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August Goals: Soaking up Summer

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Happy August! Did July go as fast for you as it did for me? I feel like I was just celebrating Canada day a few days ago, but in actuality as I’m typing this it’s already the on of BC day! July was a very busy month  full of hard work with some fun sprinkled in between. We got to see both sides of family this month which was so great. I love spending time with our families, but that’s become even more important since we’re keeping our social circles small.

I’m really looking forward to August. We’re headed to the beach for vacation and I couldn’t be more excited to get away from the house for a few days, enjoy a beautiful beach and eat at restaurants!! On top of vacation we have many beach and lake days planned with friends, family birthdays and household projects planned this month.

August 2020 Powersheets

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN AUGUST:

  • Beach days with friends
  • Family Birthdays
  • BC day long weekend
  • Going on summer vacation!!!

WHAT I LOVED IN JULY:

  • Celebrating family birthdays!
  • Having dinner with my parents and siblings (the first time since Covid!)
  • Finishing projects around the house
  • Having breakfast at the beach
  • Getting my temporary promotion extended into the fall!

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.
  4. April: No book this month
  5. May: The Miracle Morning – After feeling like my work from home mornings were chaotic I decided I needed to make a change. This book has helped tremendously with implementing a morning routine that enters my mind, works out my energy and prepares me properly for the day.
  6. June: The One Thing – This book was pretty good, it such a basic concept but sometimes that’s what you need to hear to re focus your thinking.
  7. July: No book this month

REVISITING JULY GOALS:

    • Buy Mumsie & Karen’s Birthday Gifts
    • Complete Garage Mudroom Project Did you see the finished product? I shared it here!
    • Plan a full day of fun with Calvin
    • Hang bedroom gallery wall (the frames I ordered are out of stock, hopefully they come soon!)
    • Meet my friends for a walk
    • Document Cleaning Routine
    • Book a weekend at the beach

    AUGUST GOALS:

    • Enjoy Vacation!
    • Beach day with friends
    • Plan something fun to do with my mom
    • Organize/purge office (working from home has made it a disaster!!)
    • Master bedroom gallery wall

July Goals: Mid Year Refresh

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How are we only halfway through the year? I’m not one to wish time away, but this year has been a long one. So much has changed in everyones life and I don’t think anyone can predict how the rest of the year will unfold. Because of all of the unknowns and life changes I’ve found it hard to stick to and plan future goals. So during the mid year refresh I decided to simplify my goals. I also dropped down from 8 goals to 6.  I figure if I pair down my goals I’m more likely to achieve them given that life still looks very different than it did before. You can read about my original 2020 goals in this post, but here is a look at the changes from my spring refresh.

2020 GOAL REFRESH: SPRING

  • Maintain a healthy lifestyle
  • Cultivate a welcoming home
  • Strengthen our family finances
  • Enjoy life with loved ones
  • Blog about whatever inspires me
  • Create a legacy
  • Simplify daily life
  • Grow spiritually and intellectually

2020 GOAL REFRESH: MID YEAR

  • Maintain healthy lifestyle – just a reminder to myself to keep going the way I’m going
  • Cultivate a welcoming home – continue to make out house a home
  • Enjoy this beautiful life – enjoy life’s journey and have more fun!
  • Build/maintain lasting & meaningful friendships – focus on being a good friend though this pandemic
  • Share my passions & authenticity though the blog and social media – continue to share what I want and not get caught up in expectations
  • Create life giving routines – create routines that simplify and improve my life

July will be a pretty quiet month for me since my husband’s business is super busy right now (which is fantastic!) we’ve held off on any summer travel until August. But I still want to make sure we get out to have fun as a couple as well as with our friends. We also have a few family birthdays to celebrate, so this month should be a lot of fun.

July Goals

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN JULY:

  • Canada Day (I’ll be over by the time I post this)
  • Two family Birthdays
  • Our garage mudroom makeover (don’t worry I’ll share all about it)

WHAT I LOVED IN JUNE:

  • Celebrating our second wedding anniversary!
  • Getting together with my in laws for Father’s Day
  • Heading to a winery with my Dad for Father’s Day
  • A takeout picnic with my best girls!
  • Getting a temporary promotion at work.

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.
  4. April: No book this month
  5. May: The Miracle Morning – After feeling like my work from home mornings were chaotic I decided I needed to make a change. This book has helped tremendously with implementing a morning routine that enters my mind, works out my energy and prepares me properly for the day.
  6. June: The One Thing – This book was pretty good, it such a basic concept but sometimes that’s what you need to hear to re focus your thinking.

