Did you know that the 15th of May is the international family day? Even though spring still won’t be around the corner for another while, today’s post will prepare you to set effective family goals . Family goal setting, thereby, can strengthen your relationship with your family or resolve disagreements/ revive old relationships with family members. And who knows – maybe until next May your family relationships are on a whole different level.
Family Goals Meaning and Definition
Family based goals are goals you set as an individual or between family members to accomplish common goals. Family goals have the benefit of strengthening relationships and building trust and understanding between each family member.
Types of Family Goals:
When you set family goals there are a lot of factors that influence your choice of aim. Setting goals for a young family with two young children might be different than planning relationship goals just between you and your husband/wife.
Time and location also play an important role when writing down bullet points. Do you plan five years ahead? Or do you want to settle some short-term issues instead? Do you have goals for your home? Or planning special goals while going on a vacation?
Going through your family oriented goals takes time and care. Just like any other goal, they should be smart and achievable.
Family Goals Examples
The following list should give you some insights on how you can plan your family goals. But keep in mind that they should be as unique as your family is. Copying from someone else doesn’t work. So take the time and sit together with your loved ones. Family goals are best if they are shared together.
Family Goals by Persons
For young families:
- Going on a trip to Disneyland
- Craft paper cones for the children’s first day of school
For Grandparents:
- Visit Grandparents Day in Kindergarten
- Take a lot of pictures together
- Exchange stories with your (grand)children and life lessons
- Read books to grandchildren/spent more time with them
For Children:
- Prepare Sunday breakfast in bed for your parents
- Pick flowers outside and share them
- Draw them a family picture with a cute message
- Do household chores
For adult children:
- Invite your parents on a trip
- Call them weekly
- Write a gratitude letter to your parents
- Surprise them with a barbecue
For young professionals:
- Call your family regularly
- Have at least one family dinner per week
- Don’t miss any birthdays of your loved ones
For Singles:
- Get a boy/girlfriend
- Introduce the family to significant people
For students:
- Invite family members to events (Christmas/graduation)
- Stay up to date with your family
- Go home during holidays
Family Goals based on time:
For the new year:
- Plan family events ahead
- Take a family holiday together
- Go to all events of your children
- Call someone you broke off contact in the past
- Send postcards to your (grand) parents when abroad
Long Term Family Goals:
- Getting a baby
- Having pets
- Moving Together/Marriage
- Moving closer to family
Short term Family Goals:
- Inviting your family to dinner
- Say I love you to your parents
- Spend Comfort
- Support your children with school work
- Buy flowers/Bake a cake for your in-laws
Family goals based on location:
Family goals at home
- Having a house chore list
- Weekly movie night
- Reading stories to children
- Say I love you daily
Family goals for vacation
- Taking a lot of pictures
- Doing family-friendly activities
- Crafting a present for your parents (shell necklaces)
- Sending postcards to grandparents
Family goals for holidays
- Celebrate christmas together
- Buy a seasonal family outfit
- Cook food together
- Pack presents together
- Play boardgames on a cold day
Family Goals based on Type
Family Fitness/Sport Goals
- Share a sport together
- Family walk Sundays
- Do 30min yoga with your kids daily
- Find a hobby for your children
- Go to the playground 2 times/week
Family Health Goals
- Healthier dishes for family
- Make kids taste new food
- Teach your kids to cook
- Do regular checkups with the whole family
Family Lifestyle Goals
- Set family rules
- Buy a house with a garden
- Move to city/countryside
- Spend more time in nature
Read Also: Set Social Goals | Set Money Goals
Family Goal Tools:
There are many different ways and tools you can use to note down and visualize your family goals.
Family goal Checklist
The first, and most common way is to make a checklist. You can just scribble down some subheadings and fill them with content afterward, keeping it clean and organized on a piece of paper. Yet, it would make more sense to have a brainstorm paper first, messy but with everything that comes to your mind.
Family Goals Mindmap:
Another way to collect your family goals is a mindmap. It is just like a checklist but a lot more structured and organized. If you note down in a certain color who is responsible for which task (eg. Aunt Mary invites me to dinner every saturday, Karin watches her niece every sunday etc.) it is a lot more visible and defined than the checklist and you have all important facts well sorted by color.
Family Goal Template Notion
Another great way to set up your family-oriented goals is Notion. How exactly you set up a template or sheet for goal setting is shown here (the post will be uploaded soon 🙂 please be patient)
Family Goals Vision Board
Last but not least is a vision board. Many great YouTubers show their vision boards proudly on their videos. And it’s true – vision boards are a nice and visual way to remind yourself of your goals but also highlight them with nice and relevant pictures. Plus, you spend a lot more time and thought on the board (and crafting it is fun!) You can read more about vision boards here.
Most goals are individual, but family goals are hard to meet if you only consider your side. If you want to improve your relationship with family members you need to sit down and have a talk about what both sides expect. Just this way you can guarantee that your actions move your relationship in the right direction. This also includes your children. Be open, let them say their opinion too. Always have pure communication and avoid breaking trust by lying. I already mentioned it before but take your time when writing down family goals and include everyone in the process. How you write it down is based on your own wishes, yet, the more time you spend the better.
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Carina and Julia
