Happy February friends! I hope that you were all able to have a relaxing weekend. As always, since it’s the start of a new month, I will be taking a look at January’s goals to see how I did, and sharing my goals for February.
Blog
~Review two chapters in Pinterest Ninja: I have been steadily reviewing the updated Pinterest Ninja. Some of the chapters contain the same material as previous versions. It just all depended on what changed in the Pinterest algorithm (i.e. now they want to see lots of fresh new pins).~Check SEO of Pinterest boards: Most of my boards were already pretty much SEO optimized with long tailed key words, so I didn’t have to do lots of work.~Apply for sponsored posts: I did apply for a few sponsored, and even reached out to a few companies. Unfortatnly nothing came from it, but at least I am doing this again.
~Research about growing IG following: I kind of looked into this, but not enough for me to check it off.
~Look for a DSLR course: I didn’t do this either. I am trying to use my DSLR every day though, so at least I’m getting some practice. ~Think of Valentine and St. Patrick’s ideas: I thought of a few, as well as shared these heart marshmallows that will go on a Valentine dessert board.
~Posts to do
-cleaning list for me: I didn’t get this one done-cleaning list girls: You can find that here
-Valentine post: just the heart post from above, but I’ve got some in the pipeline coming up.– some sort of food post: Yep!
Crafts
~Finish the knit hat: I finished it! It fit Autumn better than Annabelle (and really it fits Aubrie the best), so I learned a bit about how to make the next one better.
~Practice decorating cookies: I did a little bit of cookie decorating practice~Do something with my silhouette: I worked a lot with my Silhouette! I made these stickers:
And I did a tutorial on how to make your own stickers.
~Make a heart hair bow: Didn’t get to this
~Try my hand at cross stitch: also didn’t get to this. I did take a little look at the cross stitch stuff at JoAnn’s, but knew I had other things going on.
Health
~Drink at least two bottles of water (64oz) strive for three: most days I was able to 96 oz or more.~Take some measurements (to have a better idea of progress that doesn’t have to do with the scale): I did this too. While I don’t have a second set yet to compare.~Eat healthy lunches: I’ve been doing better at eating salads, or at least eating a serving of veggies with my lunch.
Other
~Use the cleaning lists: I can’t exactly mark all of this off. I have been better about getting the girls to use their list, but sometimes I slack.~Put away Christmas decor: yep
~Take daily DSLR pictures of the girls: I haven’t been able to take pictures every day, but I have actually taken some most days.
~Re-Organize craft room: well I did… then it got all messy again…..
Now, onto my February goals.
Blog
~ Hit 10k followers on Pinterest
~ New pins for old posts
~ Review pins to see metrics
~ Grow IG to 2k (which is 56 followers) I really don’t foresee this happening,
as I have been struggling too grow past where I am. I gain a few loose a few
~ Get ahead in posts
~ Revamp FB cover
~ Get pattern up for knit hat
Crafts
~Finish new knit hat
~ knit (or crochet) slipper socks
~ knit or crochet a cowl
~make more stickers (and figure out how to share them on the blog)
~start sweater
~ look for something to improve my photography or editing skills
Health
~Start a journal or some other way to help keep my mental health in check
~continue chugging water
~eat more fish
~continue with healthy lunches
Other
~get outside more
~ redo my cleaning list
~ re-organize and clean out craft room
~practice the piano
~read one book