March Goals

Yes, I know it's halfway through March. But hey, never too late for monthly goals right? Because it is so late in the month, I am going to trim it down a little. Have to keep it realistic!

February Re-Cap

Blog and Social Media Goals:

1. Create my e-mail opt-in. Fail. I now know what I want to do, but it will take some time.

2. Finish cleaning out Instagram follows. Again, fail.

3. Continue cleaning up Pinterest. This partially happened. I'm using Boardbooster now so that will help a little.

4. Work on scheduling blog weeks ahead of time to avoid cramming the night before. So obviously this didn't happen. Depression got the best of me and I couldn't get myself to blog. I'm putting myself on a regular schedule for this month so that should help!

Personal Goals:

1. Continue reading books, especially blog tour books. This actually happened! I finished a couple of books this last month, although I haven't done any reviews. But more books are coming!

2. Participate in as many housing and program events that my schedule allows. I did a lot of fun events this month! We had the welcome party event, where we had pizza and a dance party and all seven dwarves visited. We also got to do grocery bingo where we got two big bags of food!

3. Create a bucket list for my time here. This hasn't been started yet, but I'm working on it!

March Goals

Blog and Social Media Goals:

1. Set up my daily social media and blogging schedule, and stick to it. Now that I'm back into regular blogging, I also want to extend that to using all my social media regularly and interacting with my followers and other bloggers!

2. Actually finish cleaning up Instagram. I've been putting this off for how many months now?! I need to buckle down and do it.

3. Work on my opt-in/secret project. Yes! So my opt-in is connected to a project that I am keeping secret for now. (If you want a sneak peek, subscribe to my newsletter!) I hope to have it down by the end of next month!

Personal Goals:

1. Get caught up on my devotional and Bible reading. I'm not too far behind, so it shouldn't take much to catch up!

2. Find more park buddies for my days off. Because I spend my days off at home doing nothing but Netflix and Facebook, it really affects my moods. I just need to invite people!

What do you think of this months goals? Are they realistic considering March is half over?

February Goals

Sorry for the late post today! We're officially in Florida and getting used to the weather and spending time with friends, and we got back fairly late last night. I will continue to keep posting, however!

January Re-Cap

Blog and Social Media Goals:

1. Grow my e-mail list. This didn't work as well as I'd hoped. I grew my list by 6 subscribers reaching 16 total subscribers, but I didn't hit the 30 I was hoping for.

2. Post 3x weekly. Done!

3. Clean up my Pinterest. This was an nightmare. I was cleaning up my blogging board one day at work and accidentally deleted THE ENTIRE BOARD. I seriously cried. So no, this isn't done. But it's in progress.

4. Clean up Instagram follows. I started the process of this, and am down about 200 follows. Still working on it though!

Personal Goals:

1. Continue reading in my spare time. I didn't do too much of this.

2. Finish purging and packing for Florida. Done, since we're in Florida!

3. Read our couple's devotional daily. While we didn't read it daily due to traveling, we are caught up and staying caught up!

February Goals

Blogging and Social Media Goals:

1. Create my e-mail opt-in. In order to continue to grow my list and send out exclusive additional content, I've been doing various e-mail list webinars for ideas. One big thing I hear everywhere is using an e-mail opt-in. I have a couple ideas in progress, I just need to work on them!

2. Finish cleaning out Instagram follows. I just need to do it.

3. Continue cleaning up Pinterest. I don't think I will finish going through it, but I want to continue.

4. Work on scheduling blog weeks ahead of time to avoid cramming the night before. Since my work schedule here will be all over the place, I don't want to be skimping on sleep or fun. I want to balance the blog and my life here!

Personal Goals:

1. Continue reading books, especially blog tour books. I have been accepting a couple of books for review back on The Librarian's Bookshelf, so I need to continue reading those books.

2. Participate in as many housing and program events that my schedule allows. I didn't do many events in my last program, and I want to change that!

3. Create a bucket list for my time here. It's started, but I need to finish it.

What do you think about this month's goals? Do you have any similar goals?

