Overall goal: Shake It Back Up! I’m slipping back into monotony and laziness and losing my drive, memory, and optimism. I marked some items with an “!” to help myself in this area. Obviously, this is edited a bit for privacy.

Wellness and Habits

• Lose 15 lbs, gain muscle, tone, and flexibility
• Return to morning, lunch, and evening routine and identify sticking points to correct
• Weekly reset (Saturday?), life admin, and monthly planning days
• Set digital limits, have better options, use site blockers
• Work on daily and weekly habits and aim for no school on weekend
• Amp up meal prep, especially breakfast
• Go outside more (work on strawberries for one thing) !

Finances and Career

• Figure out side gigs plus learn skills for more specialized gigs !
• Pay off CC and personal loan
• Live off last month’s income
• Fund emergency fund to certain point, start fun savings and car savings
• Plan career and internships
• Make min amount per month
• Purchase textbooks and set up school plan
• Spanish, graphic design, future plans, re-evaluate habits

Personal Development

• Read 25 new-to-me books including several Classics Club and 12+ nonfiction books
• Regency prep (outfit, tickets) and vacation prep
• 6 major sewing projects and finish some partially complete ones
• Work on room redesign
• Weekly adventures !
• Mother’s Day gift !
• Reading journal, more in depth posts, etc. !

I think that I will just focus on what I DID accomplish.

• Made much more than I did this time last year
• Read 40 books (!!!!), 8 of these are nonfiction and 2 re-reads
• Worked a side gig
• Got a temp job (one that I don’t want to quit every single day)
• Have an A (cumulative) in my three CIT classes thus far
• Signed up for two summer classes
• Finished two knitting projects
• Started workable planning and habit systems for me
• Have generally been more optimistic

Main Goal/Focus: Habits, Systems, and Security

Health and Systems

• Lose 15 lbs, try to gain some muscle tone and flexibility
• Work on basic daily habits (especially health ones)
• Set up morning and evening routine
• Start weekly reset, monthly planning, and life admin days
• Figure out digital limits and system
• Meal planning and prepping habits, healthier snacks

Financial and Career

• Get at least one temp job and one side gig
• Pay off debt
• Maintain school payments, get a bit ahead (same on phone); try and get two (later start) classes
• Personal goal
• Get to living off last month’s income
• Start and fund emergency account to certain amount

Personal Development

• Read 25 new-to-me books, including several from Classics Club list and 12 nonfiction titles
• Participate in blog parties (doubtful)
• 6 major sewing projects (including Easter yellow and blue dress and one Regency piece) and finish some already started projects
• 6 major knitting projects, finish started projects and some small projects

Purchases

• Buy water jug and glass meal containers
• Get some items of certain list
• Buy (and borrow those I’m undecided on) the self-help books for the year
• Buy some organization, cleaning, laundry, etc. items (maybe furniture)
• Buy coverstitch machine and beauty tools on payment plan
• Buy planner punch, brush pens/left-handed calligraphy markers, clear sticker paper, and washi tape

Finances

• Purchase TEFL training and work on other goals

Career

• Obtain TEFL certification and work on other goals

Health

• Work on diet, Habits Chart, and other goals

Personal Development

• Get to 75% on Duolingo and work on a plan for further study
• Work on soft skills training
• Study accounting and math
• Make a dent in my Craftsy and Creative Bug classes

Travel/Explore

• Explore my state
• Take some outings with my grandparents
• Plan some longer trips
• Learn more about/try if possible travel hacking

Others

• Spend quality time with family, especially without Internet
• Finish gifts, give gifts on time, and plan for Christmas

Homemaking/Holidays

• Work on organizing and streamlining paperwork and files
• Stash bust craft supplies/use up some toiletry items/participate in minimalist challenges to organize
• Work on room design and wardrobe

Sewing/Making

• Make a dent in related Craftsy and Creative Bug classes
• Work on knitting and sewing to use up all my stashes and to finish projects
• Work on sewing pattern organization

Reading

• Read 25-30 new-to-me books
• Finish all the books I have borrowed as of 3/26 and read 4 of my own unread books

Here are my 1st quarter goals, edited a bit for privacy.

Finances
~Pay off student loan (probably too ambitious at this point)
~Purchase TEFL training
~Emergency fund

Career
~Plan for school
~Complete TEFL training (I’m not sure I will be able to complete it because it is so far in)

Health
~Focus on diet, hydrations, supplements, and meal plan
~Lose 10 pounds (I’ve gained 5 instead, but I don’t think I’ll be losing 15 in two months)
~Focus on stretching with walking, swimming, and abs & gluts work-outs
~Tech vacations
~Get a facial

Personal Development
~Reach 65% on Spanish in Duolingo (and keep pace in Tinycards) and work on geography with Seterra
~Complete two library math books
~Work through a few interpersonal communication, logic, EQ, logic, and critical thinking books
~Work through 1 Craftsy course, 20+ YouTube videos, and one library book on art
~Buy piano D.V.D.’s and listen to 6 new C.D.’s from library (I’ll modify this because I had forgotten our library has digital offerings)

Travel and Explore
~Take an exploration day (maybe in March, I wasn’t thinking of the seasonal aspect)
~Plan some day and longer trips (NYC and Anastasia . . . in my dreams)

Others
~Donate blood
~Family time with no tech
~Finish gifts, start 1-2 baby blankets

Homemaking and Holidays
~Clear out digital files; get Lightroom & start editing
~Use up extra beauty products
~Plan Summer and Spring wardrobe (including proper outdoor and activities clothes and shoes)

Sewing and Making
~Working on stash busting sewing and knitting
~Work on finishing random projects and finish 3 Craftsy courses

Reading
~Read 25 new to me books
~Read 6 borrowed (from other people/the basement, lol) and 3 unread books of mine