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Clear The List: April 2016

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Hi Friends! Jumping back in for Clear The List. Join me and my co-hosts,  Lindsay from Lindsay Does Languages and Shannon from Eurolinguiste in encouraging each other in reaching our goals, and #clearthelist. Linkup your goal setting post below and cheer your fellow bloggers on with their goals.

March

This month was good overall, and I feel ready for April. March was a bit of a reset month for me, with a focus on planning and just trying to organize myself a bit more in terms of my business. Also I was sick twice this month, allergy related and just did not have the same energy I had in January and February. You will see on my tracker that for the last week or so, I kind of just gave up on tracking. Honestly, I just didn’t fill in the sheet, I did yoga a few times, but didn’t take the time to fill in the sheet. I considered going back and doing it, but then decided, nope just moving forward.We only got one hike in, so hopefully I will do better with that in April. Also I lost my FitBit mid-month ?. So the steps thing went out the door. Good news is that I just ordered a new one for April (like literally I ordered it today Friday 1 and it is supposed to be delivered today, yay Amazon Prime). ? In other techi news, we got a Roomba. I named him Jeffers, and he does a pretty good job. He’s not the smartest, but it’s nice to set him to go and I don’t have to debate using my time to vacuum. I worry about how long he will last since he does seem to hit things fairly hard, and he is already fairly scuffed up. Now let’s move into April.

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April

In April, my focus is steps once again. I’m need to work on my morning routine again, I was doing really good in January and February, but totally lost a consistent routine in March. Part of it was being sick, and just trying to sleep when I could. Yoga is one habit that is becoming much easier to make time for, I feel better when I fit it in. My habit list has changed a little but not too much.

I do really want to get our Portland post up this month. And I would like to try to be more active on the FBB Instagram page. April is already fairly scheduled out with a few trips and other plans, so I know it will go by quickly.

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So catch me up on what you have been up to lately!! If you have post on your goals, link it up below!

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Clear The List: February 2016

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Hello!! I’ve missed all of my blogging peeps! January was an awesome month, it flew by. Of course, when have I not said that about a month? It did seem to be over quickly, but not in a hazy way as some months. More like each day was filled full and I was kicking-ass. I’m so scared about losing the motivation I had in January, because January felt good. I’ve been super focused on BHG. I’ve been so busy, and feeling like I don’t have enough time to do it all but in a good way. This is why I’ve been quiet here 🙁 but I need to focus and not split my energy for now. When I get some more of my projects/ideas completed then I will have more time to be here. The really funny thing is that my pageviews have doubled in the last several months, isn’t that just how it works out. I do miss you guys and hope you do not think I’ve abandoned you all.

It’s the beginning of the month so you know what time it is, Clear The List time. Join me and my co-hosts, Esther from Local Adventurer, Lindsay from Lindsay Does Languages, and Shannon from Eurolinguiste in encouraging each other in reaching our goals, and #clearthelist. Linkup your goal setting post below and cheer your fellow bloggers on with their goals.

But first, let’s talk January.

January was an excellent month in terms of motivation and productivity. Was my habit tracker filled out perfectly? No, but I feel good about what I was able to get done and my focus. We also took a super awesome last minute trip to Portland Oregon this month. I LOVED Portland, and eventually I will share our trip in a post…especially since we had such awesome food 🙂

Below are my filled in sheets. Though one of the problems with the weekly sheets is I totally forgot to fill it in, oops. I’m sharing it but it is not really a true accounting. I’ve got to get better at using it, but regardless it is a good reminder of what I should be doing. The “get out” on the weekly is working from outside the house (like at a coffeeshop), which I really have been enjoying. Just wanted to clarify in case you think I only left the house twice this month LOL. Though again even that was more than twice I just didn’t fill it in.

The Daily Habit Completed January
The Weekly Habit Completed January

The use of the daily journal is working pretty well, but I do find it hard to remember to document my day, everyday. I’ve been really focused lately, so I don’t feel like I’m wasting as much time day to day, or find myself trying to figure out what I should work on. I’ve found a good direction/focus (at least for now).

I’ve found that if I don’t get my yoga done in the morning then I usually don’t find time to fit it in later, so that is something I’m going to try to be more conscious of next month. Sidenote: Yoga with Adriene this past month released a 30-day Yoga Camp series, which I am loving. If any of you are thinking about trying out yoga, her videos are such a good place to start (I know I’ve said it before and I’m going to keep saying it) 🙂 Just getting started and into a routine is half the challenge and I think her videos just make it so easy, especially the 30-day series, since you don’t have to “find” the next video to try.

