Goals for 2016

I figured the first Goal Getter of the year should be about my BIG goals for 2016 in addition to my goals for just this month ahead.

2016 Goals

1. Get my first LV Book Design Client — I haven't had the time to really work on my book design business past launching the site. Even though I've had a few nibbles, no book design clients have come through yet. I'm going to put in more effort this year and hopefully get the ball running.

2. See my mom get married — My mom and her partner are getting married in January!!

3. Go to Colorado — Or some other "big" trip. Mr. LL and I are thinking about Colorado right now, but that may change.

4. Become a Budget Boss — If we want #3 to happen, then #4 has to happen first.

5. Live a healthier lifestyle — Both Mr. LL and I are ready to make some big health changes in our lives.

6. Try out turquoise hair — I loved having purple hair, then pink hair as it faded. Now I just have my bleach blond tips and I'm ready for some more color!

7. Get a grill — This one is really for Mr. LL 😉

8. Save for Xmas all year long — See #4

9. Create more personal art — Even if it's just a doodle, I need to be creating more.

10. Try Whole 30 — See #5

11. Use Instagram at least once a week — I want to get into this social media more.

12. Try to do Project 365 again — I really want to improve my photography skills

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I've made some changes to my monthly goals, too. I'm reprioritizing my life and I felt my goals should reflect that shift.

FAMILY (0%)

• Be the photographer at my Mom’s wedding (0%)
• Plan a weekend to go see Mr. LL’s family in February (0%)

NOTES: Over the holidays, Mr. LL and I realized that we really need to put our families as more of a priority in our lives. We live close to all of our immediate families, so really we have no excuse.

 SOCIAL LIFE (0%)

• Plan a D&D night with my friends (0%)
• Go out for my Birthday with Mr. LL (0%)

NOTES: Just like our families, we have been neglecting our friends and ourselves. I want to make sure we don't become complete hermits.

 HEALTH (0%)

• Meal plan every week (0%)
• Stick to said meal plan every week (0%)
• Walk Bigby at least once a week (0%)

NOTES: I'M GOING TO WALK THE DOG, DAMN IT. Now, to find his leash...

 FINANCIAL (0%)

• Build a budget with Mr. LL (0%)

NOTES: I'll probably be adding to this category after we work out a budget.

CLEANLINESS  (0%)

• Get a handle on the laundry (0%)
• Get back in control over our dishes (0%)
• Pack away Yule decorations (0%)
• Take tree out (0%)

NOTES: The holidays destroyed all the progress we made with keeping our house clean. Sigh.

 BLOGGING/FREELANCE  (0%)

• Clean out my affiliates (0%)
• Get posts ready for the month (0%)
• Write some posts for LV Book Design (0%)
• Get a newsletter for Lazy Lady (0%)
• Photo day (0%)

NOTES: I'm combining both my blogging and my side hustle here, and took "Career" completely off the list. I've reached about as far as I'm going to go at my day job and I don't have any intentions of looking for any other place to work for the foreseeable future.

Goal Getter // November 2015

It is really start to dawn on me how much I've put on my own plate. I have the day job, which has changes going on to it at the moment; Lazy Lady, that takes up a lot of my "free" time; the Books, Booze + Bajingos Podcast, that eats up an evening with recording and a day with editing; and LV Book Design, which I'm still trying to get the ball rolling on. So I'm going to have to sit down and make some hard decisions about what I want to do with all of these responsibilities. What this means is that this month's goals are kind of sparse right now.

NOVEMBER 2015

CAREER: 0%

• Build newsletters for Lazy Lady and LV Book Design (0%)

Notes: I'm trying to not overwhelm myself at the start of the month. I may add more later.

FINANCIAL: 38%

• Pay off my Credit Card (38%)

Notes: You may see this list grow later in the month too, I'm trying to decide what I want to do and when I want to set it as a goal with some financial decisions. 

HEALTH: 17%

• Complete Phase I of Atkins (50%)
• Stay strong with the diet during Thanksgiving (0%)
• Work out at least four days a week (0%)

Notes: So, technically we've already done Phase I, but yesterday we allowed ourselves to pig out on real candy. So, we decided to do Phase I for another two weeks.

HOME:  0%

• Stick to the dishes deal (0%)
• Stick to the laundry deal (0%)
• Pick up living spaces every day – weekends don't count, necessarily (0%)

Notes: So, Mr. LL and I came to some cleaning agreements. If one of us cooks dinner, the other does dishes. Also, we are alternating laundry duty. Su, Tu, and Th are his days, M, W, F are my days.

BLOG: 0%

• Work on blog posts for November (0%)
• Work on December planning (0%)
• Photo day (0%)
• LV Blog post(s) (0%)

Notes: It's been crazy at my day job lately, so I'm going to have to do some catch up with the blogging.

Goal Getter // October 2015

Hi, my lovely readers, just a quick note: I'm not dead. I took an unplanned break from blogging last week. I didn't have the time, energy or desire to write last week. So I took a mental health break. It's a bummer because I have fun Halloween posts that I didn't get to post, but I'll be finishing out this week with more Halloween goodies. On to the blog post!

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OCTOBER 2015

CAREER: 100%

• Network at the Venture POP! conference (100%)
• Illustration freelance gig (100%)
• Poster design illustration gig (100%)

Notes: You may have noticed a few items were removed from this list, but I'm just being realistic about the print ad goal and the wedding invite project has been put on hold for now.

FINANCIAL: 69%

• Pay off my Credit Card (38%)
• Deposit all the change in/around the house (100%)

Notes: FINALLY TOOK ALL THAT DAMN CHANGE TO THE BANK.

HEALTH: 88%

• Eat out only 3 times a week MAX (75%)
• Better our diets with healthier, home cooked meals (100%)

Notes: Mr. LL and I started doing Atkins last week. I hate it but I love seeing the number on the scale going down.

HOME:  17%

• Declutter: books (0%)
• Decorate for Halloween (0%)
• Take "decluttered" clothes + books to a charity store (50%)

Notes: ¬.¬ I've been busy.

BLOG: 100%

• Work on blog posts for October (100%)
• Work on November planning (100%)
• Go get supplies for the annual "Trick or Treat" series!!! (100%)
• Photo day (100%)

Notes: So, if you don't count my unplanned break from the blog last week, I've been pretty good.