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This is a transparent monthly reflection where I take the time to look back, view my progress and make adjustments. * This is an affiliate link, which means I receive a percentage if you make a purchase using this link. Monthly Project: I didn't decide on one specifically, but it became complete and pass Intro to Biology class.. . Which I did!!! ANNNND it took a lot of time. But it was 10000% worth it. :) Health → Exercise 3 days/week, drink 65oz. water/day Exercise: 16/14 (114%) Notes: Near the end of this month we did lots of yard work, walking the dog and moving around that I barely had time to prioritize my yoga! I kind of slipped out of the routine, but I'm hoping to get back into it in April. :) Water: 10/31 (32%) Notes: Yikes. Not a good water month. I'll tell you, though I drink water every day, I just couldn't seem to get myself to achieve the goal. I'm excited to ease back into it next month, because drinking lots of water has ...

I am all about dat progress. When Netflix is loading and it jumps from 2% to 70%, that's thrilling to me. When my goal is to write 500 words and I have written 362, I know much further there is to go. Goals and progression go hand in hand. I like to keep track of all the steps, which step I'm on, what step is next and so on.  You can imagine my disappointment when my "inter level progress bars" indicate zero growth. Basically this means, in my head, I don't feel like I'm moving fast enough to get anything done. #me #alldayeveryday Often in my day to day it seems as though I'm getting nowhere . I have been mulling this over and trying to figure out WHY I feel this way. Why do I constantly diminish what I do? Why do I feel like I'm running in place? Simply put, I do not see the value in what I am doing. This is different from there being NO value in what I do. The value is there. Growth is happening. My problem is t...

I have a lot of goals. Big huge hurdles I want to jump over right now so I can be happy right now and live my life right now . Yah know? I'm going to be honest. I was never really a "goal girl". I remember last year, when I was drowning myself in the blogging world, that was the word I saw everywhere. Goals goals goals . SMART goals. Realistic goals. Attainable goals. My family goals, blogging goals, weight goals, why you should make goals goals. So I blindly hopped on the train - because it was what everyone else was doing - and made some goals. Write a book. Grow a blog. Feel good about myself. Here I am a year later, wondering if I could get anymore off track. Don't get me wrong, I did pretty good. For the first three months. Then life happened and things didn't work out. Now I'm here (something I'm certainly not mad about). Part of me will probably never understand goals. Part of me will always get lost and sabotage my goals. This year I...

Now that you've decided on a SMART goal , do you feel confident you'll complete it? If you're anything like me, you're probably wondering why you chose such a huge goal ( like, is this really necessary? Oh dear, I have so much work to do... ). You probably feel quite overwhelmed and don't know where to start. Well I have a secret to share with you guys. The trick to setting goals and feeling confident you'll complete them is so simple, it can be broken down into 3 easy steps. 1. Start at the end and work backward. When getting to work on your goal, it may seem daunting, overwhelming and (sometimes) impossible. Conducting a plan by working backward through the steps you need to take can be really helpful. Take my " write two more books goal " for example. What do I have to do before I can say I finished writing two books? I have to write two books. What do I have to do before I write two books? I have to write one book. What do I have to...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERY BLOGGER! It's officially the new year and you know what that means, don't you? GOALS. RESOLUTIONS. PLANNING. GAH. Now personally, I'm not the resolution setting type - only because I really don't want to turn into that person who promises to do things for the new year but doesn't quite get around to them. Over the years I've mostly just been that person who doesn't bother with goals or promises, but instead ignores what I did over the past year, hopes I learned from my mistakes, then continues on with what they're doing. Well, not this year (oh boy, here we go). [photo] This year, I have goals. A list of things I will complete by the end of the year . They are listed below. Each of these goals has a plan of action and a timeline set to help them on their way. But how can I be sure these goals will get accomplished? How can I be sure they're what actually needs to be done? How do I know I'm not wa...