Per my usual mantra, this month flew by!! Basically I sucked at getting any of my goals done. This month did not go as planned, not all bad, just not as productive as I had hoped. I was sick for one week, we decided to go to Vegas (not complaining), worked on some other things, and well, then the month was over. Shall we begin my walk of shame….
Use my planner and get posts for the next three months planned. Ideally, I would like to have all non-travel, non-goal posts already drafted.
NO, NO, NO
Write out yearly goals, and work on the Dawson workbook.
Didn’t get it until January 23rd…so.
Start the 365 Photo Challenge.
Did this one!! I’ve been posting on Instagram and really enjoying it. I did miss two days, and a few days I was fairly uninspired. My favorite 4 pictures from January are featured first: the palm tree in the brew pot, Sam, Eddie, & fallen flowers. I tried to pick things that made me happy that day or showed a glimpse of life. A bit like 100 happy days challenge rolled into pictures.
Finish 3 Skillshare courses.
2 out of 3:
EasyDSLR: Master your Digital Camera in less than 30 days by Kenneth Schultz
I found this class SO dry. It was hard to get through, and I could not get into it. There was some good information, but it was almost too much. His presentation came across scientific in nature (at least to me).
The First Steps to Hand-Lettering: Concept to Sketch by Mary Kate McDevitt
It was neat to see her process. It wasn’t that instructional in nature, more just watching her create.
Start a new knitting project…socks or different style headband.
NOPE
Finish you can Draw in 30 Days.
Fell into the same category as knitting, a big fat NO.
Continue at-home yoga practice (minimum 4 days a week) and again try to go to at least one class at a studio.
I’m pretty proud of myself in this area. I did 4 days the first week and 5 days the next 2 weeks (this last week we left on Wednesday for Vegas so I only did one day) I’ve been continuing with the Erin Motz 30 Day Yoga Challenge & started 30 Days of Yoga with Adriene (thanks to Arielle for the suggestion). I even did 2 videos some days. I did not make it to a studio class, but maybe in February.
Work with P on yearly goals… like travel.
A little, but nothing definitive.
Book San Diego whale watching tour
Yes! Pictures to come next week in my Discovering San Diego post.
Complete at least one new graphic design project
I came up with the button for the new-link up I’m co-hosting with Katie from The Hungry Goat, Into The Pint Glass. I’m counting that, but I was thinking something a bit more involved/challenging when I wrote this goal. I mean, a girl has to take credit for what she can 🙂 Especially for goals she made up and no one cares about; that is when it is most important.
I was just as unsuccessful with the Choose Your Own Challenge goals. Which is fairly laughable since January was “Complete”:
The “About” page…which you guys well know has been on the to-do list for a while!!
Almost there, it will be unveiled this week! I know everyone is just at the edge of their seats for that announcement 🙂
Work on or finish two more items off my 101 list…clearly those have been there a while too 🙂
Umm…not so much. I actually need to update that list.
Well, that was embarrassing! Oh well, onto February 🙂
February Goals
- Continue with yoga! I’m enjoying it (kind of), it is still exercise, but it feels good. My goal is to get to a class, but continue at home practice. Again 4 days a week as the goal. I got a FitBit in January. So my goal with that is to do 50,000 steps a week. I know it should be 10,000 a day, but I’m starting slow.
- Back to Skillshare…I’m going to stick to the magic number of 3!
- Do at least one deviled eggs recipes for the blog.
- Attempt to make throw pillows for the couch or buy some this month. If I can’t/don’t make them I will order some, no more putting it off!
- Organize pictures on the computer. My pictures are out of control.
- Work on the Dawson workbook. I’m a bit disenchanted with the whole thing now because it was such a long wait and hassle to get.
- Get a haircut. So…I have not gotten my hair cut since we moved. I hate finding a new hair dresser! Plus I’m trying to decide, keep growing it and donate, or get it chopped off!
- Buy or design phone case. We got new phones and now I need a case. I also need to sell my old phone (this is something I know I will put off)
- Buy new jeans, again this is something I need to do. I HATE shopping for jeans, HATE IT. Jeans are one of those things I really have to go try on and rarely buy online, which is by far, my preferred method of shopping.
- Crack down and really start figuring out my direction. I realize this is vague, but that is the best I can do for now.
- Make an effort to explore more by myself.
I’m linking-up with Melyssa at the Nectar Collective to share my monthly goals.
For the Choose Your Own Challenge, February is “Create”–Create a DIY project, a new recipe, a song, a piece of art, the start of a novel, a new list…wherever your creative mind takes you, follow it.
For this one I’m going back to knitting & drawing.
- Start knitting socks
- Finish You Can Draw in 30 Days
- Also…if I actually make those throw pillows, you better believe you will hear about that!
While January was not really get stuff done I’ve been putting off month, maybe February will be 🙂 Many of these items have been on my list for a while.
What are your goals for February? Any suggestions on a good brand of jeans?
I don’t know how, but I missed this post. Congrats on starting the 365 day project! Your collection of photos from January are pretty awesome!! I am falling behind on publishing mine but I have been staying dedicated. It has been fun so far!!
