As homemakers, we can all do one thing well, but it takes discipline and planning in order to do many things well.

Every day, we work to prepare meals, change diapers, mop floors, wash clothes, kiss boo-boos, organize cabinets, and ________ (you fill in the blank).  For some of us, whether we have a business of our own, work for another company, or in my case, manage a blog, part of our homemaking tasks include incorporating this additional work load into our daily routines. Therefore, we must train ourselves to be intentional homemakers, so that we can accomplish what we have been called to do.

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Have you ever heard of the 3 in 30 Challenge? It’s a website created to encourage and motivate you to accomplish your goals one step at a time. The idea is to pick three goals you want to accomplish each month (approximately 30 days) and share them with others.

Therefore, I thought it would hold me accountable be fun to share my goals for December with you all.

1. Create a Jesse Tree Advent Devotional for my family.

Ann Voskamp has a wonderful (and free) Jesse Tree Advent devotional, which I highly recommend. I have thoroughly enjoy perusing it for our benefit. However, I want something a little more “baby friendly.” It would be discouraging for us to try to do this and never get past the first sentence. At this point, we just want to start a habit, and for us this will mean just a few sentences a night.

Therefore, I need to make a plan. I will take it a week at a time, and write as many as I can. I am not going for perfection, but for the habit.
2. Create a Blogging Schedule to implement at the new year.

Every post I write takes my attention away from household needs.

Every email I send takes time away from my family.

Every facebook status I update takes affection not given in person.

Though I believe that Social Media platforms are worth some of my time, attention, and heart, they are not worth all – or even most – of my time, attention, and heart. Even if I am making money with my online work, I must be very discerning about the amount of time I am investing: does it cross the line into costing me more than it is worth?

At What Cost:: Social Media Behave – My inspiration for this goal.

Being a wife, mother, homemaker, and blogger promises a lot of work. Time management ensures that the right things are getting done at the right times. Of course, no one can do it all, and I don’t expect perfection. Thankfully, the man of my prayers doesn’t either. He is quick to switch the laundry, make a bed, or change a dirty diaper if I’m on a deadline. However, online time can become all consuming. You know, you’re curling up with me in my little corner of the internet. Come on, don’t make me go down alone.

Therefore, I want to take this month to really evaluate how much time it takes to do each task I am called to each day, and create a schedule that I can adhere to in order to ensure that my time is not wasted and I’m living intentionally every day.

3. Print pictures.

I have not printed a single picture all year. Isn’t that ridiculous? I take all these pictures with ideas to frame them and hang them “here” or “there,” and I never do it.

Therefore, I need to make a plan and get to printing. Even if I just print them and do nothing with them, I just want to take that first step.

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Three very doable goals for the month of December. I think I can do it.

What about you? Do you have any goals for December? Be sure to link up at 3in30 Challenge so you can be encouraged in your journey!

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