Complete and Submit Social Security Paperwork
Seriously.. I need a kick in the pants. If I don't take care of my Social Security papers this month, then I'll... forfeit my personal spending money for July! I definitely don't want to do that. I've got to just suck it up and get it done.
Stick to the Budget
June is Josh's birthday month, which means I want to spend a lot of money spoiling him. :P I'd like to avoid going too crazy.. especially since we fell off the budget wagon last month a little bit. This doesn't mean we can't spend any extra money, I'd just like to know ahead of time where we're going to spend it.. and then stick to that plan.
Eat at Least 4 Salads Each Week
This was going to be "Eat one salad every day" but that hasn't quite happened.. so I'm going to cheat and change it to 4/week! I get tired of eating the same kinds of salads all the time, so this is mostly a scheme to learn new combinations and "trick" myself into liking salads again ;)
Read at Least 3 Books
(Again). I really enjoyed reading more last month, and I found that reading multiple books at once helped me not get too sucked into any of them - I was able to enjoy each of them but still set them down when I needed to take care of my responsibilities in the real world. So I'm going to continue the Anne of Green Gables series, keep working through Women's Wisdom, and of course whatever book my book club decides on. I think it'll be a C.S. Lewis classic or two - I'm excited! I also plan to make a list of books I'd like to read over the summer, so you can expect more in the coming months.
Healthy Traveling
(Technically, this item is completed now that we're home from Texas, but it has been one of the goals I've been working on all month!) This included emotional health as well as physical health - traveling can be stressful for me, so I wanted to prepare myself in the weeks leading up to our trip.
Create a Summer Bucket List...
...and start crossing items off that list! I've got some ideas for this already. It should be really fun! I'll share the list with you all by the end of this week, hopefully.
Well'p, there it is. Sharing my monthly resolutions 18 days into the month... shameful! Better late than never though, right? How are your resolutions going? Did anyone else get a late start like I did?
Every month Alex and I make it our goal to stick to our budget. We've found that impending parenthood helps :) I also try to keep our house more organized since I'm way less stressed that way. And my new creative goal-thanks for encouraging me to blog about it!
ReplyDeleteI agree that having an organized home keeps me from being overwhelmed in other areas. And as for your creative goal - I'm excited to follow along!
DeleteI really like the picture you put by "Healthy Traveling" it's a great angle.
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteDo you and Josh have very similar glasses now...?
ReplyDeleteKelli, you can DO IT! Get that wonderful paperwork done. Just think of how great you'll feel when it's over with!
That picture is actually almost a year old. He wear contacts usually, but his glasses are black frames too. Mine are more "chunky" but yes, they are similar!
DeleteI started early, which is good, because I wouldn't have done it otherwise, but it's also a little bad, because I'm growing bored of having the same goals, and, thus, not caring as much about them. I need an attitude check and to hang in there!
ReplyDeleteI can understand that. That's why I usually do a "mid-month progress report" which is really just a check-in to make sure that I'm on track.
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