Monthly Goals Linky: August 2015 Goals

• Post at least one New Blogger Series. Fail.
• Finish reading The Diviners. Fail.
• Finish dejunking/setting stuff aside for a yard sale. SUCCESS! 
• Put in my 30 day notice at my apartments (SCARY). SUCCESS! 
• Pack all my stuff in preparation to move. SUCCESS! 
• Move. (Fingers crossed it actually happens) SUCCESS!
• Clean the apartment fully for move out walk through. SUCCESS!
• Keep up my water drinking and try to move more. FAIL.
• Try out one water fitness class at the nearby pool. FAIL.

I honestly had no idea how crazy the moving and preparing the new and old places both would be.  So I'm giving myself a huge pass on the ones I failed on, because I have been non-stop busy and I have done SO much else.

• Unpack at least 3 boxes a week.
• Finish painting the kitchen.
• Re-hang my kitchen cabinet doors.
• Paint the upstairs bathroom.
• Finish painting the bedroom.
• Spray for spiders.
• Start working on my ISM training.
• Start working on my A+ Certification.
• Start my Math class (or cancel it-I haven't decided whether I can handle it or not)
• Set up my bedroom.
• Clean the house-it's extra wrecked after remodeling.
• Host a housewarming/thanks for the visit Josh party.
• Take Josh's headshots.
• Participate in the August 12x30 Photo a Day Challenge.
• Host & Participate in the Books 'n' Bloggers Swap.
• Water my lawn regularly to try and bring it back from the dead.

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• Follow your hosts My So-Called Chaos and A Peek at Karen's World to keep up with this link-up.
• Write up a post recapping last month's goals and setting goals for next month.
• Make sure to include the button in your post by grabbing the code above.
• Link up your goals post with the monthly linky which goes live on the first Thursday of the month.
• Visit other links in the party to show support and offer advice for other goal setters.
• Have fun and make some new friends!

What are your goals this month?

Monthly Goals Link-Up: July

• Post at least one New Blogger Series post. FAIL.
• Read/Listen to at least 3 books. FAIL.
• Clean up the files on my computer and my RSS reader. FAIL.
• Start going to the gym at least 3 days a week. FAIL.
• Get my water intake back in order by drinking at least 60oz of water a day. SUCCESS!
• Try at least 4 new recipes. SUCCESS! 
• Finish editing and share the photos I took in Canada. SUCCESS! 
• Organize my kitchen pantry/cupboards. SUCCESS! 
• Organize the spare room and pick things out for a yard sale. In Progress...
• Keep having fun with a certain special someone. FAIL. (totally not my fault)
• Participate in the Semi-Charmed 2015 Book Challenge. FAIL.
• Host and participate in the Try Something New June 12X30 Challenge. SUCCESS!
• Set up my company's booth at the Utah Pride Festival. SUCCESS!
• Facetime with Josh at least twice.  I miss him!  SUCCESS! 
• Make progress in my ComTIA certification for work. FAIL.
• Make progress in my ISM certification for work. FAIL.

In my defense, it's been a pretty busy and/or stressful month.  I put an offer in on a house, it was accepted, I got the Inspection done, etc.  Plus, I spent some good quality time with friends, celebrated the Summer Solstice, and dealt with boy drama and how I felt about it. lol I am giving myself a pass this month, and next month-so I'm keeping next months goals easier.

• Post at least one New Blogger Series.
• Finish reading The Diviners.
• Finish dejunking/setting stuff aside for a yard sale.
• Put in my 30 day notice at my apartments (SCARY).
• Pack all my stuff in preparation to move.
• Move. (Fingers crossed it actually happens)
• Clean the apartment fully for move out walk through.
• Keep up my water drinking and try to move more.
• Try out one water fitness class at the nearby pool.

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• Follow your hosts My So-Called Chaos and A Peek at Karen's World to keep up with this link-up.
• Write up a post recapping last month's goals and setting goals for next month.
• Make sure to include the button in your post by grabbing the code above.
• Link up your goals post with the monthly linky which goes live on the first Thursday of the month.
• Visit other links in the party to show support and offer advice for other goal setters.
• Have fun and make some new friends!

What are your goals this month?

