Start Journaling - possibly start a blog, but at least journal on a weekly basis
Meal Plan - Healthy meals I can make in bulk, keeping food spending within budget and avoiding dining out as much.
Run! - 3 times a week, Register for the Twin Lobster half marathon (June 7th)
Organize the whole house - tired of seeing so much stuff all over the place
Purge 75% of my belonging - this plays into goal 4
Yoga - Go to a class twice a month and practice at home at least once a week
Max out 401k
Throw extra cash at Student Loans - get at least one out of 7 paid off in full.
Travel hack one vacation
Bike “more” there is a great bike trail near our house and another longer one a few towns away. We have a bike trailer for Puglet so I really want to get out there and bike with him. I also would like to use my bike for running errands
Make mediatation a daily habit
I really want to make this 20 goals so I will have to think some more but this is what I got for now.
I posted about some of these in my journal but bullet points will be easier for me to keep track:
Home/Money Stuff
Declutter/Give Away things - I’m thinking I should set a number each week. Our BN group is active so this should be simple
Save $20k for a down payment - I’m resisting joining the thread because this feels really lofty and we have no concrete way to do it
Reduce environmental impact - keep swapping single use for reusable and be more mindful of what we’re buying in terms of packaging
Personal/Body/Health Stuff
Move every day, intentionally - Daily yoga, more longer walks and trips to the dog park
Eat beef & pork only once per week - saves money, is healthier, and is better for the environment
Avoid buying things - we’ve already settled on no new clothes for any of us, but also try to use BN and secondhand resources for other things we might need. Saves money and better for the environment
Work Stuff
Keep growing the clothing company - this has many side bullets. Update line sheets for 2020, reach out to agents to rep the line to more trade shows/boutiques, step up the marketing
Start growing the consulting company - already in progress with new partnership and outreach. But will still need lots of focus and work
Triple business income - I feel like this sounds impressive, but given that I hardly worked for the first half of 2019 because of new mom life it should be pretty easy. Add the fact that I didn’t make that much last year, I’ve made almost triple last year’s number before so it feels doable.
I tried this in 2018 and it worked really well. I think I ended up getting close to 200 items donated or sold.
I’m trying to declutter again this year. Lofty goal of purging 75% of my items. Mr Pug thinks there is no way I can do this which is motivation in itself.
We can be decluttering buddies! H keeps saying he wants to buy a house this year and if we’re gonna move even in the next few years I want to be ruthless about what items we pay to move/own. I’m currently at 10/365 so far so I’m technically ahead of schedule, so far so good!
Some of my items have already made their way to ThredUp which I’m excited at the idea of actually making some money on the clothes I no longer wear. I’m being pretty ruthless with my books. I am only keeping ones I haven’t read (and think I will) and books that I love and think I will actually read again (which is not many) I plan on utilizing my local library a lot more.
I am not doing too badly moving towards some of these goals! I am not sure I am any closer to my fitness goals than I was at the start of the year, but I am closer to the fitness habits and changes in thinking towards a growth mindset in this area. Given I expected to spend all of Autumn on the garden, and I have so far spent all of Autumn on the garden… accurate?
