Is it just me or does it seem totally crazy that it’s already OCTOBER?!?! Seriously, I’m over here buying my planner for 2017, wondering what happened to 2016? Crazy! I mentioned a few weeks ago when I posted my September Goals that I would give you a ‘progress update’ when I wrote about my October goals. Still trying to figure out the best way to do that, but for now, I just used a little copy + paste action with updates in parentheses (and checkmarks/X’s). Enjoy!
* September Goals Progress:
Monthly Goals:
o Attend Anchor Group--what we call our church’s small groups [it didn’t hurt that group met at our house last month ;)] ✓
o Visit my little brother in Arkansas (10+ hours in a car in one day=worth it!) ✓
o Set up a budget with Tye (We are taking a Dave Ramsey class & had to do a basic budget, but still need to tweak it more!) ✓
o Finish “Anchor Next” class (we were ‘greeters’ on our church’s one year anniversary a few weeks ago!!) ✓
o Write at least one encouraging postcard (totally didn’t happen…) ✗
o Do at least one de-clutter project around the house (cleaned out unused jackets from the coat closet!) ✓
o Have family/friends over for dinner (I mentioned in an Instagram post that we had people over for dinner several times last month!) ✓✓✓
o Prepare for ornament sales next month (I ordered supplies and started working on pictures & listings. The goal is to have everything ready to go by October 10th!) ✓
Weekly Goals:
o Plan Meals (dinners) [3/4 ain’t bad ;)] ✓
o Do the laundry/clean the house ✓
o Spend quality time with Tye Beaux (a dinner date, a movie, and some intentional time just talking about life!)✓
o Do at least one lesson in my Adobe Illustrator (online) class (totally failed at doing this one…oops!) ✗
o Call my family ✓
o Weigh-in and take measurements for our weight-loss progress chart (We took a week off last week, but otherwise completed this!) ✓
o Post on my blog [3/4 ain’t bad ;)] ✓
o Go to church [3/4 ain’t bad ;)] ✓
Daily Goals:
o Read the Bible(I did this about 55% of the time) ✓
o Spend time in prayer (65% of the time) ✓
o Walk the dog (I did this 3-4 times every week, which is my general aim) ✓
o Exercise (3-4x/week) ✓
o Do my physical therapy stretches (did good with this the last two weeks of the month?) ✓
o Read (I’d say 28/30 days = goal met! I read 5-6 books) ✓
o Be in bed before 1a.m. (still working on this one…only made it to bed at a decent hour about 3 days a week…) ✓✗
* October Goals *
Monthly Goals:
o Have friends/family over for dinner
o Attend Anchor Group
o Set up (& implement) weekday “blocking” schedule *
o Set up a detailed budget for October with Tye
o Attend family wedding
o Write at least one encouraging postcard
o Do at least one de-clutter project around the house (I’m thinking something office-related as it’s been a hot mess for the last 9+ months!)
o Schedule doctor’s appointment (just a routine visit—nothing to worry about)
o Finish prep for ornaments (update pictures & Etsy listings) & SELL ORNAMENTS!! **
o Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University class with Tye
Weekly Goals:
o Plan Meals/Dinners (I’m trying to do more of the cooking too, so planning meals that don’t involve grilling…haha)
o Do the laundry/clean the house
o Spend quality time with Tye Beaux (hoping to get more creative this month!)
o Do at least one lesson in my Adobe Illustrator (online) class
o Call my family
o Weigh-in and take measurements for our weight-loss progress chart
o Post on my blog
o Go to church
Daily Goals:
o Read the Bible
o Spend time in prayer
o Walk the dog (goal this month= do this more on the weekends too!)
o Exercise (3-4x/week)
o Do my physical therapy stretches (I’m going to try doing these first thing in the morning to see if it makes a difference)
o Read (If I read a book a week for the rest of the year, I’ll have read 50 books this year…wow!)
o Be in bed before 1a.m. (obviously still a night owl…)
You may have noticed that a lot of my goals are the same as last month. That’s not always the case. I have tweaked them over the last few months, but knowing that there will be more on my plate this month, I intentionally didn’t try to add a lot of new big things. This year has also just really been a year of learning to be consistent with the things that are important to me. Most of my goals are pretty long-term, and thus require months of consistent effort (but yes, I do mix it up and the next two months will likely look a little different with the holidays and everything!).
* In case you aren’t familiar, “blocking” is basically where you schedule tasks for a certain time/day each week. I heard about it awhile back (popular for work at home/small business owner gals), but after reading an article about it in the latest issue of Belong magazine I decided to give it a try! Still fleshing it all out, but I’m thinking of making Monday be a slow-paced ‘household tasks’ kind of day.
**If you’ve been following me online for awhile, you know that I’ve sold wood state cutout ornaments the last couple of years. I plan on doing that again this year, and they will be available SOON in my Etsy shop!! (I’ll post a link and mention it on social media when it’s all set up.)