2022 Monthly Goals | February - The Return

I really love making monthly goals. I like to pick a few things (tasks, exercises, etc…) that I want to work on until they become routine. I’ve used this technique to make many varied routines over the years. This technique isn’t fail proof, and I’ve played around with the format from time to time. In the beginning of 2021, I decided to try out quarterly goals. This didn’t really work for me. I’m not sure if that was bc of the format, or bc 2021 was…. well, 2021.

So, for the new year, we are headed back to what we know and what works. I have been trying to keep up with monthly goals for the last few months, actually. Here are the 5 tasks I’ve been working on in Jan and am carrying over to Feb.

Clean Sink Everyday
We’ve been trying to keep some areas of the house more under control lately and this is an obvious one.

Weekly Cleaning Routines
Similar to the above, I want to keep up a few cleanliness tasks.

Check Something Off The BIG List
This year I made a big list of house projects I want to get done in 2022. Some are big, some are small, but I really want to make a big dent in that list this year.

30 Day Challenges
Mostly for my channel, but also to just try a bunch of new practices, I want to do a series of 30 day challenges. Currently I’m working on reading tarot.

Morning Routine
I’ve needed a new am routine for a bit. Right now, I’m trying to read or do something like bujo or other “more important” tasks in the morning before I look at the internet. Along the same lines, I’m trying to stay off my phone for at least an hour. I’m trying to make sure to stretch each morning. I also want to take at least 10 min to reflect and think, while doing nothing else.

These goals are slightly different from what I worked on in January. Let’s see how I do with them.

Do you aim for monthly goals?

2022 Goals

It feels like I should just cut and paste last years goals here. Not much movement was made on them and so they will remain mostly the same. There are subtle differences and andvancements to be tweaked and added.

Having to physically wrote them out seems important though. Perhaps goals were not accomplished, fell to the way side, or were over looked bc not enough time and energy was devoted to them. I did not cast my eye on to them in 2021, and this could be why they fell from my consciousness,

In 2022, I want to concentrate on slow living, sustainability, creativity, and forging a path that will lead me to a more tranquil and fulfilled life in the coming years. Societal norms and traditional means of income, working for others, expected gatherings, and timetables are some of the things that are no longer serving me. In my goals for the coming year, I hope to turn myself to a life more aligned with my priorities and pleasures. By writing and rewriting them, I hope to keep my goals foremost in mind and intentions.

Creation over Consumption
This is the goal I make every year and every year the definition changes ever so slightly. Creativity has many meanings in my world. Creative art, content making, living differently than most by living as self sufficiently as I can, creating a life that aligns and parallels my ideals and priorities. I want to live a more artistic life. Dare I say it? A more romantic life. To me, that means, consuming less media (yes, even booktube!), buying less, consuming less ideas of a “normal” life, and creating instead the life I seek.

Less electronic media (internet, news, instagram, booktube).
More art, both making and viewing.
More cooking to balance outside consumption.
More making (videos, blogs, photos, and thoughts. Although reading is consumption, I find that it falls more in this category: an inspiration).

Become more Self Sufficient
This is another multi facieted goal, needing more than just physical tasks to accomplish it. Not being able to love “normally” for nearly two years by of the global pandemic has not made me long for the “old days”, but made me anxious to usher in a new normal, a life full of art and romance and care for the larger world, but lived in a more susinct way. Truer to myself and my ideals.

Continue to grow towards zero waste and a plastic free lifestyle
Cut down on cheese, other factory and processed foods, and eating out.
Shop local, shop small.
Cook more, grow more food, preserve and less food waste.
Reduce clutter and use up.

Health
We’re not getting any younger! Regular checkups, better eating and exercise, and mental heath are going to become increasingly important this year. In youth we can coast through but it’s time to buckle down and create healthy routines.

Cat health.
Docs and regular check ups. Taking care of any issues we currently have.
Self healing techniques (including cooking more at home, walks for metal health, supplements and nutrition).
Exercise and stretching.

Home improvements
We love our house and we are happy that the pandemic has provided us more time to spend there. But after 7 years, there is maintenance that needs to get done, and improvements to be made. Not to mention all the projects we had meant to get to and didn’t (yes, our kitchen has been under construction for 5 years). And we have a few dream projects that can always linger on the list in hopes of one day coming true.

Finish kitchen.
Bathroom redo.
Wallpaper and paint.
New doors.
Organize and utilize the basement.
Maintenance on appliances.
Wood stove.
Piano.

Reading and Content
Although many things in my life and current goals are geared for staying off the computer, away from social media and out of the mainstream news, this blog, instagram and now my BookTube channel are important creative outlets for me. Reading is involved in all those things and an outlet for my mental health.