And I some how missed this!! I’m not sure I’m 100% loving the new commenting system 🙂 Thank you Constance! I’m trying to resume the project now, I totally let it go in February. I really have enjoyed it.
I’m going to finish that book!! It will happen 🙂 Again, thank you for the nomination! The Liebster Awards are so fun 🙂
Haha I so love the honesty though! And about pages are hard, seriously. I need to glance at my 101 list too. I’m almost done, but I still have about a year left and 20 things to go. I better figure out what they are, I haven’t looked in awhile.
Well it wouldn’t do me much good to lie 🙂 Well, the about page didn’t get finished up this week either so I lied about that one. Only 20 left, that is awesome!
Good for you for at least trying the camera course! I barely even wanted to read my manual. Eventually, I did sit down and try to understand the basics. It was really fun to play around with at that point but the figuring out part of it can be tough.
Yes, there is a lot to learn! I get frustrated when I get a certain result, but then can’t seem to do it again or figure out what I did. It’s a lot of trial and error for me currently.
So awesome you won 50 bucks!!! ish. 🙂 Starting slow and steady is good. Let’s be friends on fitbit!! 😀
Well, we lost it all by the end, but it was fun. Yes! I’m under gallagher.mariah@gmail.com.
uhm okay.. let me quick run around the neighborhood before i add you. hahaha
I love your pictures. I have to check to make sure that I follow you on Instagram.
I like your goals for February. Totally doable even for a short month!
I need to start doing more monthly goals. I’m so unfocused, I need to reign myself back in. And for the choose your own adventure challenge, I have NO idea what I’m going to create.
Thank you Jana! Yes, let’s hope I check a few off this month 🙂 It is actually very useful for me to put the goals in writing and have them out there. That way I have to go back account for them at the end of the month 🙂
What a cool list, I have a list of goals but mostly in my head. About time I wrote them down and began ticking them off.
Thank you Natalie. I find these posts help to keep me accountable.
Well it seems to me that you’ve been doing a good job at working on completing your goals! Best of luck to you on your goals for this next month!
Thank you Jenn! Hopefully I will be able to check off a few more goals in February than I did in January.
your photos are gorgeous – i would do a photo challenge if my photos were that pretty, lol. i have done erin’s 30 day challenge but didn’t know adriene had one as well, will have to check it out!
You should definitely check out the Adriene challenge too!! Most of her’s are a little longer too, which is nice. The ab one killed me.
Going to find you on Instagram now. Your photos are terrific! Good luck with your February goals!
Thanks Amy!! Hopefully February will be more productive!
Your photos are beautiful!!!!!!
I seriously LOVE “about” pages! Other than the main homepage they’re usually the only ones I visit!
Thanks Amanda!! It’s been a fun project. Though I don’t like the days when I don’t feel so inspired 🙂
Hey! We can’t kill it every month on our goals…if we did we’d be perfect and there’s no such thing!
I also need to organize my computer photos.
I do hope you make throw pillows and tell us all about them.
The pillow making is a bit of a long shot 🙂 I’ve been saying I’m going to try it for a LONG time now. Thanks for the wise words Steph!
Hey, that’s not so bad! It looks like you knocked out a little bit on a lot of things, and a lot of the things you were working on are big multi-part goals, like classes and big planning projects, so I’d definitely say that’s progress!
When it comes to jeans, I haven’t had to think about that in years – since I’ve been mostly the same size for about ten years {as much as I try to change that}, whenever I need jeans, I just walk into the Gap and grab a couple pairs of their Long + Lean line in my size. I haven’t had to try any of them on in forever. But that’s generally how I shop for clothes, just finding a silhouette or cut that works for me and buying it in all the colors I like – because truth be told, I hate clothes shopping.
Thanks Kristin!! I guess it was an ok month:) I’ve been a Gap jeans girl for years, but I want to change it up. I don’t really enjoy shopping all that much either.
It looks like you should be joining me in starting your year over in February. That’s what I’ve decided I’m going to do. Screw January. January is too cold. February is where shit starts to happen.
Um, designing Into The Pint Glass buttons *totally* counts. You put so much awesome effort into those!
And I LOVE your #365 photo challenge on Instagram!
Thanks Katie, the 365 project has been fun. I know, we should all just get to stay home and watch tv in January 🙂 Hopefully February will be more productive for you and me, both!
I think you’re being hard on yourself! You did really well.
I’m still trying to learn the camera. I need to focus!
I love shopping online but hate it for clothes. I filled my cart with things yesterday and couldn’t pull the trigger because I figured I would return half of it anyway! For jeans, I surprisingly love the Mossimo skinnies at Target. Their “shorts” are the perfect length for me!
Aww thanks Lauren!! Ha, ha, focus, is that photography humor 🙂 It takes a while to get comfortable with it. I just started using my camera on manual in November/December, that was after having it for 7 months! I need to practice more.
I buy a ton of clothes online but jeans are a hard one. I’m actually not shopping at Target anymore. I had a bad customer service experience and have not shopped there since. I hold a grudge 🙂