REVISITING JUNE GOALS:

  • Plan & Celebrate our second wedding anniversary!
  • Buy Dad a birthday and Father’s Day gift
  • Plan a girls backyard picnic
  • Lose 3 more pounds
  • Document our daily/weekly/monthly cleaning routine
  • Schedule/Plan July blog content
  • Declutter ensuite cabinets

JULY GOALS:

  • Buy Mumsie & Karen’s Birthday Gifts
  • Complete Garage Mudroom Project
  • Plan a full day of fun with Calvin
  • Hang bedroom gallery wall
  • Meet my friends for a walk
  • Document Cleaning Routine
  • Book a weekend at the beach

Well there you have it my July goals, what goals are you working on this month? And how have your goals changed since the beginning of the year?

Danielle xo

June Goals: Embracing our “new normal”

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Hi friends, happy June! May was a really fun month between my birthday, Mother’s Day, long weekends and the loosening COVID restrictions my goals took a backseat. Sometimes having fun is better then accomplishments!

I’m super excited to see where June takes us since this month is full of celebrations and fun! I’m also excited to get back into my Power Sheets and dig into my goals for June! As things with COVID improve here I find myself looking forward to summer and getting creative with how to have fun while keeping our bubble small and staying local. With that said lets get into a fun and productive month!

June 2020 Goals

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN JUNE:

  • Our second wedding anniversary
  • My Dad’s birthday
  • Father’s Day
  • The first day of Summer!

WHAT I LOVED IN MAY:

  • Celebrating my birthday with socially distanced time with family, zoom parties with friends and a romantic evening with my husband.
  • Getting to see my parents, celebrate Mother’s Day and add them to our “bubble.”
  • Starting a new Sunday morning tradition of picking up coffee and going to the beach.
  • Starting Hal Elrod’s practice of The Miracle Morning.

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.
  4. April: No book this month
  5. May: The Miracle Morning – After feeling like my work from home mornings were chaotic I decided I needed to make a change. This book has helped tremendously with implementing a morning routine that enters my mind, works out my energy and prepares me properly for the day.

REVISITING MAY GOALS:

  • Celebrate my birthday well
  • Finish the office organization – Our files are organized (yay!), but we really need to buy a piece of storage furniture before this project will be 100% complete.
  • Finish the closet organization
  • Reconcile March and April spending
  • Write Q1 and April journal
  • Plan June-August blog content

JUNE GOALS

  • Plan & Celebrate our second wedding anniversary!
  • Buy Dad a birthday and Father’s Day gift
  • Plan a girls backyard picnic
  • Lose 3 more pounds
  • Document our daily/weekly/monthly cleaning routine
  • Schedule/Plan July blog content
  • Declutter ensuite cabinets

That’s my plan for a FUN and productive June! What are your goals for June?

Danielle xo

May Goals

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Well April was a very different month then I was expecting. When March ended I don’t think it had fully sunk in what was really happening in our world. The reality of how long we would be stuck at home hadn’t hit me yet. Thinking of all the things that had to be cancelled or we can’t do has been tough. Honestly I bit off way more then I could chew with my April goals, but I’m not beating myself up. I’m just going to learn to be more realistic.

Although the situation where we are in BC is improving we are still under a state of emergency and no reopening plans have been announced. I’m preparing for at least another month at home. Which means I’ve paired down my goals and only chosen simple but meaningful goals.

May 2020 Goals

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MAY:

  • My 27th Birthday!! My husband has fun day planned for the two of use, so I’m excited to celebrate just the two of us.
  • My Zoom birthday party with my girlfriends
  • Socially distanced Mother’s Day celebrations
  • Victoria Day long weekend

WHAT I LOVED IN APRIL:

  • Finishing our first home project since owning our home. The board and batten we installed in our bedroom turned out so great!
  • Celebrating Easter with my husband. We dressed up in our Easter Sunday best and I made a delicious roast chicken dinner for two.
  • Officially being done with year end at work, my stress level has significant decreased and it’s a great feeling.
  • Our Sunday lunch and drive. We picked up some naughty fast food and drove all over town. Funny how grateful we are for such simple things now.

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. 
  4. April: No book this month

REVISITING APRIL GOALS:

  • Declutter master closet and ensuite – The closet is almost done, but I haven’t touched the ensuite.
  • Organize office – I got through our files, but the rest of the office is still a disaster
  • Reconcile March spending – Totally forgot about doing this
  • Get a will – We used Willful to get a will, power of attorney and healthcare directives. We still have to get them witnessed, but I’m calling it done.
  • Complete my Q1 journal entry – In progress but not finished
  • Create a recipe binder – Another thing I didn’t touch
  • Research and budget for my summer capsule wardrobe
  • Complete Master Bedroom board and batten

MAY GOALS:

  • Celebrate my birthday well
  • Finish the office organization
  • Finish the closet organization
  • Reconcile March and April spending
  • Write Q1 and April journal
  • Plan June-August blog content

There you have it, that’s my plan for a productive but realistic May. Wishing you all the best in the month ahead.