Read more (at least 75 books in 2022).
Consistent content on blog and booktube.
Find a way to post and view insta without app on phone. (I love to see my life recorded there, but the platform’s other functions no longer serve me).
More creative content.

Career
I don’t usually have a career section, but I plan to make a 3 year plan and my career is an important factor. Although, I love to work, my career is not fulfilling me the way that it used to. Partly that Is due to the pandemic, partly my age and disposition, and there are so many other factors as well! Part of my idea of a self sufficient life includes a job unbeholden to others, a way to raise up workers I see around me and create community. I don’t know how to accomplish this just yet, but 2022 is the year to figure it out.

3 year map and plan for life and work.
Budget.
Creative income (I’m not fully sure what this means or entails just yet, but I know I want some of my income to be generated by creative means).

That seems like quite a lot, but these are small steps to a larger path. I think by writing, seeing, rewriting, and working on reviewing these goals, I can make big strides towards a life more inline with myself.

What are you goals for 2022?

2021 Quarterly Goals | June and July Check In | Throwing Out the Q2 Finale (Apr May Jun)

In 2021 I have decided to make quarterly goals instead of monthly goals. But I still want to check in monthly so that I can take a look at my progress and be mindful of my goals. Here are the goals I’m working on for Q2 (Apr, May, Jun):

10K steps (but really tho)
cleaning schedule
yoga/stretching/exercise 15 min a day
tiktok and reels
be outside more
eat better/lose weight

Ok, so let’s throw out these quarterly goals. I did work on some of them in June, but barely. You can see from my posting the May version of this blog a few days ago (only 3 months late), that these quarterly goals have not been a priority for a while now.

This year I made quarterly goals instead of monthly ones. I thought this might give me more time to ruminate on them, complete them and dive in. I thought perhaps it would help my goals to get more time for them, without repeating them constantly when I create these posts or my monthly bullet journal spreads.

Maybe it was the year, my life at this time, or what, but quarterly goals just don’t seem to work for me right now. Will they work for me in the future? Maybe! Who knows!

So what’s the state of my goals in 2021? I’m not really sure. I’m considering going back to monthly goals for the last few of the year. What have you found works for you in 2021? How have you set and completed your goals? I’d love to hear more about how you’re doing in 2021.

1 More Month of Zero Waste | August 2021

Last month the blog took an unplanned break so we didn’t talk about Plastic Free July. How did you do? What challenge did you set for yourself? What issues did you face? If you didn’t participate in Plastic Free July, it’s not too late, you can make August Plastic Free instead!

Something that will help you greatly on your zero waste and plastic free journey is a zero waste kit.

A zero waste kit is super easy to put together, and doesn’t require that you buy anything new. Usually a ZWK is any collection of items that will help you on your journey during the day and during the week. Some things that you might include in a ZWK could be

flatware - this can be only a fork, or a full on set! Fork, spoon, knife, spork, sharp knife, straw, chopsticks, etc… Whatever will help you use reusables instead of opting for a disposable that will end up in landfill.

napkin - you can use this as a napkin instead of taking a paper napkin that will end up in the trash. But you can also use it to clean, mop your brow, wrap left overs, or use it as a bag…. plus more. What else can you use it for? to dry a seat, to sit on on the grass, to cover your head in the sun? The possibilities are vast.

a reusable bag - for groceries, for retail, for carrying anything, just in case you need it.

a water bottle or coffee cup - for water, for coffee, for juice, for soup, to keep things warm, to keep things cold…

a jar or storage container - to keep other things in or get take out, or pick up interesting leaves, or birds nests, or whatever you might need a container for.

What else can you think to put in your zero waste kit? What will most help you avoid waste in your day to day life?

For August, make your kit, bring it with you, use it, and enjoy creating less waste!

2021 Quarterly Goals | May Check In | Q2 (Apr, May, Jun)

EDITOR’s Note: I’m not sure at all why this blog never got published. I’m trying to catch up with the many blogs I missed over the last few months, so decided to post this blog that was written back in May.

More of my quarterly goals blog posts will be coming soon.

In 2021 I have decided to make quarterly goals instead of monthly goals. But I still want to check in monthly so that I can take a look at my progress and be mindful of my goals. Here are the goals I’m working on for Q2 (Apr, May, Jun):

10K steps (but really tho)
cleaning schedule
yoga/stretching/exercise 15 min a day
tiktok and reels
be outside more
eat better/lose weight

Oh man, so April went by quite fast, with a lot of change and upheaval. I feel like my quarterly goals really went by the wayside. I’m not yet feeling very inspired by these goals like I do some other months or quarters. I hope to pull up in the last few months of the quarter and get into my goals more seriously.

