Quarterly Review Getaway Jan. ’18

Well, my husband and I completed another one of our Quarterly Review Getaways. This past week our children were swapped with babysitters for five straight days. We chose to stay at our place and spent time doing the usual Getaway tasks – planning, reviewing, and lots of business stuff.

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Reviewing

Like every single Getaway we reviewed our lives and set new goals. I took some time to look back on my goal sheet I created three months ago, and revised/updated my goals.

I cringe to the sound of “New Year’s Resolutions”. Why? Because I don’t know of anyone who has followed through each year with their New Year’s Resolutions. The excitement for these new goals for the coming year all turn into a hype for maybe 2 weeks, and what happens then… the discipline has ended. The excitement has ended. So my question is, what exactly is gained with New Year’s Resolutions?

Enough with the rabbit trail. Just because I’m against New Year’s Resolutions, does NOT mean I’m against goals. I LOVE GOALS! Every single person should be constantly creating and reevaluating their goals. They give you reason and a purpose, plus provides challenges for you to become who God has created you to be!

I created PDFs for you to print out your own goal sheets to start setting goals today! If you have set New Year Resolutions and are already discouraged by them, write them down and keep this where you can daily remind yourself the standard you want to live.

I kept if very simple for you. You can add as many goals you’d like for each time frame. Plus, you don’t even have to set goals for each date. Write what is realistic for you. Then come back to them in three months or so (I recommend during your next Getaway), reevaluating how you pursued these goals and if your reached them. Also, readjust future goals as needed.

Planning

My husband and I love to plan our whole year out! You might think we are crazy, but yes, we each took a large calendar, and went through the whole year planning out what we know WILL happen each month. (A side note, we saved all our months from 2017 so we could go back and make sure we got all the events we know will take place for 2018.)

The reason we love this so much is because it enhances our communication. As long as each of our calendars stay updated with every event going on, we don’t need to question with each other what our schedule will be looking like.

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Business

During this Getaway, we also took a big chunk of our time working on our business. We were not satisfied with the software program we used last year (Quicken), and now converted to QuickBooks. It took a good amount of time being on the phone with our accountant and getting our business and personal accounts all set up into QuickBooks. So far, I’m loving it! The quality of it is beyond what we used in Quicken. Plus, our accountant is very knowledgeable with this software, which helps us anytime any time we have a question, we don’t have to go through the customer center. (Just a side note, if you have a business, and are looking for a very good, quality software program, I highly recommend using QuickBooks!)

Time together

My husband and I also took some time to just be together. Several days we went on hikes in five degree weather! And every evening, since our minds were exhausted from all the thinking and planning, we would relax together and watch a Netflix show.

I honestly don’t know how we would function without these Getaways. We have been doing these for over four years now! Going away for every three months reviewing and planning has enhanced our marriage like never before. Expectations are less and less because we make time to talk things out. Which then enhances the communication lines between us. I don’t think there will ever come a time when we will stop doing these Getaways. We are VERY thankful for family and friends who help us out in watching our children and providing a way for us to make this happen.

This past year we’ve had two sets of friends who have done their first Quarterly Review Getaway. We are blessed and encouraged every time we hear a couple pursuing this. I really believe the reason why it’s so hard for couples to go away for four days every three months is because it’s not what our culture teaches us to do. You are not normal if you pursue something like this. I know people have looked at us like we are crazy! But that’s ok, the fruit we see produced from these Getaways pushes us towards to becoming more and more ‘not normal’ to the culture. We even talked about doing these every other month. LOL

So, please let us know if you and your husband ever pursue a Getaway like this! I’d love to hear!

Be blessed!