January Goals

Hi everyone! This month is becoming one crazy month. I'm keeping up on my posting schedule, getting ready to move to Florida, and planning more blog post series for you guys! Are you ready for some exciting content?

December Re-Cap

Blog and Social Media Goals:

1. Post at least twice a week. Done! I was very successful at scheduling posts which really helped.

2. Get back into regular vlogging. Sort of? I did a few more vlogs than normal, but not too many. With the DCP series moving forward, you'll be seeing more of my face soon!

3. Reach 1000 followers on Twitter. Done! I surpassed that goal by a landslide.

4. Be more active on Instagram. Sort of. I posted more, but I still am not interacting with my feed much.

5. Finish setting up my blogging binder. Done! It's been super helpful already.

Personal Goals:

1. Get back into planning. Big fail. Going to try again this month!

2. Spend less time wasting time with Facebook/iPhone games. Success! I cut down on the number of Facebook AND iPhone games I play! It's still a decent amount, but much less time-consuming.

3. Start reading again. Success? I did finish a book and review it, and I'm working through a few more.

January Goals

Blogging and Social Media Goals:

1. Grow my e-mail list. I have been sending out bi-weekly digests as well as minor updates that I don't post on the blog. I am hoping to grow my list to at least 30 subscribers by the end of the month if I can, but even a little growth would be progress! Want to help me out?

2. Post 3x weekly. So far, I have done this. I do have a full editorial calendar filled out for this month, so as long as I stick to it, I'm golden!

3. Clean up my Pinterest. Both my boards and pins need some serious deep-cleaning. Time to purge!

4. Clean up Instagram follows. After reading Summer's post about why the follow for follow method doesn't help your Instagram growth, I realized this was why I had been having such a hard time interacting on Instagram. My feed became so overwhelming, I didn't want to check it! Time to cull some follows.

Personal Goals:

1. Continue reading in my spare time. Now that I've been reading again, I realize how much I've missed it!

2. Finish purging and packing for Florida. This will get done either way, since we fly out the 31st of this month. However, I feel writing it down will help motivate me to do it!

3. Read our couple's devotional daily. We really enjoy spending this personal time together, so I'm looking forward to continuing this!

What do you think of my goals? Did you make any goals this month?

December Goals

It's been a couple of months since I did a goals post! I will be recapping the September goals, as well as sharing this months goals with you. I have a lot to share, so let's get started!

September Re-cap

Blog and Social Media Goals:

1. Reach 150 likes on my Facebook page. Done!

2. Blog for each Blogtember prompt, plus at least two other posts a week. A big, big, FAIL.

3. Look into starting sponsorship options. Slightly looked into, but still a work in progress.

Personal Goals:

1. Continue with my workout regime. Again, a big fail.

2. Learn how to make Starbucks frappuccinos at home. Fail, but now that I have a Keurig, I'm making more and more coffee at home!

Wedding Goals:

1. Figure out what we want for a guest book and toss extras for our exit. Done!

2. Start the honeymoon packing list. Done!

December Goals

Blog and Social Media Goals:

1. Post at least twice a week. So far, so good! I have some post ideas lined up, so hopefully this will actually happen!

2. Get back into regular vlogging. Now that I have a regular office set-up, vlogging will be much easier. I just need to do it!

3. Reach 1000 followers on Twitter. When I first thought of this goal, I was at 954, now I'm at 998. Seriously, I am that close!

4. Be more active on Instagram. I'm working at growing my Instagram, so this is a good way to start.

5. Finish setting up my blogging binder. I've started putting it together, I just need to organize it and start using it!

Personal Goals:

1. Get back into planning. Using my planner keeps me so much more organized and I get more done.

2. Spend less time wasting time with Facebook/iPhone games. I spend so much time playing games!

3. Start reading again. I have so many good books just sitting on my Kindle and my nightstand.

What do you think of my goals? What are your goals for December?

September Goals

Hi friends! Now that's it's officially September (where did the summer go!) it's time to recap my August goals and share with you my goals for this next month!

Let's start by recapping my August Goals - which ones did I complete, and which ones fell short?