The goals I did ok on this past month were walking 10k steps: I feel that I did get a bit better at this although I’m still nowhere near as good as it as I was this time last year. I also did ok at being outside more. The weather is finally getting to be where I would expect it for this time of year, so we have been in the garden, taking walks, or chilling in the back yard a little more.

The other goals that crept up a little were eating better, we have been eating take out a lot, but we also ate more fresh veg and at least it was in our minds to improve our eating. I didn’t really follow my cleaning routine, but felt pretty happy in April with how much cleaning I got done. I also did explore tiktok a little so that’s some kind of progress.

Although, my goals need work, but I’m excited for the quarterly goal potential to keep working on them. How have your goals gone this month?

2021 Quarterly Goals | April Wrap Up | Q2 (April, May, June)

In 2021 I have decided to make quarterly goals instead of monthly goals. But I still want to check in monthly so that I can take a look at my progress and be mindful of my goals. Here are the goals I’m working on for Q2 (Apr, May, Jun):

10K steps (but really tho)
cleaning schedule
yoga/stretching/exercise 15 min a day
tiktok and reels
be outside more
eat better/lose weight

Oh man, so April went by quite fast, with a lot of change and upheaval. I feel like my quarterly goals really went by the wayside. I’m not yet feeling very inspired by these goals like I do some other months or quarters. I hope to pull up in the last few months of the quarter and get into my goals more seriously.

The goals I did ok on this past month were walking 10k steps: I feel that I did get a bit better at this although I’m still nowhere near as good as it as I was this time last year. I also did ok at being outside more. The weather is finally getting to be where I would expect it for this time of year, so we have been in the garden, taking walks, or chilling in the back yard a little more.

The other goals that crept up a little were eating better, we have been eating take out a lot, but we also ate more fresh veg and at least it was in our minds to improve our eating. I didn’t really follow my cleaning routine, but felt pretty happy in April with how much cleaning I got done. I also did explore tiktok a little so that’s some kind of progress.

Although, my goals need work, but I’m excited for the quarterly goal potential to keep working on them. How have your goals gone this month?

2021 Quarterly Goals | Q2 (April, May June)

Here we are in Q2 of 2021. It was a little hard to not just keep all the same goals from Q1. Partly bc I feel like almost none of them were 100% completed, but also, it was kinda nice to just work on those goals for three solid months. Would it also have been nice to keep working on them? That might be a good goals experiment for another year.

But here were are, needing new goals for a new quarter. This is what I’m thinking.

10K steps (but really tho)
This is a carry over goal. What’s frustrating about this goal, is that it is one that I had made into routine, but fell out of. I have to get back to it.

cleaning schedule
This is also a carry over goals and it’s not quite going as I planned. So far this goal is helping me keep a cleaning schedule in mind even if i’m not 100% getting it right yet.

yoga/stretching/exercise 15 min a day
The last carry over goal is to take only a little bit og time to improve my physical health.

tiktok and reels
Last quarter I wanted to get better at posting on instagram, which I feel like I’ve gotten marginally better at. For this quarter, I want to continue to get better at instagram, but to focus on figuring out how to create reels. Along with this, I want to give tiktok a go.

be outside more
This will be easier now that it’s springtime. It also goes along with several of my other goals.

eat better/lose weight
Another goals in line with several others above. I don’t want to sat the D word, but I need to reign in some of my bad eating habits and get back to eating better.

We’ll check in over the next three months and see how these goals manifest. What are your quarterly goals?

2021 Quarterly Goals | March Check In | Q1 Finale (Jan, Feb Mar)

In 2021 I have decided to make quarterly goals instead of monthly goals. But I still want to check in monthly so that I can take a look at my progress and be mindful of my goals. Here are the goals I’m working on for Q1 (Jan, Feb, Mar):

get dressed every day
yoga every day
face smoothing
10 k steps
monthly life admin day
cleaning schedule
3 vids per week
6 blog posts per week
instagram

We are now at the end of the first quarter of this quarterly goal experiment. So far, I’m finding it interesting even if I’m not sure it’s working exactly. I feel like I could keep working on these Q1 goals for the whole year. I don’t think any of these goals became completely ingrained routines. On the other hand, there are a lot more goals I want to work on. Sometimes one just has to say “good enough”.

That being said, I definitely crushed the goal of getting dressed day every day! I also have gotten the hang of posting 3 videos a week. This might ebb and flow a little, but I feel pretty good about it.

