And as always,
I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I
accomplished my goals.
October Goals
Personal
Y Positivity, worry
less, complain less, be kind, patience, relationships. – I have taken several steps to alleviate my anxiety this month and I’m
really starting to focus on all of this.
I can’t wait to share more with you eventually!
Y Continue quiet
time/meditating. – I have been doing this
every single day and it has been doing wonders for me! I think I only missed two days this whole month
and that was just because we were out of town all day both days.
N/A Make it to as many
weekly bible studies as I can. – Unfortunately
October has kicked everyone’s butts in our bible study group so there was only
one bible study this month, and unfortunately it was on a night that Jacob had
a baseball game. Since all of that was
out of my control, I’m just crossing it off the list instead of giving it a no.
Y Continue the
library book that I started a month ago. – I
did pick this up again, but I haven’t gotten very far… it’s a little slow and
I’m struggling to get into it.
N Lunch with an old
co-worker. – Never even attempted
this. Too busy.
Health
N Drink 64 oz. water
per day. – I’ve been coming close to
getting this in a lot of the days, but I’ve dropped the ball a little on this…
probably because I’ve just been too busy!
Y Hit the gym at
least 2 times per week. – Yes,
religiously! Every single week!
N Continue eating 4-5
servings of fruits and veggies and whole foods most days. – I’ve been struggling with this a bit
recently because I’ve been so busy and also because we’ve been on the go so
much from baseball. We’ve had far too
many Chick-Fil-A dinners than I care to count!
Y Annual mammogram. –
Done!
Y Meet with new doc
to assess health issues assuming I get an appointment. – Yes, I finally got an appointment and I’m now starting to look more at
anxiety as a factor in all of my other health issues… I’ll eventually post
about this, but for now I just want to see how everything goes.
Y Get my flu shot. – Yes ma’am!
So important!
Family
N Ride bikes if the
weather hopefully cools off, take 2. – Nope. The weather only recently cooled off and
we’ve been so busy with baseball that we only had a couple of evenings with
nothing going on, and we used that time to actually relax and be lazy.
N Get Disney app set
up and customize magic bands.
Y Take kids for their
flu shots. – Check!
Y Start focusing on
Christmas shopping and gathering ideas. – I
definitely started doing some browsing and I also organized all of the gifts I
have so far!
Y Watch all of our
favorite fall & Halloween movies. – Yep,
we watched Hocus Pocus, Toy Story of Terror, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie
Brown, and Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween (the kids loved it!)
Y Visit a pumpkin
patch or cotton field. – We didn’t get to
do this as a family, but Olivia and I went together so we’re calling it a win!
Y Carve pumpkins. – Check!
Y Start planning for
fall family photos. – Not only did I plan
them, we took them, too!
Y Decide whether or
not to do Friendsgiving, and if so, pick a date. – My girlfriends and I shot the idea around for a bit, but nothing ever
came of it, so we’re not doing one as of now… we may revisit the idea for
Christmas, though. Everybody was just
too busy!
Y Attend our school’s
big rivalry football game. – Sure did!
N/A Attend Jacob’s
first field trip of the year. – I found
out that parents weren’t able to attend this one,
so I’m just going to cross this one off instead of giving it a no since it
wasn’t within my control.
Y Annual mountain
trip with my faves and experience some new things!!!! – Yes, and we had a blast!
Y Celebrate 10 YEARS
in our home. – Yes!
Y Attend Home &
School meeting for October. – Yes!
Y Attend alumni
social and homecoming football game at school. – Yes!
Y Celebrate my
niece’s first birthday! – Yes!
Y See Ray LaMontagne
in Atlanta
Y Finish planning
Fall Carnival and round up all sponsorship donation prizes. – Yes!
Y Attend Olivia’s
first field trip of the year. – Yes!
N/A Setup for and
attend the school fall carnival. – Yet
another thing that was out of my control this month… we had to move the
carnival due to the weather, so we’ll be having this in November.
Y Attend Olivia’s
class Halloween party. –
Yes!
Y Make a festive,
spooky dinner prior to trick-or-treating. – Yes!
Y TRICK-OR-TREAT!!!! –
Yes!
Home
Y Get ALL kids clothes
listed on Poshmark. – This was supposed
to say get all kids WINTER clothes listed on Poshmark. No need to list the summer clothes right
now. But yes, I officially have all of
the kids old winter clothes listed. Now
I need to get my old maternity clothes listed.
N Set up new planner
for 2020. – Big fat fail. I didn’t even start.
N Do 7 things on
Master To-Do list. – For the first time
all year, I failed at meeting this goal.
Womp womp. I did accomplish 2
things from the list, but that was all I was able to do. A lot of the tasks that are left on this list
are tasks that are going to be time-consuming or require spending money, so
there aren’t really any tasks left that are quick or easy or free.
Blog
Y Complete
1-2 blog posts for December. – Yes, I completed
a full post for November, completed about three quarters of my yearly recap
(which is one of my longest posts of the entire year), and I also started a
couple more. I’m calling this one a win!