Monthly Goals Link-Up: June Goals

• Get my house organized and dejunk in preparation for moving eventually. FAIL.
• Post at least one New Blogger Series post.  FAIL.
• Read/Listen to at least 3 books. FAIL.
• Clean up the files on my computer and my RSS reader. FAIL.
• Get my diet back on track-I kind of lost it after vacation. FAIL.
• Have an awesome vacation to Canada. SUCCESS! 
• Look at more houses. SUCCESS!  No luck finding anything I want though...
• Participate in the Semi-Charmed 2015 Book Challenge. In Progress...
• Host & Participate in May's 12x30 Acts of Kindness Challenge. SUCCESS! 
• Pass all my classes and submit paperwork to get reimbursed from work. In Progress... They're making it difficult.

Well, that was a super-fail month.  Oh well, all we can do is move forward right? 

• Post at least one New Blogger Series post.
• Read/Listen to at least 3 books.
• Clean up the files on my computer and my RSS reader.
• Start going to the gym at least 3 days a week.
• Get my water intake back in order by drinking at least 60oz of water a day.
• Try at least 4 new recipes.
• Finish editing and share the photos I took in Canada.
• Organize my kitchen pantry/cupboards.
• Organize the spare room and pick things out for a yard sale.
• Keep having fun with a certain special someone-and stay out of my own head about it.
• Participate in the Semi-Charmed 2015 Book Challenge.
• Host and participate in the Try Something New June 12X30 Challenge.
• Set up my company's booth at the Utah Pride Festival.
• Facetime with Josh at least twice.  I miss him! 
• Make progress in my ComTIA certification for work.
• Make progress in my ISM training for work.

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• Follow your hosts My So-Called Chaos and A Peek at Karen's World to keep up with this link-up.
• Write up a post recapping last month's goals and setting goals for next month.
• Make sure to include the button in your post by grabbing the code above.
• Link up your goals post with the monthly linky which goes live on the first Thursday of the month.
• Visit other links in the party to show support and offer advice for other goal setters.
• Have fun and make some new friends!

What are your goals this month?

June 12x30 Challenge: Try Something New

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Hello Summer and hello June.  Are you joining us for our June 12x30 Challenge and trying something new this month?  I sure hope so!  This challenge is a year-long challenge with a new theme each month hosted by myself and Chasing My Extraordinary.

Read about the entire challenge HERE.

• Take up a new hobby-jogging, writing, riding horses, art-the options are limitless. 
• Learn to cook something different.
• Set a goal for new things you want to do this month.
• Travel somewhere you've never been before.
• Get a haircut or dye your hair a color you've never done before.
• Run a 5k, marathon, or half marathon.
• Learn a new language.
• Try a food you thought you'd never try.
• Do an extreme sport like bungee jumping, parasailing, etc.
• Climb a mountain.

Basically, do anything you've never done before-just get out there and try something new or outside of your comfort zone.  

• Make a 101 in 1001 or a 30 before 30/40 before 40/50 before 50 list and share it. (Or if you already have one, share your updates and progress from it)
• Make a bucket list of things you want to do before you die and share it.
• Make a list of places you want to visit and share it.
• Write about something new you tried this month.
• Share a new recipe you made during this challenge.
• Share a new DIY you tried during this challenge.

Link up any related posts with us this month hear.  Don't forget that Kenzie and I will be featuring our favorite posts at the end of the month.  Check out my features from last month HERE. Don't forget to include the button with the code above.  Make sure to share the things you do on Social Media and hashtag them with #12x30Challenge or #TrySomethingNew.

Check out the previous month's here:

• January's Love Yourself Challenge.
• February's Get Organized Challenge.
• March's No Spending Challenge.
• April's Reading Challenge.
• May's Random Acts of Kindness Challenge.

Monthly Goals Link-Up: May Goals

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1. Follow your hosts My So-Called Chaos and A Peek at Karen's World to keep up with this link-up.
2. Write up a post recapping last month's goals and setting goals for next month.
3.  Make sure to include the button in your post by grabbing the code above.
4. Link up your goals post with the monthly linky which goes live on the first Thursday of the month.
5. Visit other links in the party to show support and offer advice for other goal setters.
6. Have fun and make some new friends!

