April 2020 Goals & My Spring Goal Refresh

Hi friends! Hanging in there? March was the longest, busiest and strangest month ever. I hope you’re all safe and surviving in this crazy time. I have been so busy with doing year end while working remotely. To say it’s been challenging to juggle a difficult season at work with the emotions of the world is an understatement. There’s been good days and bad days, but were surviving and I’m determined to make the most of this season.

With all of the changes going on in the world I am grateful that Laura includes quarterly refreshes in power sheets. It was so nice to look at my original 2020 goals and revise my big picture goals for the year. Not only have I made progress but I needed to adjust my expectations given the limitations that coronavirus has put on me.

2020 GOALS

• Improve my physical and emotional health
• Cultivate new and old friendships
• Create a sustainable blog schedule that excites me
• Spend money intentionally
• Create a tidy and welcoming home
• Document life
• Simplify the work week

2020 GOAL REFRESH: SPRING

• Maintain a healthy lifestyle – build on the habits I’ve created and maintain the healthy relationship with food and exercise I’ve created.
• Cultivate a welcoming home – create a home that’s, clean, organized and decorated in a way that sparks joy for me and my family.
• Strengthen our family finances – continue to spend intentionally, monitor finances closely due to covid, increase investments and plan for our rescheduled 2020 vacations and spending.
• Enjoy life with loved ones – connect with family and friends through online or phone communications regularly. Find ways to celebrate holidays and birthdays within my nuclear family and electronically.
• Blog about whatever inspires me – let my gut and inspirations guide what I post on the blog and on social media.
• Create a legacy – Continue to use my 5 minute journal and start my quarter in review journal. Continue to document life through photos.
• Simplify daily life – Create daily/weekly/monthly routines. Create a summer capsule wardrobe. Build a recipe binder.
• Grow spiritually and intellectually – Listen to thought provoking podcasts, read fiction and non fiction books.

I think refining these goals will help me focus on what I can achieve during this strange period of time. It also helped me look inward and realize what is most important to me during this time, health, happiness and family.

For my April goals I focused on what I can control and what I felt I could focus on while confined to my home. Keeping busy in the evenings and weekends has really helped with my anxiety over our current situation. So I loaded up my tending list with goals that I thought would be achievable and bring me joy.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN APRIL:

• Easter!! Excited to celebrate.
• Warm weather is finally here and I can’t wait to enjoy it!
• Finishing year end at work (YAY!).

WHAT I LOVED IN MARCH:

• My pre pandemic lunch date with my dad! Can’t wait to have another one once this is over.
• Finally meeting one of my husbands favourite out of town cousins and having one final family dinner before social distancing.
• Megan Roupt’s Sculpt Society workouts. These have kept me sane during this extra time at home.
• Tanya Zuckerbrot’s daily instagram lives, she has so much wisdom to share and has brought me lots of comfort during this scary time.

BOOKS READ:

1. January: F-Factor Diet – I’m following (and loving) Tanya Zuckerbrot’s F-Factor Diet, so this was a must read and was so informative!
2. February: Is everyone Hanging out without me? – I started but did not finish. The first third had me laughing out loud and I’m excited to finish it this month.
3. March: Girl Wash Your Face – I started this book a few years back, but finally revisited it and finished in March.

REVISITING MARCH GOALS:

• Buy my niece a birthday gift
• Hem our master bedroom curtains
• Organize cabinet under kitchen sink
• Finish reading Mindy’s book and Girl Wash Your Face
• Meet a friend for coffee – COVID derailed these plans
• Have lunch with Dad
• Reconcile February Spending
• Book campsite for July – We’re holding of on all our summer plans until things return to normalcy
• Research potted herb garden- Since I can’t get out to buy plants this will have to wait
• Lose 2 pounds

APRIL GOALS:

• Declutter master closet and ensuite
• Organize office
• Reconcile March spending
• Get a will
• Complete my Q1 journal entry
• Create a recipe binder
• Research and budget for my summer capsule wardrobe
• Complete Master Bedroom board and batten

Danielle xo