Well, I had big plans for January, y’all. I had planned an entire month of new blog content, I had planned to blog five days a week, and I had made a nice long list of things I wanted to accomplish around the house, and then on January 1 we found out unexpectedly that… the kids would be returning to virtual learning until at least January 19. Womp womp.
Nothing we can do except for roll with it, so I rearranged some things on my editorial calendar, and I trimmed back my list of goals. It’s still probably on the heavy side considering I’ve been able to do next to nothing the first two weeks, but I’m feeling ambitious so I thought I’d at least try. I also posted about my goals for 2021 earlier this week, so you can see them here if you missed it!
Also, before I get to the goals, I wanted to give y'all a head's up that you're going to start seeing some changes here and there on the blog. I FINALLY started on a brand refresh (LONG overdue, y'all), but I'm doing the whole thing myself (so far), so I'm doing things little by little as time permits. I originally wanted to have everything designed and ready to roll out all at once on January 1, but that didn't happen, so instead, I'm just going to roll out a little here and there as I have time to work on it. Not ideal, but such is life this past year.
So far, I've refreshed my signature and all of my graphics (the easy part), and now the hard stuff remains (blog header and updating fonts, colors, and layout). I'll probably end up hiring someone to help me with some of the functionality, but I'm going to see how far I can get on my own first. So anyway, just wanted to let y'all know that! And now that all of that housekeeping is out of the way, let's get to the goals...
Today I’m recapping my December goals and listing my January goals. As always, I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I accomplished my goals. And since I opted not to do seasonal bucket lists this year, all of our fun Christmas activities will be here instead. ;o)
December Goals
Relationships/Connect
Y Get together with family to celebrate Christmas somehow. – It was completely different, and it was certainly far from ideal, but at least we got to see some of our family.
Personal/Health/Wellness/Fitness/Beauty
Y Meditate every day.
Y Quiet
time every day.
N Drink
64 oz. most days.
Y Close
all rings on my Apple Watch at least 16 days. – I closed all of them 17
times!
Y Visit
with therapist via Zoom.
Y Go
to semi-annual dental cleaning.
Y Read Christmas Shopaholic.
Family/Fun
Y Go to semi-annual dental cleaning for Jacob and Olivia.
Y Mail
holiday cards.
Y Watch
all of our favorite Christmas movies. – We watched so many greats… Christmas
Vacation, Serendipity, Home Alone 1 and 2, The Holiday, etc.
Y Watch
some new Christmas movies – We watched Jingle Jangle, Christmas Chronicals 1
and 2, Let it Snow, etc.
Y Send
a couple of care packages to friends. – We got one sent to my brother and
sister-in-law who weren’t able to come home for Christmas because, Covid, and
we also sent a little something to our friends in Germany.
Y Decorate
gingerbread houses.
Y Go
to Fantasy in Lights (safely). – We rode in our own vehicle this year
instead of the public jolly trolley, but we still had a great time!
Y Take
the kids to visit Santa (safely) (if we can even do this?). – We found a
Santa who was behind a window in his very own little house, so the kids were
able to visit with him without putting him or themselves in danger.
Y Drive
around and look at Christmas lights. – We did this twice!
Y Have
a Brian and Lindsay day date, or two. – We got two in… granted it was
running errands at 7:30 in the morning to pick out Christmas gifts, but at
least it was time alone together away from the house.
Y Bake
sugar cookies from scratch. – Finally did this for the first time ever and
it was hard. Lol.
Y Make
New Year’s Eve extra special. – We did!
We got all dressed up, got takeout for dinner from a nice restaurant,
did fireworks in our back yard, grazed on a dessert board all evening, and rang
in the New Year with champagne and sparkling grape juice in fancy glasses. We let the kids stay up until midnight for
the first time ever, and it was my most favorite NYE since they were born.
Home/Organization/Planning
Y Finish Christmas shopping.
Y Set
up 2021 planner.
Y Get
all Christmas decorations put away by December 31.
Y Clean
entire house top-to-bottom by December 31.
Y Tidy
entire house top-to-bottom by December 31.
Y Get
all laundry caught up by December 31.
N Complete
2 things on Master To-Do list.
Blog/Social Media
Y Post 3-4 times per week.
Y Share Christmas home tour on blog.
Y Share Christmas home tour on Instagram
stories.
Y Start recapping 2020.
Y Start thinking
about goals for 2021.
