Phew! We made it through January, one of my least favorite months of the year. I always hate how plain everything looks after taking down all of the Christmas décor. So let’s take a looksie at how my goals went for the month of January! For reference crossed out goals are ones that I accomplished.
Health (3/6)
do a dry January (I’m actually striving for a dry 3 months)- use my fitness pal to better keep track of food
take a walk 2X a weekdrink 8-12 cups of water- 10k steps
- do something for my mental health
So, 50% isn’t too bad. I am particularly proud of my dry January. There were a few days after a tough sub job that I really did want a glass of wine (or bourbon), but I stayed strong. I am hoping to continue it into February and March. And while I didn’t use my fitness pal to track food, I do feel I was more mindful of my choices. I was really striving for 10k steps a day, and I would say there were about 12 days I didn’t make it.
Create (3/4)
finish the crochet angel for the tree topper (so we can actually use it next year)get a few more bullet journal month spreads donecreate something with the yarn I got from Christmas- Clean/organize my office (again…. and again…. and again… it’s never ending)
75% done with these goals! The only thing I didn’t get to was cleaning and organizing my office. While I did do it a little, it just got all cluttered up again. I’ve been trying to figure out better ways to organize my multitude of craft items, and I just can’t figure out what I want to do.
Spiritual (1/3)
- do 10 minutes a day with the kids
write a daily gratitude- find some sort of Bible study or reflection for myself. One that is simple.
Well this group was a pretty big fat fail. Near the end of the month I started doing better about 10 minutes a day with the kids. But I still haven’t found some sort of simple Bible study for me.
Personal (4/7)
try for a no spend JanuaryLimit social media use on phone- take a picture a day
track our grocery spendingsub once a week- new skin care routine
- thinking about what to include if I were to make a “crafting through the seasons” book. This is a big ??? For a while now I’ve been wanting to do something… more. So I’ve thought and written lists, and it always comes back to some sort of creative thing. And since I’d consider myself a “Jill of all trades, master of none” I’ve been considering a book that has a combination of different crafts. Crocheting, knitting, cooking, sewing. I have no idea if this is something people would find awesome or kind of weird, but I have to actually do some of it to figure it out.
Four out of seven. I am pretty proud of my no spend January. Obviously this doesn’t include things like groceries or bills, but all the extra stuff. I didn’t go to Target or JoAnn’s at all this month. And I made no purchases on Amazon. And you know what. It wasn’t as hard as I thought. I am going to try to extend this into February as well, with a few minor purchases of birthday presents and pictures to hang on my wall.
I also did a good job of not only tracking our grocery, but really trying not to make any unnecessary extra trips. By cutting back our trips, and really trying hard to eat leftovers I saved at least $400 on our bill compared to past months (which may be a little inaccurate since we host Thanksgiving in November, and we hosted Christmas this year).
I sucked at taking a picture a day, and still have no idea what sort of skin care routine I need to follow.
Blog (3/4)
post 1X week- figure out how to fix a few recipes that google told me I needed to fix
create some new pins for older posts, and review Pinterest Ninjastart commenting on fellow bloggers blogs
I almost got all of these done! I even posted 2X a week most weeks. I do still need to revamp some recipes, but I am pretty proud how I’ve been doing on the blog. And I guess I could count this and the crafts I do as my mental health, so maybe I could check that off.
14/24 goals accomplished, so a little more than half. I honestly thought I did a bit better, but so it goes. I’m not going to beat myself up over it. I was going to include my February goals, but this post got long fast, so check the link above.