Hello,
I’m so glad you are here. Today we are going to be talking about setting goals for the new month. A monthly reset, if you will. I love watching these on YouTube and I will to make a YouTube video about it (Once I have it, I will upload a link here). As someone who loves writing though I wanted to document this on my blog and use it as a way to keep me accountable to achieve those goals.
side note: I am wanted to write because I am devastated that WeHeartIt is no longer a thing and its sad because it was a platform that love for so long and now its gone. I morn its loss because I love writing articles there and I love the community, the engagement, and the creativity. However, I see it as a blessing in disguise because now more than ever I am turning to my Blog as my creative outlet.
Sorry for that little rant, now on to the blog post…
It is July, which means that it is the summer and 6 months away from a new year. If you fell off the wagon on a couple of your goals this is the perfect time to work on them and get back on track.
Reflection on June
June went by in a blur. It was my last month of student teaching and as you might imagine with 5th grade promotion and any school year it was hectic to say the least. I had a couple of days of rest and I started working summer school. I have been working summer school since. I will be teaching this upcoming school year I needed to save up money because buying supplies for your classroom adds up and is expensive.
In my personal life while I have been struggling to keep up with habits that I wanted to form this year. I did have a have fun in between the hectic moments. I went to Disneyland and I hadn’t been in a while. My goals for June had been to walk my dog on a daily basis, but with this heat it’s been difficult. I defiantly need to re-adjust that goal. Doing it early in the morning and doing it 3-4x a week instead of everyday.
July Intention:
“Stop and Breath!” In about a month I will be starting my first year teaching, while I am excited, I am also a bit nervous. I want to take a few moments to just breath.
July Goals
Health & Wellness
- Wakeup at 7:00 a.m. on non-work days & wakeup between 4-5 a.m. on work days.
- Walk on the treadmill 1-mile everyday.
- Stretch in the morning and before going to sleep
Finance
- Start a car sinking funds (While I love my car and I will always love it as it was my first car and I learned how to drive in it. I really need a new car. Especially since there are some issues with it this past month)
- Pay off my credit cart. I have one credit card that needs to be paid.
Teaching
- I have been slowly purchasing things for my classroom. However, very slowly. I started creating my own classroom decor because I couldn’t find the color scheme that I wanted, so I made my own.
Home
- I want to start decorating my house and focusing on the different areas. I started a mood-board for the entrance and started searching for pieces that would suit that space.
Fun & Recreational
- With the summer, I want to do more outdoor activities such as going to farmers market, getting iced coffees.
- Trip – I have a trip planned for this summer. Im so excited and it was a reward that I gave myself for completing the credential program.
Vision Board for the month!
(All of these images are from Pinterest, if you are interested make sure to follow my Pinterest.)
I included little fireworks in the images because of 4th of July and I included matcha because I love matcha during the summer. This one is going to be displayed on my iPad.
I will also be talking more in depth on the planner that I use to help me keep on track because there are quit a few, but I wanted to share a couple of pictures of some of my favorite pages from the previous month.
Digitally, I love to use Trello and the Notes app ( I can share with you all in the future a look inside some tech things that I use to help me out)
Every month I like to have a color theme and buy things that inspire me in that color theme. This month is red, white, and blue to be a little festive.
I am going to be posting more often this month. My goal is to post one blog post a week and on Saturdays.
Hope you enjoy this blog post and that it inspires You to have a monthly rest.
