It’s time to take a look at the progress and review our monthly goals. As we start the month of April, we also start the 2nd quarter-April/May/June. Later this month, I will review what I accomplished in the first quarter and see how well I’m doing with working towards my annual goals and projects. My monthly goals are supposed to bleed into completing my annual goals. Sometimes other things pop up that aren’t on the list but that’s okay. I just want to make sure that I’m getting done the things I’ve said I want to get done. I can’t always get distracted by other things.
Let’s review March and then we’ll move on to goals and projects for April.
March Goal and Project Review
HOME
Clean out Primary Closet–DONE. I’ve shared the start of the project and throughout this month you’ll see the middle and then the end.
Goodwill Run–DONE. I finally managed to get all of the stuff in the car and donated. I’ve said this in the past but it bears repeating (mostly to myself). Because I live in a condo, it is a little more difficult to get my donation items into my car. I generally have to get one of our shopping carts, load it up and bring the items down to my car. I have found that if I do this at least the day before I plan to bring the items to the Goodwill it’s not such a hassle. Mind you, I usually have at least one shopping cart full of stuff (if not more). Just getting the items to my car’s trunk is a project all its own.
Even though I woke up really late on the day I had planned to go to Goodwill, I was able to get the donation done because the stuff was in the car.
I also think another strategy would be to just get the items in my car so that they’re out of my home and I can donate anytime and any place that works for me.
Clean off the Couch-in progress. This is the area that ends up being a catchall when I’m working on an area or when I’m trying to decide where something should do. I did manage to do some work on this area but it is not fully completed yet.
CREATIVE
Send out cards–DONE I actually did manage to get cards sent out to 2 friends who had birthdays this month. I do feel guilty that I didn’t get it together for friends who had birthdays in January and February. All I can do now, is to keep moving forward.
Complete order for Project Life 2022–DONE I can’t believe I actually got this done and it was not difficult at all. I knew that my order was not complete when I did it but I could not figure out what I missed. When I went through all of the pages, I discovered that I missed 3 months-April/September/October. I ordered those pages which should arrive soon. Once they do, I will put them into their own album.
FITNESS/HEALTH
This month did not start out great in the fitness/health department. However, as the month went on, I picked up speed. I’m continue to work on my all or nothing mindset and I did better as the the month wore on.
Cardiox3 (12-15) Completed 10 sessions
Strengthx3 (12-15) Completed 9 sessions
Stretchx5 (20-25) Completed 13 sessions
FINANCIAL
Complete monthly budget-DID NOT COMPLETE
Track receipts-DONE. I’m getting very good at tracking my spending which makes me very happy. The next step in this process is to record them in my budget.
ME TIME
Take a bath-in progress. I had every good intention of taking a bath last month. However, there was something wrong with the spout and I was going to change it. However, while I managed to get the spout mechanism off, I did not turn off the water before hand. When all was said and done, the cold water turned off easily but the hot water would only go so far. I had to call a plumber (thanks Michyle) and even he couldn’t turn it off. I had to turn off the water to the building so that he could reconnect the spout. In the end, I never did make the time to give the tub a good scrubbing and take a bath.
Journalx5-DONE. Doing gratitude journaling before going to bed at night has become a habit that I’ve kept up for several years now. I’ve been wanting to develop a more extensive journaling habit so I decided to add regular journaling to this “before I go to bed” practice. And, I like it. Most nights, I journal extensively and then write a gratitude. Every now and again, I’m too tired and just do gratitude journaling. Either way, I continue to keep up with this writing habit and I find it enjoyable.
APRIL MONTHLY GOALS
HOME
*Clean out the refrigerator/freezer
*Clean off the couch in the office
*Go through the box in the office
*Research pantry shelves project
CREATIVE
*Make and send out cards this month
*Order pages for 2023 Project Life
FITNESS/HEALTH
*Cardiox3
*Strengthx3
*Stretchx5
FINANCIAL
*Track receipts
*Catch up on monthly budgets
Self Care/Personal Growth
*Take a bath
*Journalx5
Running To Do List
I have added a new task:
–clean out the pipe in the primary bathroom. This involves taking everything out from under the sink, unscrewing the pipe and cleaning out any debris. I’m hoping this will help the water drain better.
Here is the updated list for 2025:
–print 2022 Project Life pages
-order needed pages
-put 2022 Project Life pages into an album
-print 2023 Project Life pages
-put 2023 Project Life pages into an album
print 2024 Project Life pages
-put 2024 Project Life pages into an album
-hem maxi dress
-touch up the paint in the primary bath
-clean out desk drawers-work desk/personal desk
-clean out 5 drawer dresser
-clean out pipe in primary bath
Here’s to a productive and fun April!
