What My Realistic List of Daily Goals Actually Looks Like

photo from my trip to Epcot

I have written about my goals on this website many, many times. Usually I dream moderately big. I mean, I’m not over here trying to be a movie star or anything like that, but I do tend to think I can accomplish a respectable amount of things, and really that isn’t always the case. Truth be told, I usually fall well short of my published goals.

Anyway, so I thought it would be fun to share my list of PURELY REALISTIC daily goals.

Shower today. No need to wash my hair since I did that yesterday. Just shower.

……Now this is the part where I start enumerating things I have actually ALREADY done. This is, I am quite certain, the absolute only way to make a truly successful to do list.

2. Help younger boys get ready for school and to the bus on time.

3. Walk the dog.

4. Buy a birthday present.

5. Help the neighbor watch for her FedEx truck. (The package needed a signature, and she had to run an errand.)

6. Weed the garden. (And by garden, I mean that bare spot by the cactus that’s full of weeds and in need of new mulch and an actual plant.)

7. Empty the dishwasher.

8. Put away laundry.

9. Start more laundry.

10. Cook lunch. (Frozen gluten free ziti. It was so yummy.)

11. Play Township on my phone.

12. Read rubbish on the internet.

Epcot, I think this was in the Canada area.

……Okay, now that I have covered everything I’ve actually done today, I can add a couple of things I may or may not still accomplish today:

13. Greet the kids as they come home from school. Annoy them with questions about their day. haha

14. Move the laundry to the dryer.

15. Make chili for dinner.

16. I really should do SOME vacuuming and/or dusting today.

17. Pick up younger boys from school.

18. Probably play Township app on my phone again.

19. Probably read more rubbish. I need a new book to read….

I wish you all a most productive day. May you not beat yourselves up over what you haven’t done, may the sun shine on you from above, and may all your meals be yummy. God bless!

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aprilmomoffour

April is an upbeat, Christian, blog-obsessed, military wife, and home schooling mom of four little boys. She writes about education, travel, and humorous adventures in parenting. Follow along if you’d like a little bit of encouragement and a whole lot of crazy.

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Rachel Olivia says:

2022-02-28 at 10:45 am

I am really enjoy to Redding your daily life story's. ..
Thanks!!
Carl Wright says:

2022-01-07 at 10:11 am

I really love this post, April. Goals don't have to be monumental. There is a lot of stuff that could be done everyday but I procrastinate. Things like making a friendly phone call, or write a letter. And yes, I really should do some vacuuming and dusting myself today. Thank you for sharing! 😀
- aprilmomoffour says:
  
  2022-01-07 at 10:12 am
  
  Thank you Carl! :) Happy New Year!!
Joanne says:

2021-10-25 at 3:56 pm

I like to start my to do list with things I've already done (or KNOW will be done by the end of the day no questions asked) so I can feel productive and then sprinkle in a few things I'd like to get done but know I'll probably put off at least another day or two. LOL
- aprilmomoffour says:
  
  2021-10-25 at 4:45 pm
  
  Yes!! Exactly.
  - Daddy-O says:
    
    2021-10-25 at 5:25 pm
    
    I do that too.