If you’re new here, every month I share how I’m doing with my goals for the year. This includes personal, blogging/business, and of course financial goals. This post holds me accountable to the goals I set every year, but more importantly, it helps my readers to see that having financial goals in place are the key to succeeding with money. If you need help setting financial goals, make sure you read this post here on the steps to setting financial goals. 

Blogging

Contribute 25% of income to business emergency fund.  – (Done this month. )

Attend 2 Conferences –

• FinCon16 – tickets already purchased.
• Still need to figure out another one to attend….

Have signed contract with literary agent by December 31^st.  I have decided that it’s in my and my family’s best interest to not pursue this one this year. As much as I’d like to be traditionally published, it doesn’t make sense for the stage of life I’m in currently. 

Release one eCourse by October 1^st.  (We’re rocking and rolling on this! However, I’m not sure how I’ll manage to record and film the videos with my boys being out of school for the summer… so we shall see. Abby Lawson’s Book Boss course is the one that motivated me to finally get going with it and I can’t wait to tell y’all more about it!)

Have an average of 500,000 PVS a month by December 31^st.

• PVS for May 2016: 170,132 Not gonna lie…I kinda want to cry looking at those PVS…. 🙁

Make One Media Appearance – TV or Radio – You can listen to the episode that I was on here – I’m towards the end of the show.  

Speak at at least one event

Increase Facebook followers to 10,000 by July 31st. 

Increase email subscribers to 15,000 by August 1st. 

• Current number: 10,602

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Read at least 5 books on business/blogging

What I want to read: 

• Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis
• Ask: The Counterintuitive Online Formula to Discover Exactly What Your Customers Want to Buy…Create a Mass of Raving Fans…and Take Any Business to the Next Level
• Launch: An Internet Millionaire’s Secret Formula To Sell Almost Anything Online, Build A Business You Love, And Live The Life Of Your Dreams
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
• Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World
• See You at the Top
• The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
• The Compound Effect
• Blog at Home Mom: Balancing Blogging and Motherhood
• Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

Our crazy dog named Blue…

Personal

Continue using the Tupler Techniques every day. (These are found in the book, Lose Your Mummy Tummy) – I totally didn’t do any of these this past month so I really need to get going on them for this month.

Complete P90X by December 31^st – Haven’t started yet. 

Read at least 2 books just for me.

• The Better Life: Small Things You Can Do Right Where You Are
• Simply Tuesday: Small-Moment Living in a Fast-Moving World
• The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness
• My Other Ex: Women’s True Stories of Losing and Leaving Friends

Someone has found her feet…

Marriage Goals

Write one love note to Pat a month. Totally forgot to do this last month…. 🙁

Plan at least one date night every 6 months. 

Read at least 3 books on Marriage:

• 52 Ways to Wow Your Husband
• 31 Days to a Happy Husband
• The 4 Seasons of Marriage: Secrets to a Lasting Marriage
• The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
• 100 Ways to Love Your Husband: A Life-Long Journey of Learning to Love

We are very sad that school is out for the summer but we’re working hard to retain what we learned in school. 🙂 We get our school supplies at the dollar store. 

Mothering Goals

Spend at least 30 minutes every day playing with my children. (I taught my kids how to play Tag….somehow it ended up being a pushing match….oh boys….)

Write in Motherhood gratitude journal every day. (Done for this month)

Plan a date night with my boys once every 6 months. (Done for this month. My boys took me to tea for Mother’s Day.)

Read one new book every month with boys. (Done – we read The Ugly Duckling.)

Read at least 1 book on Parenting/Motherhood.

• The 5 Love Languages of Children
• Raising Your Spirited Child
• Making Children Mind without Losing Yours
• Love Rebel: Reclaiming Motherhood

What I Read

Surprised by Motherhood – This book was recommended over and over again to me and wow! Seriously, this is such a refreshing, “real” motherhood book. I highly recommend this book for all mamas – especially new moms!

I want to thank all of y’all that have sent your condolences and said prayers for my family as we mourn the loss of my beautiful cousin Megan. My heart may heart but I know that cancer can longer harm her and she’s in the loving arms of Jesus. 🙂 

Spiritual Goals

Complete 1 Bible Study. (Done)

Volunteer once at our church. 

Read Bible Daily through Blessed is She. (Done for this month)

Read at least 2 books on Christianity.

• 33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecration
• How to Listen When God Is Speaking: A Guide for Modern-Day Catholics
• Shirt of Flame: A Year with St. Therese of Lisieux
• The Temperament God Gave You: The Classic Key to Knowing Yourself, Getting Along with Others, and Growing Closer to the Lord
• Cheerful Chats for Catholic Children: Short Stories for Catholic Children with a Moral and a Prayer following each Anecdote.
• The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls Who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time
• Catholic Family Handbook: Time-tested Techniques to Help You Strengthen Your Marriage and Raise Good Kids
• Chiara Corbella Petrillo

What I Read

Catholic Family Handbook: Time-tested Techniques to Help You Strengthen Your Marriage and Raise Good Kids – Hands down my favorite parenting book EVER! I love how the book starts off with a sole focus on marriage because yes, that’s where good parenting starts – with a good marriage. Definitely a read that all Catholic families should read. 🙂

Financial Goals

We’re working on paying off our medical bills from two hospital visits so our financial goals aren’t as impressive this month. 

3- Month fully-fund emergency fund by December 31st – goal is $10,500. 

• Current Balance: $9,703.34 – SO CLOSE!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 

Pay mortgage principal down by $10,000 by December 31st.

• Owed on mortgage as of December 2015 is: $33,835.25
• Current Balance: $31,330.87

Read at least 1 Financial book:

What I Want to Read: 

• The Money Saving Mom’s Budget: Slash Your Spending, Pay Down Your Debt, Streamline Your Life, and Save Thousands a Year
• Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After
• The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke
• Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World: A book to encourage, educate, inform, and inspire.
• Soldier of Finance: Take Charge of Your Money and Invest in Your Future

How are you doing with your goals so far this year? 

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