Goals that we are gonna leave at good enough are posting 6 blogs we week. Have I contunually slipped on this, yes, but it’s pretty ingrained in me to get it done when possible. See yesterday’s post. Face smoothing is also something that I have been doing pretty regularly. It’s not every day but it is frequent enough to be headed towards routine.

Although my idea of a cleaning schedule routine is getting very close to what I want, I want to take it to the next quarter to hopefully perfect it more. Stretching/yoga and walking 10k are also going to stay on the list.

My goal to post more on insta is going to change a bit for the next three months. I’m not quite where I want to be with a posting schedule, but I want to expand my goals a little to include figuring out how to post to reels and also get tiktok.

The only goal I’m not continuing to pursue is my monthly life admin day. Althought I still think a LAD is a great idea, I haven’t needed a whole day each month devoted to this task.

How did you do on your Q1 goals? Will you be continuing quarterly or change it up? Will you carry over goals or start all new?

A Bloggish Problem

I seem to have a reoccurring bloggish problem. Each month, towards the end of the month (sometimes even in the middle), I get off track with blog posts and It becomes very hard to get back on track. I out this up to a few issues: I have been busy trying to get on a schedule for my booktube (which is not more important to me than I blog but a bit more exciting at the moment), and then there is just life and productivity in general. Putting my efforts to making videos has left me with less inspiration (not to mention time) for writing. Life generally is always in flux, it seems.

Each month, I try to buck this growing trend and keep on track. The beginning of the month is always easier for me. I have lots of idea, as well as regular series that are easy to accomplish. I love my regular series but it’s important for me that the blog isn’t just those posts. That being said, if that’s all I can muster, it’s better than nothing.

So here we are at the end of another month where, going into the next, I have fallen off with blog posts. My notes books and drafts are full, but very little writing is getting done. On the horizon is my beginning of the month line up, and I feel good about it as usual. I see several weeks of content lined up and accessible for me to write. I love it. So As with each of the last few months, I will try to start strong and keep the momentum going for April.

How do you combat writing fatigue? Over come over or under-inspiration? Get around writer’s block? Stacy on schedule with creative endeavors without letting them becomes tedious?

Until I find the answers to these as well as many other questions, I’ll just keep trying.

2021 Quarterly Goals | February Check In

In 2021 I have decided to make quarterly goals instead of monthly goals. But I still want to check in monthly so that I can take a look at my progress and be mindful of my goals. Here are the goals I’m working on for Q1 (Jan, Feb, Mar):

get dressed every day
yoga every day
face smoothing
10 k steps
monthly life admin day
cleaning schedule
3 vids per week
6 blog posts per week
instagram

February is always a struggle for me. It’s cold, dark, rainy or snowy, bleak and depressing. It is a month that I try to pack full and keep my mind busy. But classically, historically, it is a month that often falls apart for me, productivity wise. Feb and August are notably the months that my blog drops off, that my goals are not met, and when less gets done than I had hoped. I’ve noticed and know this for years. And yet, somehow each year I’m surprised.

So I should not have been, but was, surprised that February pretty much fell apart for my quarterly goals.

Despite doing terribly on most of these goals in Feb and there being a whole other month to go, there are a few that I can say, can come off my list for Q2. The overall aim of quarterly goals is to get good enough at each and make these goals routine. February has cemented that a few of these have happened. Getting dressed every day has been no problem for two months. Yes, there are a few days here or there that I didn’t get dressed, but these were the exception, not the rule. I also think I can safely take my blog and video goals off my list for Q2. Although I didn’t really keep this goal in Feb, march is going to go much better and I know what needs to be done to meet this goal.

There are a few goals that I want to particularly focus on the last month quarter. Perhaps if I make these a priority, they can also come off the Q2 list. I knowI can instagram consistently as I have done it before, so I feel if I make a last push to get it in line with all the other things I want to schedule. One challenge is getting started with reels, but I feel like if I get my posting sorted, that could be a small challenge for the next quarter. I have been making some strides in my cleaning schedule, especially now that I’m not as focused on other things on my list. Hopefully, I can take March to really get this into a routine. The last middling goal, that I might be able to really incorporate is Face Smoothing. I’m like half and half on this one. I manager to do it a few times a week, but not everyday as I would like.

That leaves 10k steps, yoga and monthly life admin days most likely staying on my Q2 goals. I find this especially frustrating bc 2 of these things that I have made routine in the past. I’ve always had a mental block about yoga, who knows why.

Are you already thinking of your next goals? What goals are you crushing? What goals still need work?

