Time to check in and reset. In this post, I’m looking back at how I did on my June 2017 goals — and setting some fresh ones for July 2017. Whether I crushed it or crawled through it, it all counts. Let’s keep going… one messy step at a time. 🧹
June 2017 Goals Recap
personal goals
✅ Don’t drink any soda: DONE! This was hard. I was tempted SO many times, but I stuck with it. I will start drinking soda again, but I am going to keep trying to really limit it since Diet Coke is my soda of choice and it usually makes me feel unwell.
✅ Get Dakota groomed: DONE! Lookin’ so fresh and handsome.
household goals
✅ Clean out my car: DONE! My mom actually did the bulk of this one day while she was waiting in the car for me with Caleb. Thanks, Ma! Next, I need to vacuum it and go to the car wash!
✅ Clean out the refrigerator: DONE! I threw out all the old stuff, gave it a good scrubbing, and ran the shelves through the dishwasher.
✅ Switch out Caleb’s clothes: DONE! He definitely needs a few more pairs of shorts, I discovered.
✅ Find three pieces of clothing to get rid of: DONE! Threw out one old thing, sold nine more pairs of leggings, and donated at least 20 things… so while I would say I CRUSHED this goal, I bought a lot of new clothes, so now my closet is just as full if not fuller. Oops. Out with the old, in with the new?
memory-keeping goals
❌Order one photo book: INCOMPLETE. Still haven’t gotten around to ordering my next book which is July – September 2016.
✅ Finish making my other two photo books: DONE. I finished making my two photo books! Yay! (October – December 2016 and January – March 2017)
❌Create a blog post photo book: INCOMPLETE. Didn’t even start this one
❌ Order DVD of 2016 videos: INCOMPLETE. I haven’t finished transferring videos from my phone yet and that’s the first step.
financial goals
❌ Net $200 in savings: FAIL. I fell SO off the financial wagon this month. I bought way too many new pieces of clothing so this did not happen. Oops.
❌ Pay $250 on the credit card: FAIL. See above. Sigh.
reading & writing goals
❌ Finish reading five books: FAIL. Slow reading month for me. I only read about 2.5 books. I had a tired couple of weeks where Caleb was waking up early and I just didn’t have the energy to read more than a chapter or two a night.
✅ Blog at least eight times: DONE. I posted 10 times this month!
Totals: 8 complete | 6 incomplete
July 2017 Goals
rollover goals
- Finish transferring 2016 videos from phone to hard drive: This wasn’t an actual goal in June, but I need to do this in order to do the next goal, which WAS a June goal…
- Order DVD of 2016 videos: Once I get my videos transferred, I can order my 2016 DVD! I loved my 2015 one with videos of Caleb as a teeny babe.
- Order one photo book: I STILL need to order my next book, July – September 2016.
financial goals
- No new clothes: Trying to get my finances back in order from last month and I do NOT need ANY new clothes!
- No new books: Same as above.
- Pay $300 on credit: I want to pay a total of $300 between my credit card and PayPal account.
household goals
- Get Jerry’s car fixed: We need to save up for and then fix a leaking pan. Oh what fun.
- Finish putting photos in photo albums: Before I switched to Shutterfly photo books in May 2015, I made prints of all my pictures. That means I have hundreds of baby pictures of Caleb from January – April 2015 that STILL need to be put into albums. YIKES!
- Create April – June 2017 Shutterfly photo book: Still haven’t ordered the last three books, but it’d be nice to have them all made at least and this would mean I’m caught up!
- Print and frame photos: I have a couple of frames for Caleb that I still need to print pictures for (12 month photo for the yearly frame and a bath photo for a themed frame). I also still need to frame one of our cruise portraits from November.
- Clean the spare room: No way to quantify this, and I don’t think it’ll be completely DONE in July, but I really want to spend some time cleaning out the spare room. It’s just a MESS and is essentially being used for storage.
personal goals
- Get waxed: Time for another eyebrow and lip waxing. Joy.
- Get Caleb’s hair cut: The little guy needs another haircut!
- Go for six walks: Exercise, baby! Nice weather in NY is rare so I need to take advantage of it.
reading goals
- Read four books: I need to step up my reading game!
- Read Caleb 10 NEW books: We have our favorites and are always re-reading them. This month, I’d like to check out 10 new books from the library and read them to him.
⭐ Priority Goal: No new clothes! Finances need some straightening up, and that's the first step!
One messy step at a time still moves you forward.
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