• Get my house organized and dejunk in preparation for moving eventually. FAIL.
• Look at more houses. - SUCCESS! Even put in another offer, but it also fell through. 
• Save at least $500 for new house funds. - SUCCESS!
• Give myself a cash budget each week and stick to it. - FAIL. I did for like two weeks.
• Have an online yard/blog sale for cool stuff I shouldn't be hanging on to. FAIL. Postponed.
• Post at least one New Blogger Series post. SUCCESS! Read it here: Basic HTML for Bloggers
• Read/Listen to at least 3 books. FAIL.  I only got like half a book. lol
• Clean up the files on my computer and my RSS reader.  FAIL.
• Get my diet back on track-I kind of lost it after vacation. FAIL.
• Try three new healthy recipes. FAIL.
• Meal plan and limit myself to eating out only once a week. FAIL.
• Add more items to my shop. FAIL.

Well, that's the most red I've seen on my goals list in a LONG time. I'm not taking it out on myself too harshly though, it has been the last month of the semester and school has taken a good chunk of my time up.  I also hosted a kick-A birthday party for myself... Complete with the worst hangover ever.

• Get my house organized and dejunk in preparation for moving eventually.
• Post at least one New Blogger Series post.
• Read/Listen to at least 3 books.
• Clean up the files on my computer and my RSS reader.
• Get my diet back on track-I kind of lost it after vacation.
• Have an awesome vacation to Canada.
• Look at more houses.
• Participate in the Semi-Charmed 2015 Book Challenge.
• Host & Participate in May's 12x30 Acts of Kindness Challenge.
• Pass all my classes and submit paperwork to get reimbursed from work.

What are your goals this month?

The Monthly Goals Link-Up: April Goals

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1. Follow your hosts My So-Called Chaos and A Peek at Karen's World to keep up with this link-up.
2. Write up a post recapping last month's goals and setting goals for next month.
3.  Make sure to include the button in your post by grabbing the code above.
4. Link up your goals post with the monthly linky which goes live on the first Thursday of the month.
5. Visit other links in the party to show support and offer advice for other goal setters.
6. Have fun and make some new friends!

• Get my house organized and set up some of my new decorations. FAIL.
• Post at least one New Blogger Series post.  FAIL.
• Read/Listen to at least 3 books. FAIL-Just 2. Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea & The Last Unicorn.
• Back up all of my phone and wipe it/start over. FAIL.
• Celebrate Spring Equinox with Ken and Kristina. FAIL.
• Go through old posts on the blog to fix formatting and missing photos & delete old giveaways. IN PROGRESS.
• Clean up the files on my computer and my RSS reader. FAIL.
• Host the March 12x30 No Spending Challenge. SUCCESS.
• Write some finance related posts for the 12x30 challenge. SUCCESS-How to Curb Your Spending & Start a Budget Right From Your Bank Account.
• Take and share more photos. SUCCESS. I shared photos from Liberty Park in Salt Lake City.
• Do at least one fun thing for Spring Break. FAIL.
• Try three new healthy recipes. FAIL.
• Get my diet back on track-I kind of lost it after vacation. FAIL.
• Be Creative. SUCCESS.
• Open my new Etsy shop endeavor.  :) SUCCESS-visit Je Me Souviens by My So-Called Chaos!

Well then, lots of non-successes.  I'm just going to have to do better this month.

• Get my house organized and dejunk in preparation for moving eventually.
• Look at more houses.
• Save at least $500 for new house funds.
• Give myself a cash budget each week and stick to it.
• Have an online yard/blog sale for cool stuff I shouldn't be hanging on to.
• Post at least one New Blogger Series post.
• Read/Listen to at least 3 books. 
• Clean up the files on my computer and my RSS reader. 
• Get my diet back on track-I kind of lost it after vacation.
• Try three new healthy recipes.
• Meal plan and limit myself to eating out only once a week.
• Add more items to my shop.

What are your goals this month? 

I'm also linking up my finance goals this month here:

The Monthly Goals Link-Up: March Goals

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1. Follow your hosts My So-Called Chaos and A Peek at Karen's World to keep up with this link-up.
2. Write up a post recapping last month's goals and setting goals for next month.
3.  Make sure to include the button in your post by grabbing the code above.
4. Link up your goals post with the monthly linky which goes live on the first Thursday of the month.
5. Visit other links in the party to show support and offer advice for other goal setters.
6. Have fun and make some new friends!