2021 Quarterly Goals | January Check In

In 2021 I have decided to make quarterly goals instead of monthly goals. But I still want to check in monthly so that I can take a look at my progress and be mindful of my goals. Here are the goals I’m working on for Q1 (Jan, Feb, Mar):

get dressed every day
yoga every day
face smoothing
10 k steps
monthly life admin day
cleaning schedule
3 vids per week
6 blog posts per week
instagram

The goals that I have been crushing are getting dressed every day (surprising but true! This goals has been easier than I thought it would be), 3 vids per week (in Jan I think a slipped a little but over all very happy with how I’m doing on this goal), 6 blog posts per week (in the end of Jan is when this started to slip a little, and feb is … not so great, so far). Even those these are my best kept goals, I still slip sometimes and that’s ok. The overall aim is to get good enough and make these goals routine.

The goals I’m pretty much failing are 10K steps (the weather and not working every day has pretty much tanked this goal. Feeling like I will get back on the horse in March?), instagram (oooph, where is my inspiration?), cleaning schedule (I feel pretty good about the cleaning I have done but there’s no schedule in sight), and a real fail was that I did not have my Jan Life Admin Day.

Middle of the road are yoga (I did really well at this a handful of weeks but was not consistent) and face smoothing (i see real benefits from this but again struggle with consistently working it into my routines).

So far in Feb, these goals have not gone well, but there is time to turn it around and I am thankful to have multiple months to work on these goals. So far, I’m liking having quarterly goals.

Do you make weekly or quarterly goals? How are your goals working so far?

One More Month to Zero Waste | February 2021 (Like Feb 2019)

Over the last two years, Mad Cat Quilts did a 6 More Months to Zero Waste project. In 2021, we are taking what we learned from that project and reenforcing it 1 More Month at a time. We will be looking at the orininal challenges and recreating them so that we can get better at zero waste. This project is happening at my youtube channel.

Learning to become more zero waste will always be an ongoing practice. One will never be truly zero waste. But that very fact is why we must strive towards that final outcome and refresh our practice continually. Each time we tackle a challenge we will learn something new, or get closer to our goal.

One important step to zero waste is to see what we have. We cannot all be minimalists, so many of us have a lot of things. A good first step is to see what we already have and see what of that we can use up. So this month we are taking time to declutter our homes and lives. Be decluttering, we can assess what we have, what we can use up and where we can cut down.

The thought of decluttering everything might be daunting. To make this challenge easier follow these simple steps:
Make a list of everything that is a priority for you to declutter
Declutter as many things on your list as you can during this month
Finish one area before you move on to the next

Check out the video here.

What are you choosing to declutter this month?

Find other 1 More Month to Zero Waste challenges here:
Jan Blog: http://www.madcatquilts.com/blog/2021/1/8/6-more-months-of-zero-waste-the-end-of-6-more-months
Jan Video: https://youtu.be/Gs2W6Ngdl0s
Jan follow up: https://youtu.be/Eu-k-JlTk8g
Feb Video: https://youtu.be/8RewurP4A-0

2021 Quarterly Goals | Q1 (Jan Feb Mar)

Here we are in Jan 2021 and it’s time to get going on our goals!

Previously I had made monthly goals but for 2021, I’m trying out quarterly goals. These are small things to do, to make into habits, that will help me both in my daily life, but also help me work towards my larger yearly goals. Here are the things that I want to work on in the first quarter.

get dressed every day
Sounds like a no brainer, but I this is something that I don’t do if I don’t have to a lot of times. Especially since leaving my job, I think this is going to be a really important goal and eventually habit. I see this as a way to stay productive, and be ready to go where the day leads me.

yoga every day
We should say “yoga” but I wanted to make sure to change this goals language from how I previously thought and wrote about it. I think changing how I view this goal (from stretching to yoga) will help me achieve it. If you’ve been following along, you know I’ve been trying to unlock this goal forever. Hopefully this is the year!

face smoothing
I dabbled in this early in 2020, but I find this habit invigorating and comforting. Overall good self care. But also, vainly, I hope that I can keep my skin feeling and looking a bit young.

10 k steps
I did soooo well with this goal in early 2020. This is one thaqt I think I will constantly see saw with, but I would love for it to become a part of my life that is automatic.

monthly life admin day
I’m thinking at the end of every moth would be a good time to take one day and really focus on getting the things done that I have been putting off. One pitfall to be careful of is not to just leave things for that day.

cleaning schedule
Another activity that I want to get more scheduled in is cleaning. Whether it be daily, weekly, or monthly, I want to have a more regimented cleaning schedule in order to get more things than just basic cleaning. Dusting, vacuuming and other deep cleaning tasks need a time to get done more often.

3 vids per week
I want to stay consistent and find a schedule that works for me. I want to grow my channel and creat a community there. It just occured to me that I should shanre some more detailed goals about my channel here.

