Weekly Goals

I'm trying something out here. I've been reading A LOT of Dana White's blog A Slob Comes Clean and it has really inspired me. I randomly found it via a pin on Pinterest, about two weeks ago I think, and I started from the beginning of her journey and am working my way through her archives. I identify with her struggle so much. So, I'm going to give her "method" a try and see if it works.

From what I've gathered, she worked on developing habits as opposed to just creating some daunting to-do list. I started do this too with the Baby Steps Challenge, but then fell out of practice with all the things I had worked on. So, I'm going to try again.

Every week I'm going to add something to my to-do list. Dana calls them Non-Negotiables, meaning that she's not allowed to convince herself it doesn't need to be done EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

For this week, I'm starting from the beginning and going back to my original list of tasks, so my goal is to make the bed every single day.

I'm starting small, but it will be growing. I hope I can keep this up.

Goal Getter /// October 2016

I can't believe it's October already. Sometimes it feels like time just drags, but other times I look up and days/weeks/months/years have flown by. Before I get into this month's goals, let's see how I did with September's goals:

SEPTEMBER GOALS

1. Exercise every day. Yeah, no. This did not happen. It felt like as soon as I made this an actual goal, I started to feel too ill to exercise. Then life got in the way and this goal just went out the window.
2. Wear sunscreen. Didn't really need to do this because I didn't go outside.
3. Get back into meditating. This didn't happen, either.
4. Start journaling again. FINALLY, something I actually did accomplish! I don't have an official journal yet, but I've been writing in a WordDoc till I get one.
5. Start work on my Halloween costume. I've been looking for the right pieces and parts to this costume. I don't want to break the bank on something I'm probably never going to wear again and will only be wearing to my work's costume contest, so it's been a struggle to find affordable options of what I want.

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OCTOBER GOALS

1. See about going to the dentist. So, I discovered a hole in one of my wisdom teeth. A BIG hole. I'm currently having some health issues that make going to the dentist something I'm not supposed to do for awhile, but I'm going to talk to my doctor to see if I can get this taken care of. :/

2. Make Halloween costume. Pretty self-explanatory.

3. Rework the blog. More on this tomorrow.

4. Enjoy the season. I love fall and Halloween. Normally, I dedicate my blog to Halloween during this month. Instead, this year, I'm just going to enjoy it with Mr. LL by watching Halloween/Horror movies and playing spooky board games.

Goal Getter /// September 2016

Let's start fresh. I'm all about new beginnings right now, and I don't want to look back (too much), so I'm looking forward!

With that said, moving forward, I'm going to be doing my monthly goals a bit different. I want to really focus my intentions on key areas and not spread myself too thin.

SEPTEMBER GOALS

1. Exercise every day. I started doing this last week, but I'm trying to walk for 30 minutes every day. It's not a crazy amount of exercise, I know, but it's a start. Bigby loves it. I'd really like to get my bike out too, but I need a phone mount, for playing the PokemonGo. ¬.¬
2. Wear sunscreen. This one kind of goes with #1, because I've been getting out and active, I've also been getting sunburnt. I need to get into the habit of wearing sunscreen. Any suggestions for sunscreens that aren't your typical sports/beach types that you love, let me know in the comments. Please!
3. Get back into meditating. I've fallen out of the habit of daily mediation, but I really want to get back into the habit. I was doing it on my lunch break at work, but I'm wondering if I should try a different time. I may be using this month to see what time of day I can be consistent with my meditation.
4. Start journaling again. For a large part of my life, I've been a journal keeper. I fell out of the habit when I started seeing Mr. LL, but I am going through some major life changes right now, and I feel a very strong need to document this journey both outwardly and inwardly. However, as any journal keeper can understand, the first step is finding the "perfect" journal. 
5. Start work on my Halloween costume. I had a stroke of genius for my Halloween costume while out and about today. Now I need to make it!

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I'm not sure if I'm going to be updating this every week. For now, I'm just going to come back to it at the end of the month to recap and make goals for the next month. If I think I need to talk more about it during the month, then I can always change the format.