Setting Goals

I have always liked the idea of setting homeschooling goals around the time of the New Year rather than just at the beginning of the school year in September. It gives us a chance to tweak our earlier decisions and make necessary scheduling revisions where indicated, and adjust our priorities. We're in the process of doing just that with our homeschooled student in a number of areas: discipleship, academics, athletics, and other spheres of personal and spiritual growth.

Giving focused attention to these areas gives us a better chance of realizing success. Additionally, it allows us to re-assign proper accountability to our daughter in working out the plan that she has helped to formulate. By outlining those things that are important to her, she is establishing a blueprint for her time and resource allocation. Of course, without submission to the King of kings and Lord of lords according to His Word, our efforts are futile and destined to burn-out or eventual failure.

I thought I would open this discussion up to other homeschoolers and see what sorts of goals they have laid out for themselves for 2007.

I'm listening . . .