One of my goals is to call my Mom every week. I know how much I like it when one of my kids call me and how honored I feel. My Mom was the key to my spiritual formation as I grew up as a kid, and I need to honor her. The problem is that I forget, and pretty soon another week has gone by and I haven’t called my Mom. I have a list of 12 things that I do every day, my “daily dozen duties”, and I read the list every night to make sure I didn’t forget anything. The problem is that I don’t have a list of weekly duties to read to make sure I don’t forget. I am going to try and use my appointment App that I have on my phone and put in “Call Mom” on three dates during the week, and I should be able to make one of them work as they pop up in my reminder window. I have a goal to pray with Patty three times a week and I struggle to make that one happen for the same reason. I also have a goal to take Patty on a date twice each month, and you guessed it, I tend to forget that one as well. I schedule most of the things I do each week, like counseling appointments, meetings, etc. but I haven’t scheduled calling my mom, praying with Patty and taking Patty on a date because they are so important to me, and so enjoyable, I didn’t think I needed to schedule it, they would just happen. One of the things I teach in my leadership classes is that the more structured you are the more faithful you will be. I guess I better follow my own advice.