Still Getting it Done!

Another month has concluded. We are also on week 8 of a stay at home order. Crazy! How are you holding up? I hope you are all safe and healthy.

As I mentioned back in April, March was a bit of a cluster. As the world began to shut down, I lost my motivation. I knew I had to kick it up a notch in April, but also was going to give myself grace when I needed it. Like many of you, we have had a lot of travel plans canceled, the workload in my day job became overwhelming, and I had to oversee social distance learning. Life was a bit chaotic, but I was determined to make something work and that I did!

Review of April’s Goals

Blog

• 30 mins, three times a week on SEO.- NOPE – still did not happen
• Write and post 4 new blog posts.- YES
• Grow social media platforms by 5%.- Yes on a 2 of the 4. Not bad!
• Finish blog course work.- One down, 2 to go.

Work

• Find work-life balance- It can be hard to shut it down when working from home. I am setting my hours, and rarely will I make exceptions. I need to treat it as if I am going to the office every day.- YES! Though I was busier than usual, I did a much better job of this.

Personal

• Move my body 30 minutes every day. When I am in the office, I reach my 10,000 step count most days, without counting my exercise. Since working from home five days a week, that has not been the case. The result is tight hip flexors, a sore back, and feeling like a slug. Again, I need to treat my day as if I am in the office.- YES! I hit my step goal 22/30 days. I also moved my body 30 mins each day.
• Get up, shower, and put something on besides running clothes or yoga pants.- I would say I did this 75% of the time.
• Though I maintained my weight, my goal was to lose weight. I am going to give myself grace and aim for 5lbs, rather than 10lbs.- I lost 2.5 lbs, so half.
• My goal race, the one I was training so hard for was canceled. Yes, I had a pity party, but again, this morning, I said no more. I picked a fall race, and that will be my new goal race. My new training plan for that will start late May, but in the meantime, I have a short term training plan I am following for all my runs leading up to then. Plus, I still have summer races that have not been canceled yet.- YES! I ran 76 miles in the month of April
• Save all money not being spent on gas and entertainment and put toward our next vacation.- Half of what we are not spending went toward future vacations. The other half went toward some online shopping. LOL!

Household

• Finish organizing the cabinets in the kitchen.- YES
• Clean the fridge.- Nope
• Start cleaning and purging my scrapbook room, so we can renovate by the end of the year.- Nope

Miscellaneous- all were accomplished!

🌟 More doggie 🐶 walks.
🌟Scrapbook.
🌟Try new recipes.
🌟Read more books.
🌟Cherish the additional time I have with my boys being home.

Did I attack the month with gusto? Hummm..gusto is a bit strong of a word. I certainly had my days where Netflix came before everything else. I also took more time to do things that relax me. There were lots of walks. I read a couple of books and was able to scrapbook more of 2019. All wins in my mind.

Now, what will the month of May look like? Assuming we will remain under a stay at home order, I plan on more of the same, with a few additions.

Blog

I will build on what I did or did no do in April. Moving forward, I think four blog posts a month will be the norm. I will chip away at my courses and will try to do ONE session of SEO a month. I am not letting go of this goal; I am trying to make it attainable.

Personal

• I will build off my 2.5lb weight loss and aim for 2-5lbs this month.
• Continue to move my body 30 mins a day.
• All my summer races were canceled, but I plan to run them virtually.
• Research vacation options for summer to replace our canceled Canadian Rockies trip.

Household

• Purge Nicholas’s room.
• Begin the basement (scrapbook room) project.
• Clean out my garden boxes and start my veggie garden.

I am trying to be realistic with my list. I tend to take on a bit much and then get frustrated when I don’t accomplish them all. I have to remind myself that these need to be SMART goals- specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound.

Tell me, did you reach your goals for April? If not, what did you do to readjust? What is your plan for May? Please, let me know below.

Stay safe.

Heather