Blog and Social Media Goals:

1. Reach 1000 followers on Twitter. This didn't happen. I didn't even break 800 followers! However, I still saw growth, and that's all I can ask for.

2. Post at least two times a week. This didn't happen, but I came close!

3. Remain active on Twitter and my blogging communities. I did this! Everyday I participated in my blogging community threads and remained active on Twitter.

Personal Goals:

1. No McDonalds and limit other fast food. I almost did this! I had one day of McDonalds, and didn't feel well after. So guess who is done eating McDonalds? This girl!

2. Continue working out with out church class three days a week, and walk with Nick once a week. I stopped going to my church workout class because they changed the time to 5AM. Yes, you read that right. There is no way I can drag myself out of bed that early AND work out!

Wedding Goals:

1. Get all invites mailed by the end of the month. Yes! All of them are out and we've already received some RSVPs.

2. Catch up on The Knot to-do list. We are caught up, and we have a master to-do list of all that is left for the two of us to finish before the big day!

3. Book the honeymoon hotel. Done! We're staying in the GRAND CALIFORNIAN HOTEL. I'm a tad excited!

Now for September's goals!

Blog and Social Media Goals:

1. Reach 150 likes on my Facebook page. I'm so close to 100 that I think I can do this one!

2. Blog for each Blogtember prompt, plus at least two other posts a week. I have lots of content ideas for September, so I think this is actually going to happen!

3. Look into starting sponsorship options. I still don't have a huge following, so I'm not sure if I'm a big enough blog for this, but I would like to try and bring in some extra income.

Personal Goals:

1. Continue with my workout regime. I'm trying to run for 30 minutes twice a week, plus do strength and flexibility circuits the rest of the week. Putting them into my planner has helped so far!

2. Learn how to make Starbucks frappuccinos at home. This would really cut down on the amount of money I spend at Starbucks!

Wedding Goals:

1. Figure out what we want for a guest book and toss extras for our exit. We have idea, but I want to settle on what we want and get them ordered so we don't have to worry about it!

2. Start the honeymoon packing list. As crazy as this sounds, NEXT MONTH we are getting married and going to Disneyland for a week! I'm so excited! We're bringing so many extra things (because I have too many outfits to plan) that I want to make sure we don't forget anything.

What are your goals for the month?

August Goals

Hi everyone! As part of my goal to consistently blog, I decided to start off this month with a list of my August goals.

Blog and Social Media Goals:

1. Reach 1000 followers on Twitter. I'm sitting at 732 followers as I post this, and I had less than 600 last week. I think this is very doable!

2. Post at least two times a week. Now this does not include planner spreads, and that's mainly because I don't think I will continue to post my planner spreads on the blog. I will probably keep posting them on Instagram, so if you're interested in those follow me! I already have a few post ideas for the next few weeks, so this one may actually happen.

3. Remain active on Twitter and my blogging communities. I am a part of three blogging communities, and those alone have been a huge part of my social media following growing recently! As I start to blog more, I also want to utilize them to get more traffic coming to the blog and to Twitter.

Personal Goals:

1. No McDonalds and limit other fast food. Nick and I are trying to pinpoint what has been upsetting my stomach and digestive system, and we think it may be my love of McDonalds fries, if not all fast foods. This goal will be hard, but I'm going to try and stick with it!

2. Continue working out with out church class three days a week, and walk with Nick once a week. We're both trying to get in better shape for the wedding, so this one needs to happen. I just need to drag myself out of bed at 5:30 on those morning!

Wedding Goals:

1. Get all invites mailed by the end of the month. We have almost of the addresses and the design is basically finalized, we just need to print them and get them out the door!

2. Catch up on The Knot to-do list. I'm behind on a few tasks and that is stressing me out! They're not hard tasks, so I just need to buckle down and do them.

3. Book the honeymoon hotel. This one has been a struggle for both Nick and myself for a couple of weeks due to finances and his friend who is getting us the discount. Hoping to have this done ASAP!

What do you think of my goals this month? Are any of them impossible? Do you have any similar goals? Let me know!