June. What a wonderful month we had and so full of great things: memories with our One Fun Thing a Day activities, my brother’s long-awaited engagement, vacationing with extended family, my cousin’s beautiful wedding…so many examples of what matters most. With school out for the summer, I’ve also stepped back and started evaluating what’s working and what is not in my life. Always a work in progress.
A few of my favorite blog posts in June:
+ The Introduction to the Inspired Reader’s Book Club
+ One Fun Thing a Day: The Plan
+ 20 Things I Love: A Gratitude Journal
+ Ten on Ten: June 2015
+ One Fun Thing A Day: Update Number One
+ Our Five Favorite Games for Kids
My June goals, reviewed:
1. Finalize curriculum choices for next year and make a plan for purchasing throughout the summer. Done. I still have days where I second-guess everything, but I’m going to stick with what I’ve chosen for now and see how it goes. As for purchasing all of our books, I’ve been checking ebay, waiting for sales and using Ebates when I can.
2. Get recent family photos printed. Oops, didn’t complete. I’m not sure why this is so difficult to do!
3. Paint my new office. I had great intentions for this one, but never got around to pick up supplies. Hopefully, I can make this a priority in July. I’m ready to have a semi-completed space of my own!
4. Work hard toward my fitness goals (decrease body fat, increase weight lifting PRs, reduce most sugar consumption). Done. My four week results from following LiveFit Trainer are minuscule, but they are something. I’m down a teeny bit of body fat, have increased my lifting to 15 & 20-pound weights and have eaten relatively clean. I definitely enjoyed my vacation and all the treats that came with it, but am ready to get back to work.
5. Slow down and make memories as a family. Done. Funny how this simple little goal has encouraged a big conversation about what our future holds and what we desire most in life. I hope we can continue in the months to come.
And a few new goals for July:
1. Big White Farmhouse: put in the work! // I am passionate about this business and want it to grow and thrive. A marketing plan, purchasing new product and brainstorming better customer engagement are all on the to-do list.
2. Finish Sophia’s princess cross-stitch. // Bonus points if I can turn it into a pillow for her room too.
3. Write the first 9 weeks of lesson plans for the new homeschool year. // Even if we don’t follow it exactly, our schooling goes much smoother when I take the time to plan it all out.
4. Cross one thing off my Life List. // This one’s really open-ended…we’ll see what inspires me this month!
5. Look out. // Mail that letter. Send that surprise package. Tell that person what they mean to me. My life at home is full, but it shouldn’t consume all of me. Instead of always looking in, I want to look out and see all those people who love and support me too.
