I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend. We have had a great time celebrating with my family. It’s nice to visit family, but it’s always nice to get back home too.
It’s time for my monthly goal check-in for the month of June. I have to be honest and confess that I need to regroup and re-commit to these goals. I’ve not been making a conscious effort with them lately and I’d like that to change this second half of the year. I’m going to try printing them out and posting them on my mirror, so they are at least visible. “Out of sight, out of mind” tends to be the case with me far more than I’d like to admit.
Marriage
1. 1 date night each month {can be at home dates but must be 1 date out each quarter}
2. Enjoy 1 weekend away or attend 1 marriage conference
3. Read 1-2 marriage books
Mothering
4. 1 play date and/or date night with Savannah each month
5. Attend dotMom or some other motherhood conference
Personal
6. Read 12 books this year {ongoing}
7. Work to get 7 hours of sleep each night {ongoing}
8. Finish my year-long devotional book {ongoing}
9. Begin exercising again
Blogging
10. Plan blog posts 1 month out
11. Submit 4 guest posts to blogs I enjoy
12. Read 1-2 books on blogging {completed 1 book}
Financial
13. Fully-fund our emergency fund {ongoing}
14. Save up to purchase some extra insurance this summer {ongoing}
15. Buy a new computer {working on #13 and #14 first and then we’ll move on to this one}
– Kev and I dropped the ball on our date night in June. We did have a short double date while we were on vacation in Florida, but weren’t able to get one planned this month. We will make it happen this month!
– It’s been a struggle to find time for extra reading and I’m falling way behind. I have some catching up to do if I will have any hope of reading my total of 12 books this year. I haven’t revisited 1000 Gifts yet, but am still working through Life Interrupted with a church friend. Our women’s group at church is starting The Relationship Principles of Jesus, so that should be good as well.
What a great goal to fund your emergency fund. I know this can be hard but such a comfort when you have it in place!
Thanks so much for your encouragement, Lydia. I will feel relieved when it's fully-funded again and I'm so happy to that we're getting so close! 🙂