I haven’t done weekly updates, I admit…but I HAVE gotten better about posting in general *LOL* But, I figured weekly was too much. I’m sticking to monthly updates. It’s easier to keep track of the credit issues that way. So anyway, onto the goals and what I’ve done about them!
Goal #1 Body Image
1. I have lost six pounds. I’m down to 151. My jeans are fitting differently, but I don’t think it’s because of the weight so much as the:
2. I’ve started doing yoga just about every day. I did not exercise every day in January because there was the whole broken toe to deal with, and getting used to kids being home…but I did start it and really liked it. This is something I’m keeping up with.
3. I have cut BACK on my pop drinking, but not enough. I still have bad days that I drink a LOT. I’m also not drinking more water. Hopefully that will get better.
4. I have also cut back on my grazing. I still do it, but not as much – I often try to replace food with a cup of coffee, but it doesnt always work.
In all I think this goal is going well. It’s not perfect yet, but I’m happy with the baby steps I’ve taken.Â
Goal #2 Finances
1. I did start keeping a check register…
2. And we started out strong w/ the budget
3. I’m still using the debt tracker spreadsheet…
But over all this goal went kerplunk before we got more than two weeks into January. I blew my grocery budget, we only lived on ‘cash only’ for one week. We didn’t follow any sort of budget and I didn’t track the spending like I should have.Â
Our goal is refocused for February. We have our tax refund coming in, but we’re still going to live on the budget while we pay some things off, and fix our truck. Hopefully we’ll do much better this month.
Goal #3 Home & Family
1. I made vague meal plans – but didn’t write them down…
2. I blew our grocery budget within a couple of weeks (not severely, but I definitely went overy by at least $50)
3. I’ve done fairly well with starting the cleaning. The ktichen at least. I’ve done dishes almost every day, and doen a good cleaning of it once a week. I need to improve. I started doing the laundry once a wk (mostly) – but putting it away is not good.
4. And I’ve made tons and tons of breads…more than we needed some weeks.
5. We’ve had a few family game nights. Not quite every week…but we’re working on it.
On a side note about this…this goal has evolved a bit. I’ve decided to start homeschooling the girls – and am strongly considering homeschooling Brandon, too. This has led to me doing some PT-HS w/ Brandon (it’s helped that we’ve had so many snow days). So, as we approach that goal, this goal will shift and change a bit. I may end up with my own goal set aside for homeschooling. For now, I’m goign to keep on the track I’m going.Â
In all, I feel our family unit is stronger already – and that was the main goal for this…so we’ll keep working on it!
Goal #4 Personal
1. I’ve started writing again – not quite twice a week every week, but this past week I’ve gotten closer.
2. On that end, I’ve rewritten 6 chapters of the novel and am pretty happy with what I’ve done so far.
3. I’ve gotten better about posting here again, even though I’m struggling some days for posts.
4. I haven’t officially re-opened my writing blog yet, but I’m close to it…I’m just wrapping up the site’s design and adding in some pages that I think are needed.  Hopefully that will come soon.
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Total wrapup: I’m feeling mostly good about how January went. Not completely great because of the financial road bump…but over all with all four goals – I’m happy. Baby steps is the point of this…so I’ll focus on my accomplishments and just hope to do better next month!!Â
Sounds like things are going pretty well so far! I like this series!
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