It’s finally December! The most wonderful month of the year! I still can’t believe that Thanksgiving has already come and gone. I feel that since I’ve gotten older the holidays fly by. In a way I wish I was a little kid still so that I could truly enjoy the holidays. Not that I don’t enjoy it as an adult but I just remember always being excited for the anticipation of the holidays.
Here is a recap of my November Goals
Blog
-Learn more from Helene In Between’s “Quit Your Job To Blog” E Course. I have learned a lot so far from this e course! Check out my blog posts on what I learned. Here & Here
–Maintain page views.
-Write more beauty posts. Once again I failed at this. I actually took pictures and did swatches for a review. I wanted to post but after seeing the pictures they were not what I wanted. So I will be redoing them and hopefully posting soon.
-Write more personal posts. I wrote these posts here and here
Fitness
-Work out 3 X’s a week. I worked out some weeks and other weeks I did not. So I guess I half way accomplished this.
-Lose 5 lbs. I lost 3 lbs last month. So almost there.
Home
-Organize things better. I organized a good bit of our house though I still want to organize more.
Personal
-Read at least one book this month. I read no books last month. I really never have time to read.
-Continue to pay off debt. I paid off more debt which makes me happy.
-Stop spending money on things I truly don’t need. I did fairly well this month. I have spent a lot less on myself and spent more money on others for Christmas.
-Save money for Christmas presents. I have done a lot of Christmas shopping so far due to saving money. So yah!!
-Become better at time management. I’ve become somewhat better at this but I always feel that I don’t have enough time to do the things I want to do.
-Start taking vitamins. Failed. I will be getting some soon.
-Grow my Mark Kay Business. This is something I will always be working on. I have grown it a little and hope to continue to grow it.
So I did pretty good with accomplishing my goals last month. Now on to my goals for December.
December Goals:
Blog
-Grow My Instagram. I grew my instagram slightly last month and hope to get more followers this month.
-Write beauty posts. Seeing that I have failed at this lately, I really hope I accomplish this goal this month.
-Get to know more bloggers. I love meeting new bloggers and getting to know them. I feel that building relationships with other bloggers is so helpful and who doesn’t like meeting new people (even if it’s only virtually).
-Collaborate with other bloggers. I have really wanted to do some type of link up or maybe do a feature on other bloggers.
Fitness/Health
-Continue to work out
-Eat healthier (this is going to be a little tricky with the holidays but I am determined to not over indulge).
Personal
-Finish Christmas shopping in the next two weeks.
-Figure out what I want to bring with me on my trip to New York Christmas week.
-Continue to save money to pay off bills
Hopefully I can accomplish my goals for December! What are your goals for this month? What would you like to see more of on ST&H?
get it girl! I love how you are accountable to you and us by showing what you crossed out. You are quite ambitious – thanks for motivating me! You got this!
Chiara
Chiaramarie.com
Thank You Chiara! I try to hold myself accountable with my goals. I can’t say I accomplish everyone of them but at least I’ve accomplished some. 🙂
Great goals! You are really doing well with your goals and I think it’s great that you post them here. Accountability is a great thing!
Thank You Kailei! I hope to do well on this months goals as well. 🙂
Congrats on your weight loss! What kind of beauty posts do you have in mind? Looking forward to them! You should do holiday makeup 🙂
Thank You Lindsay! I have some reviews on some products that I have recently purchased. So I am thinking about doing those. I also just did a huge ColourPop haul that I want to feature. Hopefully I can get those up this month. Holiday makeup is a lot of fun!!! 🙂
great list of goals! I struggle to grow my Instagram since I know I dont post the way I am supposed to..(all the sme look, fliter, etc) but my kids are too darn cute not to post! ha!
Thank You Lauren. I agree with the struggle to grow my instagram. I post things that are relevant to my blog on the days I post but then I like to show things that are going on in my life. I am not the perfect instagram person but hey at least I have fun doing it. 🙂
You got a lot done – and even the things you didn’t quite accomplish many of them you are part of the way there!
Thank You Becky! I am happy with what I accomplished for last month and hoping that this month will be better.
Amazing post! I have similar goals as well, so it was good to be able to relate to a fellow blogger. Good luck with your December goals and happy holidays love! XO
Thank You Ashley! It’s always great to be able to relate to fellow bloggers! Good luck with your goals this month and happy holidays to you as well!
Great goals! Congrats on losing 3 lbs. Any amount is a reason for a little happy dance lol. I wish you the best of luck on your goals this month. Oh, and if you wanna meet new bloggers I’m here! *waves* Hi! LOL.
Thank You Danielle! I really need to lose more than 3 lbs but hey I will take it. I have a goal to lose 20-30 lbs by the time I turn 30 in may. Let’s see if I can get there. Lol. I would love to get to know you better (aside from reading your blog). I would love to get together soon (well virtually to do a feature on your for the blog). 🙂
I’d love to do a collaboration with you! Shoot me an email!
