Making February Happen

January has come and gone. It seemed to have flown by! I can't believe that I'm 2 months away from marrying the love of my life. With wedding planning and everything starting to wrap up, it's crazy to think it's gonna be so soon. This is a month full of bridal showers and last minute detail prep, but it'll be one to remember as well. I'm excited to be traveling to Chicago to visit with my family for a weekend, and preparing to move in March. So much is happening and I'm both nervous and excited about it all.

January was a rough month for goals. I didn't seem to complete nearly as many as I had hoped. There were a couple weeks where I dropped the ball all together. I had gotten sick halfway through the month and it threw me off balance. But here I am, attempting to be as transparent as possible and sharing my goals from last month:

JANUARY GOALS

• Get a full time job I'm so bummed this didn't happen, but also a bit thankful. God has perfect timing and right now I'm so busy with so many other things that I'm thankful for the time I have. I look forward to being apart of the work world, but that wasn't in the cards for me last month. I'm going to continue pursuing a career in UX/UI but I might wait until after the wedding to really get into it.
• Meet with marriage counselor Our appointment went well! Though, there were a lot of things that she brought up that Stephen and I felt like we already knew about our relationship. I'm so thankful to be marrying him. We've been able to have those hard conversations, or just conversations in general about things that sometimes people miss or don't think about. 
• Meet with marriage mentors The Wigley's are great! We are blessed to have them pouring into our lives and our relationship. Some tears were shed, but we had conversations that we needed to have and it went really well. Stephen and I ended up talking in the car outside there house afterwards for about a half hour. 
• Update resume/portfolio/website I'm still in the process of updating my resume, but for the most part the content is complete. I'm excited to send it out after I finish with the rest of my revisions.
• Organize photos on hard drive This was one of those things that kept on being pushed to the back burner. There isn't any urgency in organizing my hard drive, therefore it wasn't a priority. Hopefully I'll be able to clean it up sometime soon.
• Create (and stick to) a budget I'm proud of myself for creating a budget, but I definitely need to work on sticking to it. Progress not perfection, I need to give myself a little grace but remind myself that it's worth it.
• Tithe Because I didn't get a job, it has been difficult to complete this goal. 

Like I said, January was tough, but looking at the list it seems that I've completed a bit more than I thought. Anyways, here are my goals for February:

FEBRUARY GOALS

Monthly Goals
• Apply to my dream job
• Read 3 books
• Organize bridal party plans
• Start blogging Look! I've already completed one goal, now to stick to it. 
• Start hand lettering and selling work
• Begin project life I love scrapbooking and I haven't been able to scrapbook in quite a while, partly because of the fact that it takes a lot of time. Project life seems to be something that won't be as time consuming but I'd be able to nourish my creativity. 
• Finalize last bit of wedding details We only have a few more things left, and I'm sure I'll blog about them as I complete them.
• Begin writing wedding shower thank you notes We've already started receiving gifts and I figure, I should start sooner rather than later! 
• Prepare for March 5th move in

Weekly Goals
• Read a couple chapters
• Connect with far away friends
• Complete at least one wedding task
• Make 2 meals at home
• Write a blog post
• Hand letter 5 projects

Daily Goals
• Read bible
• Pray with Stephen
• Pray through Journal
• Smoothie
• Climb 3x a week

I'm already off to a great start. There are several goals that I'm already in the process of completing. I really think that February is going to be my month :]