• Get my house in order and host/participate in the the 12x30 Challenge. FAIL. Well hosting worked, but I didn't get organized.
• File my taxes.  SUCCESS!  I paid off all my credit card debt with the return.
• Write about my word of the year. FAIL.  This might not happen.
• Write and post some New Blogger Series posts. SUCCESS! Read about Sizing & Positionning photos HERE.
• Go on a nice little trip to Oregon. SUCCESS!  Photos HERE, HERE, and HERE.
• Do something creative. SUCCESS!  DIYs coming soon!
• Read/listen to at least 2 books. SUCCESS! I hit 5! I read two: Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea (review will be posted Saturday) & Me Before You (review HERE), and I listened to three: Wicked (review HERE), Left Drowning (review HERE), and The Golem & The Jinni (review HERE).
• Get my phone drama figured out. (It's being a PITA!) FAIL.  I want a new one.
• Celebrate Imbolc. SUCCESS!
• Get all caught up on my school assignments. FAIL-I'm a tiny bit behind.
• Host and participate in the Mug O'Comfort Swap at Chaotic Goddess Swaps. SUCCESS! My partner is awesome.

• Get my house organized and set up some of my new decorations.
• Post at least one New Blogger Series post.
• Read/Listen to at least 3 books.
• Back up all of my phone and wipe it/start over.
• Celebrate Spring Equinox with Ken and Kristina.
• Go through old posts on the blog to fix formatting and missing photos & delete old giveaways.
• Clean up the files on my computer and my RSS reader.
• Host the March 12x30 No Spending Challenge.
• Write some finance related posts for the 12x30 challenge.
• Take and share more photos.
• Do at least one fun thing for Spring Break.
• Try three new healthy recipes.
• Get my diet back on track-I kind of lost it after vacation.
• Be Creative.
• Open my new Etsy shop endeavor.  :)

The Monthly Goals Link-Up: February Goals

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How This works:

1. Follow your hosts My So-Called Chaos and A Peek at Karen's World to keep up with this link-up.
2. Write up a post recapping last month's goals and setting goals for next month.
3.  Make sure to include the button in your post by grabbing the code above.
4. Link up your goals post with the monthly linky which goes live on the first Thursday of the month.
5. Visit other links in the party to show support and offer advice for other goal setters.
6. Have fun and make some new friends!

How I Did with January's Goals:

• Make some steps to get my health under control. SUCCESS! I FINALLY DID!!!!!
• Take some family photos of Kristina's family to practice my photo skills. SUCCESS! They're HERE.
• Get caught up on Doctor Who. FAIL. But I can live with that... lol
• Finish at least two books. SUCCESS! I read 3 or 4 actually.
• Get 100% caught up on laundry. FAIL.  I probably never will. lol
• Organize my kitchen cupboards and dejunk them. FAIL. But I will this month with the 12x30 Challenge.
• Start my classes out strong-I don't want to play catch up this semester. SUCCESS! Until last week...
• File my taxes as early as possible. In Progress. No W2s have arrived yet.
• Spend some time with Courtney before she heads out with the Navy. SUCCESS! 
• Eat less meat/cook with more vegetables. SUCCESS! 
• Pick a word of the year and write about it. In Progress. Oops, picked one but forgot to write.
• Actively participate in the 12x30 Love Yourself Challenge. SUCCESS! 
• Host & Participate in the Books 'n' Bloggers Swap. SUCCESS! 

Goals for February:

• Get my house in order and host/participate in the the 12x30 Challenge.
• File my taxes.  My W2s and 1099 NEED to get here.
• Write about my word of the year.
• Write and post some New Blogger Series posts. (I have like 9 started in draft!) 
• Go on a nice little trip to Oregon.
• Do something creative.
• Read/listen to at least 2 books.
• Get my phone drama figured out. (It's being a PITA!)
• Celebrate Imbolc.
• Get all caught up on my school assignments.
• Host and participate in the Mug O'Comfort Swap at Chaotic Goddess Swaps.

Link up YOUR goals and PARTY with us!