Achieve Big Things in 2025: Goal Setting Made Simple

Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill

Pam Barnhill

Kids & Family, Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It’s time to make 2025 the year of intentional progress! In this episode, I’m joined by Laney Homan, our member success manager, to talk about goal setting that works for busy homeschool moms. Laney and I discuss the difference between planning and goal setting, the power of starting small, and how to craft goals that fit your life’s current season.

We share personal stories—like Laney’s inspiring journey to tackle health and fitness goals (she climbed a literal mountain!)—and I reflect on finding meaningful ways to reclaim my evenings. Whether you're climbing your own mountain or simply figuring out the next right step, this episode is full of practical advice to help you move toward growth in your homeschool and beyond.

Key Takeaways:

The distinction between planning tasks and setting intentional goals.
Breaking goals into tiny, achievable steps to build momentum.
Why it's essential to align goals with your family’s needs and current life season.
How tools like goal cards and habit tracking can help keep you on course.

Resources and Links:

For full show notes and a transcript of today’s episode, head to pambarnhill.com/hsbt29

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Are you ready for homeschooling to feel joyful again?
0:05.4	Do you long for support as you learn alongside your kids?
0:10.3	Welcome to Home School Better Together, a podcast about building a homeschool experience that works for your family.
0:18.2	I'm Pam Barnhill, and it's time to step out of the overwhelm and into the wonder.
0:23.9	Let's do this. Hello, hello, and welcome, welcome. I am joined today by Ms. Lainey Holman, who is the
0:35.2	member success manager here at homeschool better together.
0:39.1	She helps all the homeschool moms kind of get it all figured out.
0:43.5	And that's kind of what we're going to be talking about today.
0:47.1	We're going to be talking about goal setting for 2025.
0:50.3	I don't know, Laney, I don't know that goals necessarily make me feel like I've got it all
0:54.2	figured out. How about you? No, they certainly don't make me feel like I've all got it figured
1:00.0	out, but they do help me at least pretend to have a direction.
1:05.5	Is that good? I like that. I like that so much. I just, if I just am going through my day to day and just accomplishing everything I have on my
1:18.0	to do list every day, I may not actually be getting where I want to actually go.
1:23.3	I don't know if I'm speaking too vaguely or in too much generalities or not, but I have to have at least kind of a roadmap that says these are the things that I want to be moving in the direction of.
1:36.6	And my goals help me do that.
1:40.6	Yeah, I think that's so important because I think you're so right.
1:43.2	I think the, and we're just going to jump right into it, but I think the thing is for moms especially is there is so, there is an overwhelming amount of life being thrown at us all the time. There are all these things that we have to do and all of these people that we have to care for. And, you know, especially when you're a homeschooling mom, now you throw the
2:05.6	entirety of your children's education on top of you and you have a house to care for. And then just
2:11.1	people in relationships. And, you know, as my kids have gotten older, volunteer work and just
2:16.0	all of this stuff is this big
2:19.2	swirling, overwhelming mass of stuff. It's just for lack of a better term. And so I think you're
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