Keeping Track of Accomplishments

You may have read on Doug Phillip’s blog this entry about chronicling the Providences of God that occurred in your family in the past year.  One morning around the breakfast table this week we discussed this and I (as the family secretary ) wrote down my family’s replies.  I plan to type it up and place it in a notebook.  Then, hopefully, each year we will add to it.

Doing this got me to thinking about what books I had read in 2007 and what projects I had completed.  I was very disappointed that I could think of very little.  Yes, maybe I forgot a few, but I could only think of 2 books that I actually finished reading. 

I decided to type up a form to record things I might otherwise forget and gave one to each member of the family.  Of course, you could add more things but I wanted to keep it simple.

(Child’s Name) List of Accomplishments in 2008

Books Read in 2008 (List additional books on other side.)

1.                                                                                               7. 

2.                                                                                               8.

3.                                                                                               9.

4.                                                                                             10.

5.                                                                                             11.

6.                                                                                             12.

Projects Completed (if applicable, how many hours)

1.                                                                                                6.

2.                                                                                                7.

3.                                                                                                8.

4.                                                                                                9.

5.                                                                                              10.

Other Achievements (4-H, Teen Pact, Sewing, Woodworking, Animals Trained, etc.)

 1.                                                                                                 7.

2.                                                                                                 8.

3.                                                                                                 9.

4.                                                                                               10.

5.                                                                                               11.

6.                                                                                               12.

What poems or Scriptures did I memorize?

1.                                                                                                 7. 

2.                                                                                                 8.

3.                                                                                                 9.

4.                                                                                               10.

5.                                                                                               11.

6.                                                                                               12.

Books We Read Together as a Family

1.                                                                                                 6. 

2.                                                                                                 7.

3.                                                                                                 8.

4.                                                                                                 9.

5.                                                                                              10.

How Tall Were You In…

March –                                                                                      September –

May –                                                                                          November –

January –                                                                                   July –

Now my children and I just need to be faithful to fill it out when we actually do complete something.