Goal-Setting

There! The DHM has said it much better than I can.

"Here's my hint for the new year- make sure your goals are not the sort that will find you burning bridges with others on your way to burning out yourself. Remember that the point of what you are doing is to bear fruit of the sort useful and sustaining to living souls, real people with hearts, feelings, strengths, weaknesses, made in God's image. You do not want a 'perfect' house and a 'perfect' homeschool that accomplishes primarly 'mechanical action instead of the vital growth and movement of a living being.' (Charlotte Mason)"