Monthly Goals for August {2017}

Monthly Goals for August {2017}

August! It’s August! Like, the 8th month of 2017. How did we get here? Although, I’m pretty excited about it being August because that means we’re that much closer to my favorite time of year, fall. And my favorite holiday, Halloween. And my favorite sport’s season, football.

And, after all that is over, we’ll only about a month away from Pearson’s graduation and about two months away from moving! We’re super excited for all of this and to be done with grad school and to start a new life. So, I’m not too upset about this year going by quickly! Now that may change in 4 or 5 months, but for right now, I’ll take it!

But anyway, I digress… Let’s move on to my goals for the month, shall we?

Monthly Goals for August

July:

Word of the Year (confidence):

  • Not work myself so hard. Spread out my to-do lists and schedule my tasks (including self-care and workouts).
  • Start journalling again to help when I go to therapy sessions.

Spiritual:

  • Attend Church every Sunday and Wednesday this month (at least when we’re in town).

Physical:

  • Complete the 21 Day Fix EXTREME program. (I didn’t because of health issues)
  • Stay active in my Beachbody lifestyle challenge group. (I didn’t because of health issues)
  • Get out of bed by 7:00 am for work every work day.

Reading:

  • Read at least two fiction books
  • Read No More Perfect Marriages by Mark & Jill Savage (I’m part of a blog tour for this)
  • Listen to The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy (My “Personal Development” book for my Beachbody lifestyle challenge group)

Marriage:

  • Celebrate our anniversary!!!
  • Enjoy our trip to Portland, Oregon this weekend! (I ended up not going. But Pearson enjoyed it)
  • Enjoy our trip home to see our childhood friend get married!

Blog:

  • Update pictures and SEO in at least 10 old posts (I have a list of posts I want to update)
  • Reach 2,000 Twitter followers (I’m SO close!)

Home:

  • Keep our home relatively clean (especially the dishes)

30×30:

  • Stay within our budget. (with some circumstances out of our control, this didn’t happen. But we also could have done better with what we could control.)

Bonus:

  • I actually went to see a doctor about my stomach issues. I might share more on the blog about that later.
  • I finally got rid of all of the stuff we collected when we decluttered last month. Most went to Goodwill and some went to different consignment shops. We actually made some good money selling it!
  • I attended The Dating Divas’ Referral Partners Boot Camp, learned a lot about affiliate marketing, and made some decent money with The Divas this month. 
  • I did a bunch of little tasks for my blog like updated the photos on my Facebook page, added linktree to my Instagram profile, and started posting more to my IG stories and Facebook page.
Monthly Goals for August

August:

Word of the Year (confidence):

  • Not work myself so hard. Spread out my to-do lists and schedule my tasks (including self-care and workouts).

Spiritual:

  • Attend Church every Sunday and Wednesday this month.
  • Finish working through the devotional, Becoming One by Madison Weaver

Physical:

  • Complete the 21 Day Fix EXTREME program.
  • Get out of bed by 7:00 am every work day.
  • Drink 80 oz of water per day
  • Don’t go through any drive throughs this month. I did it for Lent. I’ll do it again!

Mental:

Marriage:

Blog:

  • Update pictures and SEO in at least 10 old posts (I have a list of posts I want to update)
  • Reach 2,000 Twitter followers
  • Complete the 3 guest posts I’m currently working on and submit them
  • Create and submit my content for a blogger bundle (I don’t want to reveal too much yet)
  • Promote my old college and back-to-school posts and products
  • Work on my Facebook game – post more, promote my page, get engagement
  • Watch all of Helene’s free Instagram Workshop videos

Home:

  • Keep our home relatively clean (especially the dishes)

30×30:

  • Catch up and stay within our budget.
    • Only eat out on weekends
    • Cheap at-home dates (besides the Irish Festival)
    • Don’t spend any “spending money”
  • Start using DuoLingo again for German and French.
Those are my goals! There are a few more than I’ve set in past months but I think they’re doable. Especially since one, I did a lot of bonus goals in July and two, August is a lot less busy than June and July were. What are your goals for the month? Thanks for reading!

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I'm a millennial wife and fur-mom living in Oregon. I'm passionate about marriages and making them last. I believe it's possible to build a marriage that will endure whatever comes your way and all it takes is a little work. And trust me, your marriage is so worth that effort!

4 thoughts on “Monthly Goals for August {2017}

  1. A BLOGGER BUNDLE!!! What?! I'm already excited for you, and you haven't given any good details yet.

    Also, you're killing it on Facebook. Your stuff shows up in my News Feed, which means your organic reach is at least reaching me!

    Health issues are the worst, so I hope your medical visit was fruitful.

  2. Love this! I need to do this so desperately. As soon as I plan to something throws everything out of wack, i.e., sickness, financial obligations, etc.

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