going to try and adopt several of your goals this month too! Thanks for the inspiration friend!
Would love to read a blog post on what your clean eating has looked like.
I love your blog and this is the first time I have commented! I have read through the entire Bible before and felt so accomplished. I started again this year and was right on track until about a month ago. I began to feel like it was just something I was checking off my to-do list and that I was just skimming over it rather than really taking in and applying to my life (especially some of the Old Testament!). A friend suggested trying one of the topical reading plans on the Bible app on my phone and that has been such a blessing to me. There are several just for women and many are only a week or so long. They are often very short readings, but very applicable. Hope this helps!
Yay for goals! I need to sit down and do the same.
And how in the WORLD is Hayes ready for a big boy room? You just had him, right?!
Happy Anniversary !
Enjoying your book choices.
You are always an inspiration Erin, you really have Jesus in your heart and that is such a beautiful thing !
Good luck with Deutoronomy.
Big Birthday Wishes for Hayes.
Erin, would love to hear about your clean eating. I would love to do this, but am intimidated especially with picky kids who need snacks. How did you start? do you have meal ideas (kid friendly) do you have any resources that you used to help?
looking forward to it.
Love the perpetual goal of inviting another family over for supper once a month – one I would like to have, too!