I honestly can’t believe it’s the end of October and it’s already time for another goal report! On the one hand, it’s getting closer to Christmas, which I’m secretly passive-aggressively excited about. On the other hand, the end of the year has always been bitter-sweet for me, especially when I look back on all the things I intended to get done in a year and never did. Goal reports like this one are actually really great at getting me to recognize that I have gotten a lot of stuff accomplished!

So! This year it’s going to be a little different, because although I didn’t get everything done in October that I planned to per last month’s report, it was still pretty productive. Let’s get to it!

October Takeaways

So October was an up-and-down month. I finally found out what was wrong with me (gallstones, in case you missed it), scheduled a surgery to get that fixed, had innumerable days where it was a struggle just to get out of bed, launched a podcast, launched ANOTHER YouTube, kept up with my blog posts on Coffee, Grit, and Inspiration, but completely neglected this blog and CursiveVerses.

• One thing I learned in October is that I need to have my goals front-and-center in order to focus on them. I wrote these down here, but didn’t copy them into my journal so I wasn’t checking in on them daily! That’s a change I’ll make for November.
• I suck at finances. I really do. This HAS to be a number-one focus for me in November and December, along with my step goals. I have a fancy spreadsheet which works really great…when I update it. In good news, we’re still on track to get our credit debt paid down, but lost a month due to MORE SNAFUS on my part in ensuring bills were paid before I bought Christmas presents. Yet another “live and learn” moment. Of several.
• My podcast is launched! I’m so excited! Still minimal exposure, but it’s been so fun and I’ve really enjoyed it. I will be recording a couple episodes this weekend in order to schedule them in advance for when I’m out due to my surgery. One of them will even have a special guest! If you are a podcast listener, check it out! It’s on Spotify and iTunes, and I publish a transcript and show notes in addition to an embed of the episode in the CGInspo blog each week. New episodes on Wednesdays!
• Along with that, I started publishing videos of the podcasts to the Coffee, Grit, and Inspiration YouTube channel! Again, not much action there yet, but I have hopes. This is why I didn’t get a third video posted to my Scrapbooks and Stuff channel though. I have a couple works-in-progress, but haven’t gotten them up yet.
• Still trying hard to grow my reach and audience with CGInspo and Scrapbooks and Stuff. So far it’s been singularly time consuming…not to mention expensive. I made one affiliate sale (my first 56 cents!!), which was awesome. I’m not trying to be a millionaire, but if I could cover expenses that would be a great start. However! I feel comfortable with the feedback I’m getting, and ultimately, it’s about sharing things that are important to me, and I feel like I’m doing that. So I’ll keep trying.

November Goals

OK, going to keep pushing hard in November. Primary focus is steps and finances.

• Meet my step goal (6,000 steps a day) at minimum TEN TIMES. It WILL HAPPEN!
• Have $150 in savings at the end of the month.
• Meet my November milestone weight loss goal of 54 lbs by 11/15/19.
• Publish 3 videos to Scrapbooks and Stuff.
• Publish at least two CursiveVerses posts.
• Make 3 affiliate sales! I still have hope.
• Meet timelines for my blogs and podcasts each week – 1 podcast episode each Wednesday, 1 CGInspo post each Monday, 2 newsletters, and the videos mentioned above for S&S!

That’s probably enough. We’ll see how I do!