february goals

Hi friends! Today I wanted to share my February goals and review how January went. Let’s jump right in, shall we?

January Goals Review:

blog once a week I’m struggling to find time to blog. I need to get into more of a routine of when to write.
~~read two books~~ I actually managed to read 3! Staying off of social media really helped with this goal!

~~take the month off of social media~~ This was a much needed break and it was a really good reset.
continue planning our weeks, including dinners We did this a bit but I want to be better in February.
~~continue using our budget worksheet to plan our finances~~ Shared about that here. I still need to do an update to January’s.

~~celebrate Shane’s 3rd birthday!~~ We went to a trampoline park and it was really fun!
~~celebrate my birthday!~~
~~celebrate Tommy’s birthday!~~

edit/organize one month of photos
~~work out 2-3 times this month (starting small!)~~
spend more one on one time with Shane and Riley I still want to be more intentional about this!

All in all I am happy with the progress I made in January. I’m also really happy to be tracking goals based off of my goals for the year so that I can adjust them each month to make them realistic.

read two books
find a better schedule for working on Etsy

edit/organize a month of photos
plan our weeks
stick to social media boundaries

blog once a week
work on new products for Etsy

What I’ve realized recently is that when Etsy isn’t in a healthy schedule then the rest of our life feels out of control. The stress of feeling like Etsy always needs to be done causes me not to feel motivated to work on anything else even when I have the time. So the main goal is to get on top of Etsy work so that I can focus on other goals.

What’s something you’re hoping to accomplish this month?

I haven’t posted goals since November and to be honest and real I didn’t actually work on the goals I posted in November really either, but I want to be more diligent about bettering myself and I want to commit to write goals each month and post them to keep myself accountable.

Health/Fitness

start working out 2-3x’s per week
continue making healthy lunches

find more healthy recipes
drink lots of water

Marriage/Wedding

Research songs for wedding

book the baker
continue premarital counseling
read another marriage book

Blog

post at least 2x’s per week
comment on other blogs
write a guest post

Money/Budget

make a budget for February
save at least 350$

So there yah have it. I want to work more on my health because I can be super lazy when it comes to working out and eating healthy. I want to continue working on planning the wedding obviously. We decided we liked the idea of doing an ipod playlist rather than a DJ because then we get to pick the songs and save so much money too. Does anyone have any suggestions or tips when it comes to this? I also want to make sure I’m not just preparing for the wedding but for our marriage too. I usually set pretty unrealistic goals for myself and get really discouraged when I don’t meet them but I think I did a good job at setting realistic goals this month and I’m really excited to tackle them.