Y Pitch
to 2-3 brands. – Sure did and I’ve
already lined up a collab for November!
N Take
photos for IG, take 3. – Negative.
N Share more on oils
Instagram account. – Big fat nope.
Summary
29 items accomplished
9 items not accomplished
3 items that had to be removed due to circumstances out of my
control
Not my best month, but not terrible either. And all that mattered to me this month was
the fun stuff on the list, and I think it’s safe to say that we had plenty of
that! Here are some pictures of our accomplishments this month...
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| Gymming it! |
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| Flu shots for the kiddos... somebody wasn't happy, bless her heart. |
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| Mountain trip with the best! |
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| Field trip with my girl! |
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| Fall family pictures... CHECK! |
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| Pumpkin carving |
Now for the November goals…
November Goals
Personal
Positivity,
worry less, complain less, be kind, patience, relationships.
Make it to as
many weekly bible studies as I can.
Start reading a
Christmas book.
Dinner with
co-workers.
Health
Drink 64 oz.
water per day.
Continue quiet
time/meditating.
Hit the gym at
least 2 times per week (with the exception of Thanksgiving week).
Start using my
stair stepper some of the days that I don’t go to the gym.
Continue eating
4-5 servings of fruits and veggies and whole foods most days.
Schedule
ultrasound follow-up to mammogram. (Standard for me… nothing is wrong!)
Meet with new
doc.
Get a
therapeutic massage.
Check-up with my
dentist about my TMJ/clenching issues.
Semi-annual
dentist cleaning appointment. Yuck.
Family
Ride bikes, take
3.
Get Disney app
set up and customize magic bands, take 2.
Continue
Christmas shopping and tracking gifts on my spreadsheet.
See Alejandro
Aranda in Atlanta
Attend the
school fall carnival.
Attend the Georgia vs. Missouri
Attend Home
& School Meeting for November.
See Wicked at
The Fox in Atlanta
Attend
Winterfest at our local university.
Attend all of
the Thanksgiving festivities at the kids’ school.
Attend the Georgia
See Frozen 2 in
the movie theater!!
Celebrate
Thanksgiving.
Check as many more things off of our fall bucket list as possible.
Have our 3rd annual
North Pole Breakfast.
Start listening
to Christmas music.
Start watching
all of our favorite Christmas movies.
Home
Start listing winter
maternity clothes on Poshmark.
Set up new
planner for 2020, take 2.
Clean out,
organize, and put away all fall decorations.
Decorate the whole
house for Christmas.
Start planning
Christmas hosting duties.
Order Christmas cards and start addressing.
Do 3 things on
Master To-Do list.
Blog
Complete 1-2 blog posts for December.
Pitch to 2-3 brands.
Start planning/organizing 2020 goals.
Take photos for IG, take 4.
Looks like family time will be taking precedence
over everything else for November… the way it should be during the holiday
season!
Here are some Friday funnies…
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| It's funny because it's true. |
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| Happy day after Halloween, everyone! |
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| And that's the way it should be!! |
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| And for all you haters... no, we don't "skip Thanksgiving." ;o) |
And ICYMI, here’s what happened on the blog this week!
Happy Friday, y’all! Enjoy eating all of the Halloween candy today while the kids are at school! ;o)
*Linking up with A Little Bit of Everything for Friday Favorites and Della Devoted for High Five for Friday.
You're doing great! Smart idea to work on your year end post now. You don't have to wait to look back at what's already happened! I'm glad you've done well at being more positive and having less anxiety, that's great! What are the best oil blends for feeling anxious?
ReplyDeleteEven though you said it wasn't your best month, it was pretty darn good! I feel like goals are harder this time of year because there are so many things going on - it's more time to enjoy than 'get stuff done'. :) At least that is the way I am going to think of it bc I am pretty sure I didn't get any of my three things done on my October goals, haha. Here's to hoping it's a productive, and family fun filled November!
ReplyDeleteWhen did you start getting mammograms? I have one coming up and I haven't done one. I wasn't supposed to get one until I was 40, but they found something. Just curious on that. I think you did a pretty good job. I am like you with the water as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure you can ever have a bad month of not hitting your goals because you seriously do so well with things! I can't believe we only have two months left to the year but I have a feeling they're going to be good ones!
ReplyDeleteToo funny; I just read a blog this morning that HAD a wine pairing to go with all the Halloween candy chart! You did awesome getting most of your goals accomplished.
ReplyDeleteHaha. That's so funny!! I think it all goes with wine. ;o)
DeleteFor having so many goals, you did so well!
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree about skipping Thanksgiving...no one actually skips it! Might as well celebrate Christmas for two months if I'm going to pull out all those decorations, right?
I would say you did pretty dang good! It's hard to accomplish goals this time of year!
ReplyDeleteHonestly, my goal is to come up with as many thoughtful, healthy, and fun goals as you have! Haha! It sounds like October was mostly a great success and I'm sure November will be too. Also... bring on all things Christmas! ;)
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