Summary
30 items accomplished
2
items not accomplished
Books Read: 1
Christmas Shopaholic
Meditation
Days: 31
Rings Closed on Apple Watch:
Move Ring: 17
Exercise Ring: 17
Stand Ring: 31
Workouts Completed: 21
Core Training: 1
Dance: 0
Mixed Cardio: 9
Outdoor Run: 2 (5.55 miles)
Outdoor Walk: 6 (12.91 miles)
Stair Stepper: 2
Strength Training: 1
Yoga: 0
Time Spent Working Out: 14:17:56 (hours:minutes:seconds)
Calories Burned During Workouts: 3,740
Pictures of My Successes
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| Meditation |
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| Apple Watch rings |
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| Reading Christmas Shopaholic |
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| Dental appointments |
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| Mailing some of our Christmas cards |
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| Jacob's gingerbread house |
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| Olivia's gingerbread house |
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| Fantasy in Lights |
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| Visiting with Santa |
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| Heading out to look at Christmas lights |
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| Our favorite house to see Christmas lights |
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| Baking homemade sugar cookies |
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| Day date with B |
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| Finishing up Christmas shopping |
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| Celebrating Christmas with my family on the back porch in the freezing cold |
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| Christmas Day |
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| Celebrating Christmas with extended family outside, more than 6 feet apart! |
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| Elf shenanigans... forgot to add this to my goals, but wanted to share anyway. |
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| Cleaning up Christmas |
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| Making New Year's Eve extra special! |
January Goals
Relationships/Connect
Catch up with a friend or family member once a week via phone or text.
Send happy mail
to Olivia’s friend who moved to Florida.
Spend time with each child one-on-one.
Personal/Health/Wellness/Fitness/Beauty
Meditate, quiet time, and affirmations every day.
Drink 64 oz.
most days.
Eat healthy
salads for lunch most days.
Eat Larabars
instead of M&Ms most afternoons to satisfy my sweet tooth.
Close all rings
on my Apple Watch at least 16 days.
Do 50 crunches
every day.
Try a new
workout (HIIT, maybe?).
Visit with
therapist via Zoom.
Read It’s Not
Supposed to Be This Way.
Clean makeup
brushes.
Make a Fresh
Start play list.
Family/Fun
Make virtual learning a happy place for the kids.
Take the kids
to ride their scooters at the river walk.
Deposit kids’
money into their savings accounts.
Set up money
plan for kids (save, give, spend).
Sign Jacob up for
spring baseball.
Start looking
at condos for beach trip in June.
Record a video
every single day of the month and upload to my One Second a Day app.
Home/Organization/Planning
Clean out Jacob’s entire room.
Clean out
Olivia’s entire room.
Clean out entire
play room.
Clean out
iPhone (apps and contacts, etc.).
Clean out List
Master app.
Clean out refrigerator/freezer.
Clean out
pantry.
Scrub out our
master bathroom tub.
Clean
microwave.
Strip all of
our towels.
Start prepping
for Valentine’s Day.
List the rest
of my winter items on Poshmark.
Complete 1
thing on Master To-Do list.
Blog/Social Media
Post 4-5 times per week.
Publish a couple of simple, short posts.
Discontinue hosting link-ups.
Share my home decluttering/organizing on
Instagram stories.
Start rolling out brand refresh.
Friday Funnies
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| Let's hope this isn't true, but it made me LOL. |
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| This feels like it happened 84 years ago. |
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| Truth |
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| I feel you, Joey. |
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| Somebody please do this! |
On the Blog This Week
Our Week – The One with Quarantine, Week 43 (Virtual Learning and a Dark Day for Our Nation)
New Year’s Eve Bar Cart Decorations
Happy Friday, y’all!
Congratulations on the changing things over! I keep wanting to do some little changes, but I'm always afraid of messing something up. When I changed from blogger to wordpress it gave me so much stress! Is the signature at the bottom of your post your actual writing? Also, I love all of the cleaning items on your list! That seems super ambitious, and I am rooting for you!
ReplyDeleteGirrrrl, I can't even imagine how stressful that must have been. That's why I'm thinking of sticking with Blogger now. Ugh. And no, the signature is not my handwriting... it's just the new font I chose!
DeleteSomeone just asked me the other day about your Wednesday link up and how we missed it. But I know how it is when you have to let some things go, I think the Wednesday fashion link up we host has become redundant already and it’s only been a year. People just don’t appreciate the link ups anymore. So sorry about the continual virtual learning I know that throws a wrench into all your plans!! You are so ambitious to post 45 times a week, sometimes I don’t even want to do my three, LOL!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the blog redesign! I've been fixing up my images too. Are you using Canva? I have a hard time finding fonts I like on there! Also good luck with the rest of your goals of course!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck on your goals and with the blog redesign!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Joanne!
DeleteLove your new designs. One of my goals this year was to refresh my signature and make better graphics. It's so time consuming.
ReplyDeleteI feel Joey too. It has been a tough year already. Ugh. Hoping for brighter and happier times. Isn't life crazy how it throws these curve balls. You will hit your goals!
ReplyDeleteI love your new graphics! And am so impressed you did them yourself! Good luck with your goals, although I know you've already knocked quite a few of them off you list already!
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