I decided at the beginning of the year that I would not make any Resolutions or yearly goals but, rather, make monthly ones that were more easily obtainable, you can find all my Monthly Goal posts here.
Today I am looking at the goals I set myself last month and whether I achieved them and setting myself goals for July.
Here are last month’s goals and whether I managed them!
Blog and Social Media
- Re-design all my header graphics and social media graphics. I have made a start on this, my header and logo have been re-designed and I am in the process of figuring out what sort of look I want for some of my regular blog feature images.
- Work on Blog Awards. I am pretty much up to date with my blog awards, I do have one more that I will be posting this month!
- Find more bloggers to take part in my Saturday Shout Out slot! I’ve been working on this but it will, I think, forever be an ongoing process. If you or anyone you know are interested then check out what the Saturday Shout Out is all about by clicking here.
Home
- Clean the house and prepare for my Mind Crafternoon. I ended up not holding the Mind Crafternoon this time round, with the weather being so lovely and the kid’s school holidays coming up, a lot of people were not able to attend. I will be attempting another Crafternoon in December though! That said, I did a full clean of the house, including moving furniture around the weekend before my parents and brothers came for food so I’m calling this a win!
- Take some recycling to the tip. I did manage this! I hadn’t realised how much stuff there was to take and my poor little car was pretty much filled to bursting! Thankfully the tip is only a short drive away!
- Mow the lawn. I’d love to be able to tell you all that I actually did this, and it has been done but, it was by my ex. He came down and mowed it and I cleared up all the grass cuttings!
Arts, Crafts, Hobbies, and Interests
- Get all the craft things together that I will need for my Mind Crafternoon.
- Get the invites for my Mind Crafternoon sent out. I’m putting both of these together… neither of these got done for the same reason that I gave above about not holding my Crafternoon.
- Dig my other flower bed and get my rose bush planted. I got the rose bush planted! I also planted out some geraniums that my lovely neighbour gave me too!
Personal
- Read 2 books this month. I finished reading Frozen Grave by Lee Weeks earlier this month and am now over halfway through reading The Girls by Lisa Jewell!
- Drink more water. I have been more aware of when I need to drink water and have been making a conscious effort to consume more water day to day, especially on the weekends when my water intake seems to be less than when I am in work.
- Be more mindful of what I’m eating and try to make better food choices. I have stripped back what I eat day to day and have decreased the amount of processed, sugary foods I was eating and have started to eat more seeds, dried fruits, more veg and fresh fruit as well as cooking a lot more of my own meals rather than rely on pre-packaged shop-bought foods. I have been eating vegan for the last week and a bit which has really helped with eating more healthy and being more mindful of what I consume.
- Try to get to bed early at least 2 nights each week. This has mostly been successful and a few weeks I have managed more than 2 early nights! I just need to keep this up now and not slip back into old habits.
Goals for August
Blog and Social Media
- I’ve been reading a lot about e-mail subscriptions and want to research whether this is something I should offer on my blog.
- Learn how to use Later. I like the idea of being able to schedule social media posts and think it may be a good thing to start using, my posts on the blog are scheduled each day for 8:00am and currently, once they have gone live I then share to social media manually. Scheduling social media posts would save me a lot of time in the mornings and help me with my blogging routine while taking away some of the worries of possibly forgetting anything that I wanted to say.
Home
- Finish painting the kitchen! I think that this month will be the month to finally get this crossed off my list!
- Paint the coving in my bedroom gold.
- Get the rug in my living room shampooed and cleaned.
Arts, Crafts, Hobbies, and Interests
- Now that I have a Flat Lay kit put together I want to start taking more photos for my blog and social media.
- I’ve not made any progress on my book for the past month so I’d like to work on that some more this month.
- Work on my bullet journal and think about what I want in my journal for next year.
Personal
- Have my parents over for dinner, maybe a barbecue one weekend.
- I have some ideas for a new business venture, so I need to work out the logistics and research my ideas, set everything up and, hopefully, I shall be in a position to launch it later this month!
All in all, I think this was a pretty productive month and I managed to get most of my goals completed!
What have you completed in July? I’d love to her in the comments!
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