It’s the beginning of a new month once again! I can not believe that we are in November, where has time gone. I feel that every time I blink I am making my monthly goals again.
And that was my introduction to this brand new post. Coming to you from my back office (a dirty party table and broke down chair, but a girl can dream) It is that time of the month again where I don’t want to look. As I like to call it… It’s my “out of my comfort” days.
At the beginning of the month I like to look back on the previous month and see where I stand on my financial goals as well as my personal growth goals.I also plan my new goals or carry over the things that I couldn’t accomplish last month into the new month. For example, I write down all my payments due this month, the amount and the dates and they are on auto. I do this on a big calendar. And then I go over with highlight, whats my personal bills, what are my business bills. I run a business for my daytime job (more of my 24/7 job). I hate seeing all this bills and amounts on my calendar it kinda gives me anxiety. Adulthood gives me anxiety.
I also like to write down my credit card balances, my credit score, my weight and compare it to where it was last month and put little notes as to why things did or did not change. It’s a good reminder of “little improvements” add up at the end of the year. I write down my goals, for example…. Keeping the home clean, drinking x amount of water everyday, working out 3x a week, books I want to read that month, and of course family time. I like to doodle over this area, this is my pretty area.
I do a check in with my calendar and myself once a week every Sunday for about an hour or so. To keep me motivated and updated. I am not the most organized person but I would like to be someday and hopefully with this baby steps I am able to accomplish more little by little. Do you guys have a monthly routine that you like to follow to keep you on track? What method of organization do you use? I have been thinking about maybe moving to digital planing.
XOXO,
Yvonne