August Goals // June-July Recap

June/July Recap:

My mom entered hospice care at the beginning of June and died halfway through July. I spent most of the summer spending time with my mom and the last few weeks grieving with my family. I didn’t put forth much effort towards my goals, but I crossed off a few items from my to-do list this summer.

For my blog:

• I did find one ad swap. Check out Ashley at Girl Talk!

For my health:

• I started my new prescriptions, and I continued my vitamins.
• I saw a dentist.

For my marriage:

• Dan was so wonderful all summer that I didn’t need to try to be patient with him.
• We did finally get in a couples’ massage, just a few weeks after my birthday. It was absolutely wonderful, and Dan and I plan to get back to the spa for his birthday in September.

For our household:

• Considering I spent pretty much all of June and July in Greenwood, I didn’t do anything for our townhouse in Duluth. Meal-planning isn’t necessary when people keep sending your family food. I did some laundry on my few visits back to Duluth, but Dan mostly had to wash his own clothes.

August Goals:

For my career:

My career goals have replaced my blogging goals. Now that I’ve quit my day job, my blog is part of my overall career.

• Plan my editorial calendar through October.
• Find similar bloggers with ad swaps.
• Publish to The Huffington Post.
• Network online with other attendees of the Maiedae Mixer.
• Write blog content for Brita Media.
• Start the paperwork process for Brita Media.
• Work with Cynexis Media to get my website and branding started for Brita Media.

For my health:

• Find a general practitioner for Dan and for me.
• Start exercising 20 minutes a day, 3 days a week. Luckily my dad let me take the Wii Fit, so that should help!
• Return to a healthy sleep schedule, which got completely off-track this summer. I found some great tips in the latest issue of Prevention Magazine to help me sleep better at night and feel more awake during the day.

For my marriage:

• Find at least one way to serve Dan each week. He’s been so amazing all summer with my mom. I just want to help him in turn.
• Express gratitude daily for all the wonderful things Dan does for me.

For our household:

• Meal-plan every week!
• Prepare dinner 4-5 nights a week, depending on if we stay in Duluth for the weekend or go to Greenwood.
• Do some major cleaning once a week.
  • Dust and vacuum our bedroom and the living room.
  • Clean all the bathrooms.
• Find a place for all the house plants. Water them weekly.
• Decorate the bookcases in my home office.

I have more goals for August because I have more time. Previously, my goals were based on what I could do on top of working full-time. Still, I don’t want to be too ambitious for the month because our weekends are pretty full.

What are your goals this month? If you blogged about your goals, feel free to share a link in the comments!