Danielle xo

February 2020 Goals

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Happy February friends! I love the start of a new month, I always feel refreshed by it. Anyone else? As I mentioned in my 2020 goals post, I’m following Emily’s lead and sharing monthly goal check in’s with you all. And today I’m sharing my first one!

February 2020 Goals

What’s Happening in February:

  • Valentine’s Day! So excited for a special date with Calvin!
  • Family Game Night at my Mom’s
  • Family Day long weekend!!
  • My sister-in-laws birthday

What I Loved in January:

  • My new bed frame! We ordered it on Boxing Day and it finally arrived at the end of the month.
  • Smart Sweets! I have always been a fan, but with focusing on my health these saved me when I had a hankering for sugar!
  • SNOW DAYS! We got a few days of snow which meant extra work from home days for both Calvin and I. Sharing our home office for the day is one of my favourite things!

Books Read:

  • 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!

Revisiting January’s Goals:

  • Buy Mom’s Birthday Gift
  • Finalize 2020 Budget Spreadsheet (Finished by the skin of my teeth)
  • Organize & Backup 2019 Photos (DONE! So happy!)
  • Order 2019 Album (This is about 80% complete)
  • Design/Budget for Master Bedroom Makeover
  • Read F-Factor Diet
  • Lose 2-5 pounds (Down 8.8 lbs!)
  • Plan/Execute Day Date w/Calvin

February Goals:

  • Lose 3 pounds
  • Read Mindy Kaling’s Book – Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
  • Buy and make Valentine’s Day box
  • Order 2019 Album
  • Create Master Bedroom Plan & Budget
  • Reconcile January Spending/Budget
  • Book Hotels for Toronto & New York
  • Decide on Summer camping trips & book campsites
  • Organize cabinet under kitchen sink
  • DIY weekly meal plan sign

All these monthly goals are my stepping stones to achieving my 2020 goals.

So do you have monthly goals? What are you looking forward to in February?

Danielle xo

2020 Goals: The start of a new decade

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Hey friends! Today I’m sharing something close to my heart, my 2020 goals! Yep, we’re talking annual goals. Why am I sharing this? Because I’ve never set concrete goals in my life. Of course like everyone else I’ve created goals in my brain. I held those close to the vest, kept them to myself, and shockingly didn’t achieve them. So this year I used PowerSheets, I did the prep work, I figured out my why and I wrote down my goals. Now I’m sharing them with you because accountability is key!

I got the idea to share my goals and update all of you on my progress from the lovely Emily from Em for Marvelous! I love her goal updates and am excited to share the same with all of you.

2020 Goal Setting Tools

This year I’m setting 7 goals and I’m very excited to see how much progress I can make this year. I think these goals really speak to the beginning of this new decade.

2020 Goals:

  • Improve my physical and emotional health. For me this means create and stick to a workout routine that works in this season of life, meal prep every Sunday. Limit treats/junk food and watch portion sizes. Drink half my weight in ounces of water. Get outside for walks and hikes. Learn to meditate, read more and practice 1 hour of self care per week.
  • Cultivate new and old friendships. Reach out to friends once per week. Host couples and girls nights regularly. Be open to developing friendships with the new people that come into my life.
  • Create a sustainable blog schedule that excites me! Now I can’t share too much about this because I want to keep some of my ideas a surprise. But I will share that I am committing to 1 blog post per week and becoming more engaged with all of you on social media.
  • Spend money intentionally. My husband and I are good with money. Money can be such a hard thing for couples, so it was really important to us to create a financial foundation early in our relationship. Why this is still a goal is because we have a few big financial outlays planned for 2020. I’m so excited for these things, but it’s going to take discipline.
2020 Vision Board
2020 Vision Board
All images via Pinterest
  • Create a tidy and welcoming home. I love our new home and now that we’re settled in I want to make it true to us. I plan to finish decorating two rooms in our house. And create some cleaning routines. Keeping a tidy organized home does not come naturally to me. So creating nightly cleaning routine and a weekly laundry routine that I can stick to is so important.
  • Document life. To me this has to do with creating a legacy for us and our future kids to look back on. I have many photos of my husband and sunsets on my phone, yet very few of the two of us and even less of me. I’m making a goal to get in front of the camera more this year. Additionally I want to organize our digital collection of photos and create some albums. Im also going to journal this year, to start this creating this habit I’m using The Five Minute Journal.
  • Simplify the work week. Life is stressful and I am not an organized person, so I’m always running late for work and feel there aren’t enough hours in the day. Well guess what, there’s always only going to be 24 hours, so what can I do to make the most of it? Plan my workday outfits on Sunday, pack my lunch in the evenings, get an old fashioned alarm clock, wake up earlier and do something that makes me happy before I got to work.

Now that I’ve shared my goals with you I’ll be checking in once a month to share my progress with all of you! Cheers to a fantastic new year!

Danielle xo