September Goals (and August recap)
I hope everyone had an amazing weekend! It was super hot here. Just the way I like it.
You may have noticed (or not) that I was “off” most of last week. I apologize if you were sad and lonely with my posts to read, but I promise it was for a good cause, and I won’t take off like that again until Christmas. Or maybe the week of Thanksgiving because I’ll be too busy eating my way through the week to blog.
I was working on my new book coming out September 30th – Writing is a Lifestyle: creating a plan to make profits from your passions.
As much as I missed blogging, and all you, I got a ton done on the book, and I’m thrilled. I was getting worried I wouldn’t be able to get it completed by the deadline.
If you haven’t already sign up for my mailing list to get it 50% on the launch day.
Who besides me thinks the summer just FLEW by? Labor Day is over, pumpkin spice lattes are out, any minute leaves are going to change colors, and I’ve got so many exciting things planned for the rest of the year.
But enough about that for now. I want to recap the progress made to my goals and talk about what I want to accomplish for September.
I haven’t made as much progress as I’d like to toward the goals I’ve been working on since mid-June http://www.lainaturner.com/july-and-l... I’m not going to beat myself up over it. It’s a new month, and there’s still 4 to go until the end of the year.
Weight 138 – I’m at a standstill at this goal because food (and wine) is my comfort food. The countdown is on….327 days until we get married (more about that later).
Get at least 30 minutes of exercise a day – I would say more often than not I am doing this but it’s still not daily. If I could do better at getting to yoga, I would need less comfort food.
Book Sales $5600 a month – this is definitely moving in the right direction. Had a new fiction release in August with another fiction release in October. Now that summer is over books sales should just get better. Busy season is Oct – Jan so I’m on the upward slope.
Blog pageviews 300,000 a month – another goal moving in the right direction. Last weeks not blogging, of course, didn’t help but fall is one of my favorite times of year as a blogger so I’m really motivated.
Release 3 more fiction titles – 1 down 2 to go!
Pay off all debt except house and car – yeah…that’s a work in progress. The house remodeling went over in time and over on budget. This isn’t an easy one.
Pay Cash for wedding expenses – the only thing we’ve done is book a new venue and YES cash was paid. Whoo-hoo!
In September, I want to add a couple more goals. Maybe a couple more thinks to focus on would be a better word than goals.
Getting rid of crap – we have had 2 PODs full of stuff in storage while our upstairs was being remodeled. One came this past weekend, and we unloaded it and another comes this coming weekend. We’ve lived without all the stuff for over 2 months now. Do we really even need it? I asked everyone to really think about what they need to keep and what we can give away when they unpack. I want to get away from so much cutter. It’s driving me insane.
The other focus is planning meals better and not spending so much on groceries. Then I can put more money towards paying off debt.
Wish me luck!
What are your goals for September?
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