Monthly Goals October 2015

I recently had a friend ask me why I made goals every month. Since I’ve been blogging, about goals, I get far more done than I really ever think I’ll get done. I put more work into my blog and in my personal life when I have goals that I can see and cross off. I mark them as I do them. Yes some are simple and easy to do. Others take more time and might take all month.

This month is a very different month for me. I have not really been healthy over the last year. I’ve had some slightly serious medical problems. And now I’m gaining my health back. My health comes before everything and if it means saying no to people. That is what I’m going to do. If it means pushing back on making something because I made my health first, that is what will happen. October’s theme for my family will be health and fitness first.

So what are you goals this month? Leave a goal you are working on in the comments!

Blog Goals

I have huge goals for my blog the next little while. The first one will be a big one and then I hope to keep up with the smaller things I have started. The last month I will say I did not get as many goals completed as I would have hoped. But my reasons for that were really good.

I do know next month and those to come, I’ll be working on a few more selling products. I know that selling stuff gets me hate mail, but I need to cover expenses more than I have been. I really do love creating things and putting them out for free. I love when I get comments and feedback from people as well. I encourage people to remember there and live people behind blogs not little machines that can make and do for everything at a moments notice.

• Change hosts for my blog
• Start a News Letter
• Finish up next BIG Selling set for January
• Finish 2 smaller selling products
• Don’t buy any new craft supplies, use only what I have or limit what we get
• Clean up my blogging area DAILY. I feel and work better when things are not cluttered. If it takes me 5 minutes to find something it is too messy.
• Update 2 old post each week or update two download pages with links to the blog. (ON GOING)
• Come up with a system to keep track of printables completed but not out.
• Keep a better list of projects started but not finished (I have around 33 projects started. I started lots of printables I did not finish this month.)
• Post more of our crafts and gross motor activities.
• Do a 30 days of Gross Motor Challenge for October – Post Coming Soon!

Family Goals

I can say that my goal of 15 minutes every day in decluttering has been amazing in what it did for my house! I got one room half way cleaned and I threw out so much stuff. I posted some pictures on Instagram with my progress. I loved crossing off it daily on my to do list. I was amazed also how much more of my house remained clean at the same time. I also felt better about myself as well. Octobers family goal is to get some toys and older books out of the house.

• Keep a TO DO LIST! I need this I get more done even if I don’t complete it all
• Declutter one area 15 minutes every day until one area is clean. The areas I’ll be cleaning are kitchen, stairs, my bedroom, the office room (Look for pictures on Instagram
• Have no laundry to fold at the end of the day. Then keep track on my to-do list, so I don’t forget laundry in washer.
• Remove some older toys and books from the girls room.
• Read more to my girls not less
• Add to the girls chore list
• Get the girls outside to play at least 3 times a week
• Plan out a gross motor month for us in October
• Plan out lunches and snacks for school

Personal Goals

September has been a great month for my personally. I did let tons of projects and other things go and put me first. This was also the first month in over a year that I was not having major healthy problems and started to finally feel great. It is also the first month that I did not wonder if I would end up having an emergency surgery at some point. This last month has been a huge turn around for my physical health. I’m not feeling drain or sick all the time.

• Daily Fitness – This means fitness comes before ANYTHING else. Including this blog and printables, yes this will be a challenge but health comes first. I did this in September and it make ME feel better and get more done.
• Make 10,000 steps EVERY day. I’ll be using a Fitbit Charge HR Wireless Activity Wristband to help with my tracking.
• Keep making healthy choices
• Work on a Daily, Weekly, Months Cleaning Chart
• Read 5 fun books during the month – Don’t always get new books, enjoy rereading books as well.
• Finish two books on my self help and parenting books list.
• Limit all sugar and no soda – VERY important
• Record all my food
• Stretch three times a day to avoid problems
• Color in my coloring book when I get stressed or need a mommy time out

I know the comment or message will come what no new printables? Yes, no new printables today. My health before all things. I’m keeping with that theme for October. When I feel better I get more done.

As always there are other posting their goals as well!

This is also a link! Here are the people that are co-hosting this monthly! So don’t forget to post your goals if you have them!

Hosted by Mama Smiles, Multi Crafting Mummy, Kitchen Floor Crafts,
3 Dinosaurs, Something 2 Offer, Play Activities, and Study At Home Mama.

Something new is you can link up you Instagram photos of your goals and working on them! Use the hashtag #monthsgoals. I can’t wait to see some of your pictures! This is a great way more people can join up with posting your own goals.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com