Every month I spotlight my month-to-month targets, partly to make myself accountable for the plans, duties and targets that I embrace. But additionally within the hope that it conjures up you to make somewhat listing of month-to-month targets that you just’d like to realize for the month forward. Serving to you realise that you just obtain greater than you probably give your self credit score for.
How is it that we’re already midway via the yr? It doesn’t really feel too way back that we had been packing away the Christmas decorations and planning what the yr forward may probably maintain for us. As I put together to show the calendar over for July, I’ve to confess to a small panic about what we haven’t achieved this yr and the way we’re going to cram all of it into the second a part of the yr. Naturally, this panic isn’t wanted and irrational however that’s how my high-functioning nervousness mind works.
How did I get on with my month-to-month targets from June?
This month now we have totally embraced the residing for the weekend philosophy. Planning to blow off the college and work week to be collectively, sit back and have enjoyable. For essentially the most half, I haven’t actually thought an excessive amount of about the monthly goals that I’d set myself for the month. Let’s check out how I obtained on.
Household: Father’s Day
While I’d wish to hope that What The Dad Said is aware of how a lot we love and admire him throughout the yr, it’s beautiful to have a special occasion to spotlight it. This yr he was naturally handled to extra LEGO, humorous playing cards and treats from the Father’s Day reward store on the major college. Alongside this, we ventured into London to look at Back To The Future: The Musical. Though he’s not often a fan of the theatre or musicals he loves the Again To The Future movies and cherished the present, as did the remainder of us.
House: Summer season Wardrobes
This has been a break up method of coping with this job. Tigger’s wardrobe and the way he has been placing his garments away pressured my hand as I tried to assemble garments for our trip to Crealy Theme Park & Resort earlier within the month. Discovering his wire baskets in his wardrobe stuffed tight that once you tried to open one, all of them pulled open. Leading to me having to undergo them to tug out all of his outgrown gadgets and so forth.
Piglet however has subsequent to nothing for summer season, cue a procuring journey to Primark for some on a regular basis t-shirts and a few pairs of quick dungarees. Seeing her vibrant persona shine via within the garments she selected. So totally different from her siblings.
Work: One Day At A Time
Returning to work full-time in some ways has been a blessing for me. Financially talking it’s been nice to know that now we have that cash hitting our checking account on the finish of the month. Work-wise it‘s beautiful to get my enamel into my position in addition to the reassurance that after I change off for the day I’m not nonetheless getting notifications and so forth. like I do from my blogs. Readjusting to juggling life with all the pieces hasn’t been straightforward but it surely has been fantastic to have that protected time on the weekends as a household as an alternative of them passing by with out us actually doing something.
My plans and month-to-month targets for July
The countdown to the summer season begins now! A busy month with the top of the college yr looming. Roo getting ready to enter her closing yr of highschool, Tigger leaving major college and Piglet discovering her method as the one sibling left in major college. Pondering forward to month-to-month targets and instantly I’m pondering that they are going to all be round planning and getting ready for the college holidays.
Household: Colleges Out For Summer season!
Within the blink of a watch, one other college yr is nearly over. Presumably for the primary full college yr since earlier than the pandemic began?? Similar to December, July is all the time stuffed with college occasions and actions so making an attempt to suit these in shall be a juggling act.
House: Backyard Video games
Though the backyard seems comparatively tidy once you first look at it, that’s just because now we have all of the backyard video games and Nerf weapons and so forth hidden away in Keter Garden Storage Units. Nevertheless, when you open these to search out something they’re a bit just like the backyard equal of an understairs cabinet. Hoping to get these sorted out with storage bins in order that the children can pull bits out simply over the summer season.
Work/Weblog: Content material Planning
Over the college holidays, I all the time wish to step again as a lot as I can from my blogs. Being current ‘within the second’ with the youngsters slightly than worrying about deadlines and so forth. I would like to try my schedule and plan upfront for any content material that I need to publish/share.
