Each month of the year brings special organizational challenges, never offering parents much of a break before the next milestone hurries along. In addition to the extra effort each change of season brings, we have lots to keep track of every day.
Life is hectic for every member of the family.
Parents have work, responsibilities around the house, raising kids, chores, some semblance of exercise, and social time with friends and each other to juggle, and so do children, and rarely does every family member's schedule coincide flawlessly. We spend so much time trying to keep up with the immediate necessities that our goals as a family and as individuals are put off indefinitely and sometimes forgotten entirely. The beginning of a new year is a perfect time to bring our goals back into focus and to devise a structure which will always keep them in sight. Outline your goals for the year as part of your long-term plan, and then choose smaller, more manageable tasks that fall within a much shorter time frame, such as the upcoming month. Distinguish your goals and the goals of the entire family from the personal goals of your children and partner.