Part II: On Setting Goals

For 2014, I set a goal each month and loved it so much, I plan to do the same for 2015!

I blogged here about my goals from Jan. - June. 

Here are the rest of the goals I completed for the year. 

July - Earlier in the year we were given a sewing machine that our church wasn't using so I wanted to put it to use! I found a simple pattern on Pinterest for Christmas stockings and brushed up on my sewing skills. It was a fun little project that I may have not made time for if I hadn't set this simple goal. 

August - In August I was released from the RS Presidency and asked to help the primary children with music time. My goal this month was playing through the entire Children's Songbook. I haven't worked in primary before so playing the songs helped refresh my memory of the songs I learned as a child and learn new songs I could teach the children. I enjoyed making time to play the piano each day to complete this goal. 

September - This goal wasn't too exciting, but at the beginning of the month, we subscribed to a free month of Netflix. We canceled it at the end of the month, so I decided to spend more time this month watching TV/Movies than I probably did all year. :) I enjoyed having the TV on while I folded laundry or relaxed after Eli was in bed. I forgot to mention that I also tried to work on Spanish this month and tried to read from "Preach My Gospel" in Spanish each evening. 

October - Aaron and I spent a lot of time this month researching homes in Colorado and figuring out if buying a home was a good option for us. We both spent a lot of time on various websites looking at homes and compiling lists to send to our realtor of things we liked/didn't like in a possible home. We also flew to Colorado for several days to look at homes. The goal was a success as we made an offer on our home at the end of Oct! Additionally this month I set a goal to not check in with social media on Sundays. I waste too much time with social media anyway, so this month, I took time to write in my journal and call my loved ones. 

November - I focused this month on doing prenatal yoga each Monday - Friday. I found several videos on YouTube that were simple and short and a perfect way for me to stretch and relax my growing pregnancy body. Putting aside time for yoga each month was also helpful as I was packing boxes and preparing for our move to Colorado.

December - I love sending out Christmas cards so I made time this month to write a Christmas letter and address envelopes to 100 family members and friends. (I did organize our Christmas list and order the cards before we moved so I would have everything ready to go once we got to Colorado.) 

And that's the end! Here's to 2015!!