2013 Goals and Plans

Whew!  It's January 3rd, and I'm finally finding a few minutes to sit down and make some goals and plans for this year.

I was glad my husband had a couple days off for both Christmas and New Year's, but it threw my routine way off for both of those weeks.

For my personal goals this year, I'm planning to sit down later this afternoon and re-read Tell Your Time.  (By the way, it's priced at only $2.99 right now, and is well worth the money.)  When I read it the first time, it really helped me determine what my priorities are and to successfully plan my schedule based on those priorities.  There are so many things I would enjoy doing, and so many good things I could be doing, yet there are only 24 hours in each day, and only 8,766 hours in each year.  (Boy, that sure doesn't seem like very many hours, especially when  you consider that about 1/3 of those hours will be spent sleeping!)

It's impossible to do everything I'd like to do, no matter how good those things are.  I would be stretched too thin, and although I may try to do a lot of things, I'll never be able to do all of them well.

So, I hope to be able to spend some time re-evaluating what my priorities are (i.e. what the LORD wants me to do) and plan my schedule in a way that will help me carry out those things in the most efficient way.

What are my goals and plans for Imperfect Homemaker?

Well,  first let me tell you what my goals are not.

My goal is not  to gain a specific number of followers.  (I want to have the readers here that God wants here.  I want to have the correct balance between making folks aware of my blog without catering to anybody and everybody just so that I can gain readers.)

My goal is not to be popular.  (It is my prayer that I will never get caught up in pride.  Whether I have ten readers or ten million, I want the focus here to be on Jesus Christ, not on me.)

My goal is not to make lots of money. (Although yes, I do have ad space here.  I'm not opposed to earning money as long as that doesn't become a driving force.  And, by the way, I don't earn lots of money and probably never will. 🙂 )

So what are my goals for Imperfect Homemaker?

1. To bring glory to God.

2. To encourage Christian women in their walk with the Lord and to show those who do not know Jesus that they can have a thriving relationship with Him.

That's it.  That's what this is all about.  The methods for reaching those goals will be varied, but the reasons behind what is done here will, by God's grace, always remain the same.

Some plans for 2013

I am excited to be adding 7 contributors to Imperfect Homemaker this year!  I have asked several of my blogging friends to come on board and contribute a post about once a month.  These ladies all have different talents, interests, and life experiences, and I am looking forward to being able to post (and read myself) the things that they're taking time to share each month.

I hope to be more organized about blogging this year.  I have lots of ideas for monthly themes and post series, and hopefully those will actually come to fruition!

Finally, I'll have a theme for the entire year like I did last year with Anti-Procrastination (an update on how last year went is coming soon).  This year I'll be focusing on 15 Minutes a Day to a Clean and Organized Home.  Every Monday I'll be posting a 15-minute organizing or deep cleaning task for each day of the week, along with an update on the previous week.  Hopefully at the end of the year our houses will be well-organized and clean without spending a lot of time or effort to get them that way!

Well, this post has gone on long enough, so I'll spare you any more details for now.

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