6 blog posts per week
As with the last goal, I wnt to get in the habit of posting more consistantly, and grow this community. If you’ve read this far, let me know some 1 thing you like about this blog and 1 thing you dont?

instagram
And here, I would like to link the last two goals and this one. I want to get my insta back to a place where when I look back on it, I see a diary of the weeks and months. And I also want to incorporate my blog and channel into my insta.

What kind of goals are you setting this year? Big goals that span the who 12 months? Quarterly goals, weekly goals? Daily goals? How are you helping yourself achieve you ambitions, intentions and dreams in 2021?

2020 Monthly Goals | December Wrap Up and Plans for 2021

December really flew by but it felt like a great close to the year. I think I got work done on most of my goals, even if they didn’t really get done. Does that even make sense? Here were my Dec goals:

Cleaning Routine
I want to really get a routine for cleaning done. I think I need a bujo tracker or something.
I didn’t get a routine doewn, but I did do bettere than in past mionths with consistantly cleaning.

Stretch 10 min, Walk 10k
These are both harder for me in the winter, but I want to make this a routine.
This was a total fail, but I think 2021 will be better for both of these.

Life Admin Day (in the first 1/2 of the month)
Gotta get it done.
Nope.

Bxxkmas
On youtube there is vlogmas, on booktube there is bookmas. My goal is to make as many videos as I can in Dec. But Since my vids won’t be xmas themed, I’m calling my series BxxKmas.
Yes!! I was able to plan, film and post almost all the vids I wanted. It taught me a ton about making videos and it was a relly good experience.

You can check out all my monthly goals for 2020 here. You can see some notes that I made on those goals, as well. Overall, for weekly goals and grander goals, 2020 was really productive. I’m really happy with how I did and strides that I made.

Now on to plans for 2021!!

For the new year, I have decided that I don’t want to make a monthly goals list. I want to do things a little differently and make quarterly goals! I think having a bit more time to work on goals and create habits will be good for what I want to achieve this year. Another thing that I think will help me is revisiting goals more often. I’m not sure if I will do this by rewriting my goals, visiting them on the blog, or finding another way to repeat and think about them more often. I’m still working on what these longer quarterly goals will be.

What kind of goals are you setting this year? How often do you set them? How do you revisit or reiterate them?

2020 Weekly Goals Wrap Up

For the last two years, I made myself monthly goals to try and achieve each month. Usually I pick 4-6 goals to focus on for the month. Sometimes I roll over goals, or sometimes I roll over entire months of goals. Here are all the goals I made for each month in 2020 with a few notes and thoughts.

JAN
Think slower / act slower
Create
Read every day - reading was on my mind early in the year.
See two friends
Enjoy our anniversary - what did we even do???

FEB
Beach at least four times
Take a yoga class - HA
Watercolor
Dance more - nope
Stay warm / stay slow

MAR
Eat vegan once a week - this goals was on my mind a lot this year. I think we did make strives toward eating more vegan, even if it wasn’t once a week. This is something that I want to pursue more in 2021.
Schedule two docs
Schedule two trips - I can’t imagine this happened but I can’t remember.
Go to Brooklyn - So sad. I never made it to brooklyn and with the state of the world I prob won’t for a long time.
Write two letters

APR
Learn some and do some yoga
Finish some art and illustration - what? No.
Read 3 books - Nailed it!! this was the first month that my reading really blew up!
Be mindful of the garden
Continue to improve my health

MAY
Do not over work/take your days-off off. - coming back from lockdown was a real mental blow. It was traumatic for me and frankly, I never got over it.
Remember all your goals/the things you liked about lockdown/isolation.
Keep sourdough starter alive. - Yikes. my sourdough failed hard in the warmer months.
Walk every day.
Tackle one big project.

JUN
Inbox to zero, but really this time
Make 1 comic - I think this is a great goal but I can barely remember making it and I def didn’t achieve it.
Make 1 video - it took like 4 more months but I did eventually do this.
Make more concrete goals from the things you like about isolation
Stretch

JULY
Inbox to zero, but really this time - this is about the time that I actually got this to work for me. Part of it was getting it to less than 50 not to 0 but I’ve continued this goal and made it routine.
Make 1 comic
Make 1 video
Stretch - it’s funny how long this has been a goal. Will 2021 see me unlock this skill?
Restart sourdough
Work on Decluttering

AUG
Sew - I did start sewing again in 2020 and I really hope to pick it up a lot more in 2021.
Stretch
Make 1 video
Tattoo work - this is something I have been meaning to restart for a long time and I hope 2021 is the year.
First steps on my book - this goal took an indefinite hiatus, but I still think it’s a good idea.

