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April Goals- March Review

Sharing my April goals and reviewing March

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March Review

  • Less Spend – I actually did pretty well on this one. I was trying so hard not to get out of hand knowing I would spend on vacation.
  • Cleaner Eats – Nope. Not even a bit. I don’t know what happened. We ate takeout and I ate so much junk. I am pretty sure it was stress
  • Working out – Guys. I worked out 2x in March. BUT to be fair we walked over 80 miles while on vacation and my fitbit said I was active and at or above my step goal for 10 days straight.
  • Planning– I did a pretty decent job of planning in March. I used my planner often too!
  • Be Present – On vacation I was completely present but leading up and coming back I was not
  • Clean up– Ha. If you saw my closet right now you all probably have a heart attack.

I think that I was maybe too ambitious with my goals considering I was gone for 9 days during the month and had to prep for that as well as make sure all my work was caught up before and after.

April Goals

  • No take out – I think we need to get this under control. We are ordering out too much out of pure laziness.
  • Blog/Insta Planning – I want to get a full month planned out. I think I can do this if I just sit down and make it happen
  • Reading – I have been so busy I haven’t been taking the time to read, which I love enough. So I want to say no more this month so I can have time to lay around and read!
  • Get Outside – the weather has been tricky here in Austin but it is definitely nice enough to be outside way more than I have been.
  • Spring Clean my Closet – Clearly I didn’t last month so I will this month!

I’m ready! What are your goals this month?

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March Goals – February Check

Sharing my March goals and reviewing February!

February Review

  • Less Spend- Guys. I failed so hard at this, in fact I saved $0 money in February. I am not even sure why or how it happened but it was not smart spending at all.
  • Working out – I can tell you exactly how many times I worked out this month because we have a calendar going (we pay each other towards travel savings when we workout) I worked out a grand total of 5 times all month long.
  • No Take out – HA! There was a week we actually ordered out 2 or 3 times because we were both so tired we didn’t want to cook! We ordered out at least once a week the other weeks.
  • Put the phone down– 25% Again with the trying to grow my instagram and blog I am spending a lot of time at home scrolling and commenting. I have to find a better balance.
  • Blog Planning- I did a lot better this month. I tried to take a few weekend mornings for just blog planning. Setting up posts, editing photos, scheduling. It has been a huge help!

Something about February didn’t go too well for me. It felt like such a long month and that I was constantly spending on things and looking back and being a little annoyed that I was spending so much. We had friends surprise visit us which adds up but we were so excited to see them it was totally fine!

March Goals

  • Less Spend – I need to try this again. We are going to Paris & Amsterdam for Spring break this month and I would really like to have the lead up and return be as close to no spend as possible.
  • Cleaner Eats – I need a bit of a cleanup with food. I’ve left moderation in the dust and have found myself feeling really crummy after a lot of meals so I am hoping to help myself feel better
  • Working out – Going to try this again. I can do better, even if I am just doing something light/short I would love to have some active movement in my life most days.
  • Planning – Because we are going to be gone for 9 days I need to plan for blogging. I don’t want to take a break and lose some of this momentum I’ve gained
  • Be Present – I know my goals always kind of sound exactly the same but because of the trip I think its important that I be present. I want to enjoy it without thinking about everything else I “need” to do
  • Clean up– I’m going through my dresser this month. It’s happening. I can get rid of the things I don’t even wear when I am down to the last bits of clean clothes!

I’m ready. I can do this! What are your goals this month??

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February Goals – January Check


January Review

  • No Spend – So this was at about an 80%. I didn’t do as well as I wanted to BUT I did really well for me. I didn’t purchase a single thing (books, clothes, random crap) that I didn’t need or have a gift card to pay for. THAT IS huge for me.
  • Cooking– We cooked so much in January. I would definitely say it was a 85% since there were at least two days that we should have cooked but were both not feeling it and ordered in.
  • Planning – 95% I rocked the hell out of my planner in January. I made it pretty, checked it very often and already got started on February.
  • Being Present – I consider this one a big fat fail. With focusing on growing this blog again I have been taking alot of time to be on social media, try to get good pictures and I feel like there are a lot of gaps of what did I do during that time.

I did good, better than I thought but not as good as I could have! I did love seeing the numbers in my savings account jump up when I was able to move over all the money I didn’t waste last month. So these goals are kind of the same going in February with a few added but I want to get these to 90-100% on all of them!

February Goals

  • Less Spend – There are a few things I know I held off purchasing that I really want/need so I will be doing that this month but I’d like to continue focusing on not mindless spending.
  • Working Out– I started to pick back up in January but for February I want to focus on having my body feel a lot less crappy. Back in the gym and to yoga!
  • No takeout– I want to see if we can get through this month without Grubhub in our lives. We waste a lot when we order grubhub and I think we can cook way better meals than what we are ordering!
  • Blog Planning– I am falling into my old habits of working on posts the day before or morning of. I have plenty planned out, no reason to be procrastinating!
  • PUT the phone down – Again. I really need to be present. I downloaded an app that tells me how much time I spend on certain apps and has a limit so I can remind myself when I am getting there!

How did you do in January? Ready to kick February’s goals in the bum?

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