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August 2019 Project Report

By Jared Dees

Each month I like to assess my time on creative projects and progress on specific goals in my work as a creative entrepreneur and author. Posting that self-assessment here helps me stay accountable to my mission. Here is my report for August 2019.

My 2019 Goals

My One Word: Together

Professional Goals: 

78% / Double the number of members of The Religion Teacher (December 2017 to present) (+2%)

3,237/5,000 copies sold of Christ in the Classroom (Last Updated January 2019)

194,997/1,000,000 words for kids (A part of my #1millionwordsforkids goal) (+18,573 words)

1/4 new published works of fiction on Amazon.com (+0 published books)

4/7 paid speaking gigs (+0)

Personal Goals: 

48/100 books read (+5 books)

14/73 Books: Read the entire Bible from beginning to end. (+2 books read)

61/100 30-minute workouts (+9 workouts)

Incomplete / Play Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” on the harmonica.

How I Spent My Time in August 2019

I track every minute of time I spend working on projects using an app called Toggl (here is why). Here is a list of the top ten projects I spent the most time on last month:

  1. 16:57 – The Religion Teacher Email & Customer Service
  2. 7:21 – The Angel Academy: Book One
  3. 7:05 – Tales of the Ten Commandments 
  4. 6:55 – Daily Review
  5. 4:46 – Morning Preview
  6. 4:45 – The Religion Teacher Blog 
  7. 4:27 – Weekly Review 
  8. 4:27 – The Religion Teacher YouTube Videos 
  9. 4:25 – Beatitales Launch 
  10. 2:11 – Parent Prayer Articles

Total Time: 86:41

August 2019 Highlights & Lessons Learned

Tales of the Ten Commandments 

As a follow up book to Beatitales, I spent time rewriting and working with an editor to complete the second installment in the Faith Fables series, Tales of the Ten Commandments. I plan to release the book in October 2019. 

The Religion Teacher Videos 

I love creating whiteboard videos. In August I took some time to work on a few videos about popular Catholic symbols. I’ve been wanting to create these videos for awhile and I was glad to finally have the time: 

I also worked on this David and Goliath video, to supplement the David and Goliath Lesson Plan I developed for The Religion Teacher: 

Parent Prayers

I searched for and wrote a few prayers/blessings for my kids and thought I might as well share them with others. I posted them to this website and to Instagram: 

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For my daughter’s birthday this year, I sought out a birthday blessing that we could use as a family for this and future birthdays. I also wrote this blessing to pray over her. To be perfectly honest, though, the day got away from me and I ended up just praying a little silent blessing over her before bed. ????????A BIRTHDAY BLESSING FOR MY DAUGHTER???????? Heavenly Father, Thank you for the gift of your daughter, [NAME]. Bless her today on her birthday. May she recognize the gifts you bestowed on her. May she grow ever closer to you in the year ahead. May she be a light of love for others in the world. Amen.

A post shared by Jared Dees (@jareddees) on Aug 14, 2019 at 4:06am PDT

Find the Birthday Blessings article here. 
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Praying for our girls tonight before they head back to school! ????????????????

A post shared by Jared Dees (@jareddees) on Aug 20, 2019 at 5:48pm PDT

Here are a few more back-to-school prayers.

September 26, 2019 Filed Under: Monthly Reports

About Jared Dees

Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Praying the Angelus, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children.

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