SEPT
Have two quilt finishes - I think setting this goal really halted my progress. I won’t be making finish goals next year, I don’t think. I’m going to lean to more slow and steady.
Stretch
Swim/beach
Make 1 video
Tattoo work
Book step two

OCT
Two quilt finishes
Make 6 videos - here’s where I really started filming.
Book tattoo appointment/practice tattoos.
Go on a over night trip + 1 day trip
Take Irving in the car - this is still a hope and goal!! I think Irving would be good on car trips!!

NOV
Make 15 videos
Better cleaning routine - I’ve been working on this and have yet to find a smart way to go about it. But I want to make this work.
Tattoo appointment - I gave up on this goal. One day I would like to bring it back.
Get back to walking every day - working on it.
Have one Life Admin Day - this is something that I want to bring back in 2021.

DEC - Still working on these so check out my December goals wrap up, coming soon!!
Cleaning Routine
Stretch 10 min, Walk 10k
Life Admin Day (in the first 1/2 of the month)
Bxxkmas

Did you set monthly goals in 2020? How did you do on them? What’s your goal setting strategy for the new year?

2020 Monthly Goals | November Recap and December Goals

November really flew by! Looking back I got way more done on my goals than I would have thought.

Make 15 videos
gotta keep getting better.
Let me count…. close enough!

Better cleaning routine
I would like to have a routine, that doesn’t make me feel like I’m always playing catch up.
I’ll call this a partial win. I didn’t really make a routine, but I was better about being mindful of cleaning…. Maybe I’ll carry this over.

Tattoo appointment
I know where I want to go… I just have to start that process.
I’m giving up this goal for 2020. It’s sad, but maybe ion 2021?

Get back to walking every day
Winter is coming and I don’t want to get trapped inside, even if my mind is what is trapping me.
Another partially completed goal, I may not have walked too many more, but I was more mindful of this goal.

Have one Life Admin Day
I need to get things tidied up before the beginning of the year.
Well, my life admin day was a fail, but, I technically did schedule and have one!

I’m not sure what to think of December, but I get the feeling that it will go just as fast, or faster, than November did. Gonna keep it pretty simple goals this month.

Cleaning Routine
I want to really get a routine for cleaning done. I think I need a bujo tracker or something.

Stretch 10 min, Walk 10k
These are both harder for me in the winter, but I want to make this a routine.

Life Admin Day (in the first 1/2 of the month)
Gotta get it done.

Bxxkmas
On youtube there is vlogmas, on booktube there is bookmas. My goal is to make as many videos as I can in Dec. But Since my vids won’t be xmas themed, I’m calling my series BxxKmas.

What are your goals for this December? Are you piling them on, to get more done by the end of the year? or are you taking it easy this month?

2020 Monthly Goals | October in Review and November Goals

October was not a good month for goals in many ways, but some big goals got accomplished, if that makes sense. Sometimes my goals here are things that I know I can achieve, but sometimes they are wishful thinking. In Oct, I had thought my goals were of the former category, but they were actually in the latter.

I didn’t even finish my goals illustration for oct, which might show you how much attention my actual goals got.

Two quilt finishes
I need to prioritize this but am excited.
Nope.

Make 6 videos
Here we go.
YES!

Book tattoo appointment/practice tattoos.
I want to get a tattoo in 2020 and I want to give a tattoo in 2020.
Nope.

Go on a over night trip + 1 day trip
I want to make sure to get away a little this month.
No

Take Irving in the car
We are working with our “bad” cat to make him a travel cat!
Nada.

How did you do on your October goals?

Sooooo, for Nov, will my goals be pratical, or wishful thinking? It was actually really hard to make goals this month.

Make 15 videos
gotta keep getting better.

Better cleaning routine
I would like to have a routine, that doesn’t make me feel like I’m always playing catch up.

Tattoo appointment
I know where I want to go… I just have to start that process.

Get back to walking every day
Winter is coming and I don’t want to get trapped inside, even if my mind is what is trapping me.

Have one Life Admin Day
I need to get things tidied up before the beginning of the year.

I’m gonna call my November goals there, and perhaps I’ll add more at some point. Or perhaps, Nov will make the goals I need to work on in December more clear to me.

How are your monthly goals going? Are you gearing up for some end of year goals?

2020 Monthly Goals | September Recap and October Goals

September was a bit of a mixed bag for goals. I felt quite productive and I did fulfill many life goals which I don’t list here. I’m not sure if that contributed to these blog goals not getting finished. Perhaps. For my September list, I would say I fell right in the middle.

