In reviewing my annual goals and what I did in the first quarter, I realize that my overall goals are to make my house into a home that feels like me, doesn’t stress me out and makes me feel happy when I look around. I am also striving to live my life in a healthy way-financially, emotionally and physically. Everyday is always a work in progress and also a chance to change what is not working.
This year, I want to be more intentional about looking at my long term annual goals regularly to make sure that my monthly goals are in fact feeding into my annual goals. I also live by the “progress not perfection” mantra and that any progress no matter how small counts. This is true because it is consistency that creates the change. Consistency does not mean that you have to do the same things the same way everyday for it to count. It does mean though that you have to do something! This is much harder than it sounds especially for those of us with “all or nothing” mindsets. Small actions don’t necessarily feel like it matters in terms of change. We are taught that we always have to “go hard” or it doesn’t count. In fact, it is consistency that helps to create habits. In that vein, a 2 minute movement session counts as much as a 30 minute one. Now, I just have to work on remembering to do what I want to do every day!
Now, let’s review what my annual goals are for the year and what I did in the first quarter (January-March).
HOME
Clean out Primary closetHave kitchen ceiling repaired- Clean out Linen Closet
- Clean out Hall Closet
- Pantry Project
- Clean out Garage Storage
CREATIVE
- Create Scrapbook pages for 2022, 2023, 2024
- Create scrapbook page re: Patton Building dedication
- Complete scrapbook frame in the hallway
- Send out cards monthly
- Build out card stash
- Continue with Project Life for this year
So far, I’ve only focused on sending out cards monthly, building out my card stash and continuing with Project Life. I was not able to get it together to send out cards in January or February but I did in March. I have also started building out my card stash but I’m nowhere near done yet.
FITNESS/HEALTH
Main goal: improve my overall health including weight management and blood sugar regulation
- Increase vegetable intake
- Increase protein intake
- Increase water intake
- Reduce eating lunch out
I am making progress in most of these areas with continued room for improvement. I have eaten more vegetables in this past quarter than I have in years! I am still figuring out the increase in protein but it is definitely at the fore front of my brain.
FINANCIAL
- Create budgets each month
- Track spending
I’m lagging in creating the monthly budgets but I’m planning on having a catch up few days to get it done. I am doing well with tracking my spending.
I got some things done on this list and am making progress on many others. I’m happy with where I am so far. Also, remember that I am also completing other less intense tasks and projects during the quarter as well.
In the next post, I will go over my plans for the second quarter. I want to focus on a larger project but also add in a few less intense ones so that I can really move forward on this list.
