Last month I shared my review of Stephen Covey's 7 Habits. In the course of writing/thinking about the second Habit, I ended up "walking the walk" as well as "talking the talk" and wrote out my own Mission Statement. So here it is, in outline form, with some light editing. Enjoy and be inspired!
Core Foundation:
Principles: Charity, Harmony, Structure/Boundaries, Improvement
Roles: Wife, Mother, Homemaker, Disciple of Christ
Goals: Fulfill roles to the best of my ability using my unique set of gifts and talents
Charity-Wife: Love husband, show love to husband using his love language (Physical). Be understanding of husband’s needs (Energy Profiling) and help him to understand my needs in a loving way.
Charity-Mother: Love children with all love languages (time, words, touch, service). Make sure their needs are taken care of (physical, emotional, social, developmental).
Charity-Homemaker: Show love for my family by maintaining our living space to be a peaceful haven from the outside world. Be grateful for physical blessings by being a good steward of what we have.
Charity-Disciple of Christ: Put charity into action by using my gifts to serve others. Energy Profiling helps me be charitable to others because I can decode enough of their behaviors to understand their motivations and thinking processes and in turn be able to interact with them in a loving way.
Harmony-Wife: Be in harmony with husband through effective communication about goals, plans, and parenting concerns.
Harmony-Mother: Create a harmonious environment for my children to grow up in so they feel safe and secure in themselves and peaceful in their interactions with each other so that they can grow to be decent human beings.
Harmony-Homemaker: Use my design skills to make a harmonious home. I release the belief that my house needs to always be spotlessly clean to accomplish harmony in my home. I create functional spaces with an eye for efficiency as well as beauty whenever possible.
Harmony-Disciple of Christ: I strive to be a peacemaker and harmony-sharer in my interactions with all of my fellow men.
Structure/Boundaries-WIfe: This part is personal and I put a boundary here in not sharing it with others.
Structure/Boundaries-Mother: I discipline my children using boundaries. We are still in the phase of discovering rules as needed, but they do understand the importance of following the rules they already know. They know what “no” means and that Momma doesn’t really put up with sh*t. I balance that with love (D+C 121:43). I use structure through routines to create a consistent environment so they know what to expect, which is supportive for their growth and peace of mind.
Structure/Boundaries-Homemaker: I’m less good about keeping to a consistent housekeeping structure, but I do have boundaries concerning how bad I let things get. When I do clean, I’m consistent in the structure of how I go about accomplishing those tasks (i.e.: I always do the dishes in the same pattern, vacuuming has a certain order of rooms, etc.). I do like to keep things generally tidy, just not germophobically clean.
Structure/Boundaries-Disciple of Christ: I can use what I’ve learned of ethics to keep my interactions with others at a certain level of appropriateness while still being friendly.
Improvement-Wife: As a couple we are always learning about each other and growing closer together to improve the quality of our connection.
Improvement-Mother: I am willing to be vulnerable with my children when I make a parenting mistake. This gives us opportunities to learn together how to be better people.
Improvement-Homemaker: I know there are areas in which I need to improve my performance in this area. Mostly it boils down to better time management in order to make space to get maintenance tasks done throughout my routine to achieve consistency.
Improvement-Disciple of Christ: I am grateful for the gift of the Atonement which empowers me in my efforts to improve in all areas of life.