Have two quilt finishes
Ahhhhh Back to quilting and back to finishing quilts. I do not think it’s unreasonable to get two finishes a month done for the rest of the year. We’ll see how Sept goes.
I guess it was actually far too much to ask, as I didn’t even finish one quilt.

Stretch
Gosh. I really need this in my life.
I’m slowly getting better about this. I have worked at least a few stretches into my morning routine.

Swim/beach
September swims!!!
It was colder than I would have liked so not as many swims were had as I had hoped. But some were!

Make 1 video
Ooof, I was close to actually getting this goal done in the very start of the month. Some set backs will make me have to fight for this one.
Soooooo, I sort of completed this goal. I’m getting closer, at least.

Tattoo work
I want to make an appointment before the end of the month and practice at least on fake skin to get back of tattooing.
Ooof, no work was really done on this.

Book step two
Step one was tiny, step two should be a bit ore calculated.
Nope.

So for October, I want to revisit some of these goals and build on some others. Some are new!

Two quilt finishes
I need to prioritize this but am excited.

Make 6 videos
Here we go.

Book tattoo appointment/practice tattoos.
I want to get a tattoo in 2020 and I want to give a tattoo in 2020.

Go on a over night trip + 1 day trip
I want to make sure to get away a little this month.

Take Irving in the car
We are working with our “bad” cat to make him a travel cat!

What are your goals for October? Did you roll over any goals from last month? did you complete any goals that were not on your list?

2020 Monthly Goals | August in Review and September Goals

August was a busy month and I’m surprised that I got anything at all done on my goals list. Turns out I got something done on allllmost each goal.

Sew
I’ve started to get back into this and I want to make it part of my daily life.
This goal was unlocked and achieved.

Stretch
I have got to figure this goal out.
Nope. What is my block with this goal? I will roll it over. This is something I want to have a handle on bny the end of the year.

Make 1 video
it doesn’t matter what it is or what it’s about. I just gotta get the process started.
I’m counting this as partial. I definitely didn’t make a vid, but I did work on

Tattoo work
I want a tattoo, I want to tattoo. I just have to do something on this goal. Either book an appointment for a tattoo, or practice the art of tattooing.
I thought a lot about this goal and got a lot of encouragement and inspiration but didn’t actually do anything.

First steps on my book
In July, I had a realization of a book I want to write. I would like to take some baby steps to this.
I’m gonna say yes to this and hopefully expand my thoughts in a larger post.

And now we can move on to September. I have rolled over or defined some of my goals from last month.

Have two quilt finishes
Ahhhhh Back to quilting and back to finishing quilts. I do not think it’s unreasonable to get two finishes a month done for the rest of the year. We’ll see how Sept goes.

Stretch
Gosh. I really need this in my life.

Swim/beach
September swims!!!

Make 1 video
Ooof, I was close to actually getting this goal done in the very start of the month. Some set backs will make me have to fight for this one.

Tattoo work
I want to make an appointment before the end of the month and practice at least on fake skin to get back of tattooing.

Book step two
Step one was tiny, step two should be a bit ore calculated.

How did you do on your August goals? Did you roll any over into September?

2020 Monthly Goals | August Goals and July Recap

Somehow I did worse on my July goals then my June goals??

Inbox to zero, but really this time
Sometimes when I look at my inbox I just feel dread.
Did even touch it.

Make 1 comic
I’d really like to find a way to chronicle my experiences
I did actually do some sketches for this. I don’t have a clear goal or story in mind tho, so that’s as far as I got.

Make 1 video
I’ve made a few in the past, but I would like to get better at it.
Not at all.

Stretch
I’m not sure why I can’t get this into my routine.
Nope. But I am rolling this one over.

Restart sourdough
June was rough and I was not able to keep up with it but I really like having starter for breads, pancakes and cookies.
This goal I actually decided was not well suited for the Summer. I do plan on starting my starter again in the Fall.

Work on Decluttering
I’n not going to fool myself that I can declutter everything in one month, but I have been trying to get some progress made on this goal.
Did not do.

Here are my August Goals:

Sew
I’ve started to get back into this and I want to make it part of my daily life.

Stretch
I have got to figure this goal out.

Make 1 video
it doesn’t matter what it is or what it’s about. I just gotta get the process started.

Tattoo work
I want a tattoo, I want to tattoo. I just have to do something on this goal. Either book an appointment for a tattoo, or practice the art of tattooing.

First steps on my book
In July, I had a realization of a book I want to write. I would like to take some baby steps to this.

Looking over my Aug goals, I see that they are all creative! I must be craving some creativity in my life right now!! Are your end of Summer goals about productivity or creativity?