Homeschool Goals

#Goals

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last couple of years, in the social media sense, then you have most likely seen hashtag/Goals floating around. Millennials seem to love throwing this term around. To be honest, it's not a bad concept. We all have goals, right? 


So I was thinking about this idea of goals, and how using the hashtag almost sort of puts those goals "out there" for the whole world to see. It's like a unique form of accountability, in a way. If everyone knows your #Goals, then it stands to reason that everyone can check in with you about how those goals are coming along.


Several years ago, when I was relatively new to this whole homeschool thing, I wrote out a list of goals for us. I typed it up in a fun font, cleaned it up and centered it, printed it out and taped it to the kitchen wall (also known as the homeschool classroom). There is was for several years, right at my eye level in the room where I spent the majority of my waking hours Monday thru Friday. A constant reminder of the end goal I was hoping to reach. 


It was one of the best ideas I ever had for our little homeschool.


I'm going to share that list with you in today's blog post - but let me give you this disclaimer first: I often set lofty goals for myself. This list is not the exception. So, read it with a grain of salt and if there is anything worthwhile you can glean from it, that's awesome. If not, drive on! This homeschool blog is an absolute no-guilt zone!


Here it is:



                                       Burt Family Homeschool Goals

• Each child should intimately know the Lord and serve Him in his/her own capacity, fully equipped to perform ministry to others and to family members.
• Each child should be prepared to enter college, full-time ministry, or the marketplace with confidence and capability, being fully equipped to succeed.
• Each child should be functional in relationships at home, at work, and within the body of the church, free of emotional hindrances, and prepared for marriage, work, friendships, and church relationships.
• Each child should be fully capable of living independently, handling life situations efficiently and effectively, maturing in the Lord and seeking Him for life guidance.
• Primarily, each child should find fulfillment in life by discovering and enjoying the gifts given them by God, and the path He has designed for each of them.

 
Those are the #Goals I laid out for our family many, many years ago. And you know what? I think we have hit the bulls-eye dead-on in most of these areas with all of our children. What a blessing! 


If you feel like it, write out a few goals of your own and see if it doesn't help you aim for something big in the course of your day-to-day life as a homeschooler. When we randomly aim, we hit either nothing at all or some odd random target that we never meant to hit at all. But when we aim at a clearly defined target, we tend to hit it - simply because we are keeping our eye on the prize. 

Lord bless you, and Lord bless the long-term results of your homeschool!


Day 364 done :)

Jan L. Burt
author of The Homeschooling Mothers Bible Study