March Goals, Recapped:
- Write for 20 minutes every day. This was a complete and utter fail. I managed it a few times at the beginning of the month, but fell apart towards the end. I don’t know why I’m struggling so much with fitting in my writing. Twenty minutes a day is not a long time. But I am. I’m struggling with finding the right idea, trying to calm the waves of doubts that rush over me every time I open a new document, finding my voice. I think I may start with just free writing for next month. Five minutes a day. Writing from my heart. I need to find my writing passion again.
- Get my eyes examined and order new contacts. Another fail. But! I did end up making a dentist appointment. It was the first time in four years I had gone to the dentist and while I ended up paying $60 out of pocket for more of a deep cleaning (and have to go again in 2 months for more of a general cleaning), I did get a referral to an oral surgeon to get my wisdom teeth removed (shooting to do this in late summer/fall) and I got my first doctor appointment out of the way. Yay! On tap for April: making an appointment to see a general practitioner where I can get some blood testing done and hopefully get a referral for a therapist.
- Make a weekly to-do list for home. Fail, fail, fail. I think I did this one week and then just stopped. The to-do list is great for helping me stay focused and motivated during my busy weeks so I need to get back to doing them.
- Start my Fierce Love course. I was the lucky winner of Becky’s giveaway where she was giving away one free course of Fierce Love by Stratejoy. The minute I heard of this course, I was hellbent on buying it because it’s something right up my alley! The pricing was too much for me at the moment so it was something I was going to have to put off for a few months. So being able to win it was such a wonderful surprise! I look forward to starting April fresh with this course.
- Adhere to a chore chart. I need to get better at this. I haven’t yet found a chore chart that works for me, so I may need to get creative and make one up myself!
- Do one small goal every day. Similar to Caroline’s idea of writing down one small goal you want to achieve every day, no matter how little. It helps you break down your goals into small, manageable steps that you can see. I hope this does the trick to help me feel more productive at home!
I’m looking forward to April. I have a trip to Disney planned and it’s my last full month before life gets a little crazy with TWO cruises in TWO months! I am so excited about May and June but I want to take April to slow down and appreciate the anticipation waiting on vacation brings. I know the end of June will be here before you know it and all the fun will be gone. I want to continue taking steps to lessen my anxiety and continue taking small steps to live life a little more bravely. And April also brings the rest of my “no sugar” challenge, which ends the second week of May. Every day gets a little easier and I hope I enter May a lot healthier (and a lot skinnier!) than I entered April.
What are you looking forward to in the coming month?
Wow – I had never heard of Fierce Love before. Def something right up my alley as well… a little pricey! You will have to blog yoru experience with it!
It’s hard to accomplish everything! I think that trying sometimes is almost as good as doing! I mean, take the writing for example… I have a similar goal. I want to write 400 words a day. Like you said, it’s really only 20 minutes a day (I could stop commenting on blogs and I would have the time, easy!) but for some reason it’s hard. However, even if you write 5 minutes a day, or 5 one day and 40 the next, at least you’ve written something! I ended up writing about 6000 words, which averages out to about 200 per day, so at least its something! I think it’s easy to give up if you can’t do it all, but like your sugar “cheat” day, we all need to realize that an all or nothing attitude doesn’t always work!
I hear you on writing. My blog? Quiet. My journal? A bit more empty than I would like it to be. I also need to work on it.
It’s hard some months to get everything done when you are so busy with work and all sorts of things going on in your life, so give yourself a pack for even trying to tackle new goals. At least, that’s my opinion =)
Can’t wait to hear more about what you think about Fierce Love!
I find that if I managed to wake up early enough and not turn on the computer as I eat breakfast, I can crank out 3 pages in my journal.
I am currently doing the Fierce Love Course.. (it’s going kind of slow), but we could collaborate, if you want! 😉
I am looking forward to seeing my sister in July, traveling for Amber’s wedding in July, and having the CFA behind me (and hopefully finding out I passed… I’ll find out in July).
I seriously love that picture of your nephew and mom. SO CUTE.
Looks like goals weren’t our strongest in March, but we got this for April!
Have a great weekend 🙂
I wanted to do Fierce Love so badly, but the price was too high for me, too. Glad you were able to win it! Also, I’m so happy you got to the dentist and doctor! Awesome.