February Goals

Guys I hate to disappoint you but they are basically the same as January. I’m just working super hard on making BHG work. I know February is going to feel like a very short month, and honestly most of it is already booked. I would love to get two hikes in, but we only made it once in January and that is very likely the case for February too 🙁 The weather was not great on many weekends in January, and I know we have limited availability on weekends this coming month. On the tracker I’ve included social media, and the reason that is there is to: 1. make sure I’m being consistent 2. using social media intentional (ie not random scrolling). Again, broken into daily and weekly sheets. Here is a blank tracker sheet if you want to start your own.

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My main goal for February (in addition to the above routines), is to stay focused and try to maintain the same motivation I have felt throughout January. A big part of that for me is making sure I schedule out my day the day before, and I reach my top three daily goals.

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What are your goals for February? Do you have any big plans for February? Link-up below or share in the comments.


Clear The List: December

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Oh man, we are at the last month of 2015!! The close of the year always gives me a touch of anxiety. Is that just me? Well, I’m going to try to make the most of December. Join me and my co-hosts, Esther from Local Adventurer, Lindsay from Lindsay Does Languages, and Shannon from Eurolinguiste in encouraging each other in reaching our goals, and #clearthelist. Linkup your goal setting post below and cheer your fellow bloggers on with their goals.

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Let’s look back on November…

Habit Tracking

Did ok, not great. I think the waking up is a bit easier since the time change, though I HATE the time change. I did re-design the tracker and here it is if you want to use it too. I think this one is a bit cleaner, easier to use.

November Daily Haibts

The rest of November goals….well, I did not really get those done as expected. I was sick for almost 2-weeks, we took an unexpected trip, Thanksgiving, and then I found myself sitting here writing up this post 🙂 I guess some months just go that way. I feel like I’ve made progress, but just not in areas I thought I would focus on this past month. Moving onto December.

December Goals

This month is going to be based around planning for 2016. I’m really struggling with focusing and productivity, so I want to try to use December to get things straight.

*Finish my planner for 2016

*Make 90-day plan for BHG (Bloom Hustle Grow)

*Work on bucket list for 2016

*Update 101 in 1001, & San Diego Bucket List

*Work on editorial calendars for FBB & BHG

I’m going to leave it at that for December, short and looking ahead to 2016.

How are you preparing for 2016? If you have a goals post, join us and link it up below!!


Clear The List: November Goals

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Another month, another list of goals 🙂 Join me and my co-hosts, Esther from Local Adventurer, Lindsay from Lindsay Does Languages, and Shannon from Eurolinguiste in encouraging each other in reaching our goals, and #clearthelist. Linkup your goal setting post below and cheer your fellow bloggers on with their goals.

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October was a pretty good month, though I did not successfully get it all checked off. Let’s see how I did on the October Goals:

Habit Tracking

October Daily Tracker

Some of these I did great on, and some well, clearly not so much. Yoga and my 365 photo project I feel really good about. I love Instagram:) and really enjoyed getting back to posting there. The whole walking thing and morning routine I sucked at this month. I’m going to keep the habit tracker going and adding “commenting on 5 blog posts” as a habit as well. Also, I know it is a total mess, maybe next month I will be able to be neater. I considered re-doing it to be pretty, but…

Bloom Hustle Grow…press go

  • Publish website Bloom Hustle Grow…I did it!! You guys can take a look
  • Start marketing…I actually have a lot more to get in place, before I wanted to start really focusing on marketing.

FBB

  • Get back to blogging schedule (2 a week)…FAIL
  • Get back to reading & commenting…FAIL

Create/Learn

  • Recipe post…I did the Pink Peppercorn G+T. I love taking cocktail pictures!
  • Take one Skillshare class…FAIL

Organize

  • Get office as organized as possible (at least to where I want to work at the desk again)…It’s much better, I think it is pretty good. Sitting down working in there, well….

Discover

Get back to exploring San Diego!! We need to get back out there:

  • Use Groupon for kayaking….Totally did this, even though our first attempt was rescheduled because of rain.
  • Go for a hike…Yes, and it was killer. Short but hard. My ankles were killing me for days after.
  • Dinner at The Smoking Goat…Did it, but meh.
  • One new brewery…Of course we did 🙂 You can see where we went in this month’s Discovering San Diego.

November Goals

Bloom Hustle Grow

  • Market Market Market…try to get my first client.
  • Work on Social Media for BHG.

FBB

  • Get editorial calendar worked out and work on posts, again 2 a week.
  • Keep engaged on Social Media.

Create/Learn

  • Cocktail Post
  • Skillshare Course

Life

  • Try working from coffeeshop or other space at least once a week. I think this might be a good strategy for me to try out to keep me focused on more “boring” tasks.
  • Meet P for lunch or breakfast at least once this month. Go to weeknight dinner at one new restaurant.
  • Plan a trip
  • Start a health journal + time tracking. After reading I Know How She Does It*, I was inspired to track my time for the month of November. I want to be more intentional with how I’m using my time. So, this is the first step. I think I’m going to use a combination of the Hours app and paper.

What are you looking forward to in November?


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