Another three months in the books! The third quarter zoomed by so quickly I got whiplash. Like, for realz.
Part of me wants this year to be long gone, in the past, never look back, good riddance. But the faster and farther we get away from it, the closer we are to the unknown. I guess it’s always like that, right? Every second of every day we get closer to a future and we have no idea what it holds. We can pretend we have control by working toward our goals (hello, that’s why I’m here today!) but there’s always the chance a pesky roadblock gets thrown into the mix to trip us up.
ANYWAY, if you’ve been reading my sporadic posts recently, then you won’t be surprised to learn that I barely touched my goals this quarter. In fact, I don’t even remember what they were, lol… so time to reread that post (this one HERE) and refresh my mem, brb…
Leftovers From Q1…
- Stop Dropping The F Bomb: um…
- Track my Eating and Exercising: I eat a lot of ramen and haven’t been to the gym in a very long time…the end.
- Take Care of Junk Mail Immediately: not immediately but not 2+ months either, trying to tackle it weekly.
- Be more consistent (blog and social media): the blog is on the back burner as I shared HERE, and social media, well, right now I’m allowing myself to be an observer. That’s where I’m more comfortable and I’m okay with that right now.
- Get stronger: I keep telling myself I’m going to start small, lift some weights, do my PT, use my stationary bike. At this point, do I need to actually say that I’m not doing that? Okay, I’m not doing that. Maybe tomorrow! Ha!
- Use my phone less: :::shrug::: IDK…
- Stop Saying I’m Sorry: I’ve stopped noticing TBH.
- Go On A Spending Freeze: been tackling this and even extended it to my grocery shopping (implementing a cash budget to last me the 6 weeks of the freeze) and have been relatively successful. I say relatively because I might have accidentally on purpose bought a new Apple Watch band on Amazon. You know, necessities.
- Make updates to my website: nope…
- Start an Etsy Shop with Printables: nope…
Leftovers From Q2…
- Attic Overhaul: I can’t believe this is from Q2. I have been thinking about this again recently, now that the weather has kind of cooled down (though yesterday was somewhere between 89 and 92, what??) because I want to make the most of the space. And I have a bunch of stuff I want/need to put up there.
- Outdoor Spaces: refreshed my garden and deck, check it out HERE if you missed it!
- Post on Instagram at least 1x per day and Stories 10x per day: nope…
- Update and start posting updates on my LAF Lines Facebook Page: nope…
- Start promoting my blog posts on Pinterest: nope…
- Work on creating content upgrades to build an email list: nope…
- Etsy Shop: work on the Printables from Q1 and add some Jewelry designs by end of Q2: nope…
- Prioritize Physical Therapy & Moving: nope…
- Be a Better Housekeeper/Homemaker: maybe?
- Time Management & Planning: I am inclined to believe I’m hopeless lol, but I have been TRYING to do a Top 3 list (have you heard of this?), and have been doing this kinda sorta, but only on the weekends at this point. I write a list of 3 things I want to achieve each day (that is fun things, creative things, relaxing things, i.e. chores don’t make it on this list). I rarely achieve them all, but that’s okay. It makes me think ahead. I want to extend this to be an every day thing. We’ll see…
Q3 Hobby Exploration Goals
- Painting (July): nope…
- Sewing/Textile Design (August): nope…
- Bullet Journaling (September): nope…
Q3 Blog/Business Goals
- Mini “Makeovers”
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- Entry update: done, check it out HERE
- Kitchen update: kinda done, updated my island. Check it out HERE!
- Dining update: put this on the back burner…
- Stairway update: in the works, slowly but surely… migrating this to a Q4 goal!
- Bedroom update: done but haven’t shared yet… stay tuned!
- Office update: still to come, moving to Q4…
- Other
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- Etsy Goal: Textiles: nope…
- Create LAF Out Loud (newsletter): nope…
Goals for Q4
I had planned out my goals for the year back at the end of January, and the main goal for Q4 was to renovate my bathroom. You won’t find that on my list below… I’m going to take my time and make it a goal for 2020, but I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to do some of the leg work needed to make that a reality. No formal goals about it though… what I will put in writing is:
Hobby Goals
- Hand Lettering (October)
- Crocheting (November)
- Meditation (December)
Mini “Makeovers”
- Stairway update
- Office update
Other
- Work on a Pinterest plan
- Plan blog content for 2020
- Update/upgrade website
What are your goals for this last quarter of 2019?
Many thanks and much love,
laf
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