Here we are, in October already! I am a day late posting my goal report, but I’m giving myself a pass. Just this once. Let’s get to it!

September Goals

Meet my step goal (6,000 steps/day) at minimum 10 times in the month.	PASS	Just barely!
Cook dinner at least 5 times in the month.	PASS	Click here for my chicken corn chowder recipe, I made it twice! SO YUMMY!
Have 5 refined-sugar-free days.	FAIL	I completely lost sight of this one.
Have an ending balance of $150 in savings by the end of the month.	FAIL	More on this below.
Have 5 no-spend days.	PASS	I will up this for next month’s goals!

September Takeaways

This month I learned that having a reliable and easy way to track my goals and accomplishments is key not just to keep myself motivated but also to track completion. I had no good way of tracking my sugar-free goal through the month, and thus didn’t remember or focus on it – FAIL! I’m going to drop this one until I figure out a better way to track it (if at all).

Finances are ever a struggle for me. I am working on getting a better handle on them, but failed this month in two ways – one, I didn’t keep track of expenses from my bill-paying checking account well enough, and second, as a result of that all my savings was transferred to my checking account just before the end of the month, leaving me with a month-end total of…four whole dollars. So it’s back to the drawing board on that one.

I continue to need to work on making movement and exercise a part of my daily habits. I did meet my goal, but mostly that was due to work travel in the middle of the month where I was working in an office and traversing the airport – so I met my goal every day that week. Had I been at home that week, I have no doubt I would not have met my goal. So keeping that one the same for next month, and I will make a greater effort towards it.

October Goals

This month I’m going to incorporate a few of my “business” goals! I feel weird calling it a business, since it’s just basically a side-hustle. So maybe I’m going to include a few side-hustle goals! Here we go:

• Meet my step goal (6,000 steps/day) at minimum 10 times in the month.
• Cook dinner at least 5 times in the month.
• Have an ending balance of $150 in savings by the end of the month.
• Have 10 no-spend days.
• Launch the Coffee Break podcast for Coffee, Grit, and Inspiration.
• Add three videos to my Scrapbooks and Stuff YouTube.
• Make 3 sales through any of my affiliate links.

Off we go!