Emilie, I will be sending you one soon! 🙂
Awesome goals girl! And congrats on everything you accomplished in November. I completely understand that awesome feeling of paying off debt. I had 5 credit cards, a car loan, and student loan debt when I married my husband 2 years ago. As of last winter, all my credit cards and my car were paid off 🙂 it’s an amazing feeling! Now if only the student loans would go away haha
Great idea to post your goals so you can have us hold you accountable! I think I am going to do that with my blog, since I have a lot of things that need to be done. It would be super nice if I actually get to finish them all!
Elizabath I enjoy writing down my goals. I may not accomplish all of them but hey I am human. Stuff happens. I feel that if I accomplish some of my goals that a win for me. 🙂
You did great in November . Great goals for December too .I’m a little behind, and write some out. Thanks for the motivation 🙂
Thank You Shann! I had forgot about doing my December goals and then I saw other posts. I figured I needed to figure out mine for this month as well. Let’s see if I can accomplish them with the holidays. 🙂
Those are really great goals! One of my blogging goals is to finish my e-book, as well as build my subscriber list.
Thank You Julie! Good luck on finishing your e-book. What are you going to be writing about?
Good luck with your goals this month 🙂
I’m sure you will rock them.
xoxo, Jenny
Thank You Jenny! I hope so!
Oo debt is the worse! I’m working on paying my credit card off and man, does it take time!
Awesome goals you have for December! I like how you mentioned that your November goal was to lose 5 lbs. It’s realistic!!
Ashlyn I agree that debt is the worst. I’ve slowly but surely paid off a good bit of mine. It does take time and asking yourself if you really need certain things in your life. Hopefully I can reach my goals for this month.
Staying on track with fitness is also my goal this month! It’s harder during the holidays that’s for sure!
It really is hard during the holidays! I have done fairly well so far with not over eating with all the parties,etc. Let’s hope I can stay on track. Good luck with your fitness goal as well this month!
I love how you admit openly that you have failed. That is such a huge thing that so many people arent willing to admit.
Mindi I don’t mind admitting that I failed at some of my goals. 🙂 I know that sometimes things get in the way. At least I’m trying. Lol.
Just followed you on instagram, so there, I guess that helps a wee bit with one of your goals! 🙂
Awww thank you Rachel! I appreciate it!
Great goals & totally achievable! My goals also include growing my social networks – I grew some in November but really hope to step it up in December.
I’ve also been goaling to get healthier by working out a little each day while little one is down. Hasn’t happened yet, but it will.. One day. LOL
Thank You Bethani! I have slowly grown my social media platforms but instagram is one I really want to grow. I really need to get into the habit of working out more. I will be pushing myself to do this (or so I hope). Good luck on your goals this month.
Collabing and growing my IG are definitely on my list this month too- but I feel like I’m SO busy this month, I have no idea how I’ll accomplish all of them. Good luck! <3
Stephanie I agree that December is just a busy month. I really want to be able to collaborate with other bloggers. I hope you reach your goals as well!
These are all awesome goals for this month! My goal this month is to improve my email list and to finish a freebie to offer new subscribers! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Thank You Ariel! Those are great goals that you have as well. 🙂
Great job on your goals. Keep pushing through in December. Its awesome that you list them out for accountability. Good luck!
Thank You Nakeya! I hope to accomplish most of my goals this month. 🙂
Great goals! Paying off debt and eating healthier are on my list too!
Thank You Lindsey! I hope you meet your goals for this month.
You just opened my eyes! I have a “to-do” list that is much like your goals list. I need to quit thinking of those items as ‘to-do” and more as goals! I love goals!!!! I hate to-dos… Thank you! This just changed my day!
I’m glad I was able to make it seem better by doing goals for you Missy. Typically when I make to-do lists, those things don’t happen, so it works much better for me as goals. Good luck!
Good job on your financial goals! Those can be some of the toughest, especially this time of year.
Thank You Cori. It has been somewhat tougher this month with the holidays but I have really cut down on things I don’t need.
Love reading other blogger’s goals. (I keep always wanting to write blooger. Maybe subconsciously I think blogger = booger? I don’t know.) Ahem.. moving on.
Kudos on losing some weight and maintaining your pages view. Both are something that I’m working on hard on my blog.
Good luck on your goals. I know that you’ll reach them!
That’s funny Chel!!! Thank You I am hoping to continue with my fitness goals. I would love to grow my page views but I won’t complain about what I have now. Thank You for your support on reaching my goals!
Great goals! I plan to really watch the webinars from Helene this month! Last week of school is next week!
Thank You Ashley!! I need to finish the webinars. I have been a little busy and have slacked off. I know you’re excited about being done with school. 🙂
These are great goals! 3 pounds is a great achievement even if it didn’t hit 5 so that is a win in my book!! 🙂 I am in the process of losing weight too!
Thank You Autumn. I feel that any type of weight loss is good. I am hoping to stay on track with my weight loss goals. Good luck with your goal as well.
Good goals! You can do it! I know how hard weightloss is, and also sticking to a blog plan. You can accomplish it!
Great list of goals you have for December! – I need work with this too! Thanks for sharing, it’s inspiration for me!
Thank You Tayrina! I hope you accomplish your goals for this month.
Great goals there— good luck with all of them. My personal goal is around fitness for this month. Gotta lose weight before the new year starts.
— DT | Here I Scribble
DT I agree with you. I am trying to stay on track with my fitness goals. It may be a little harder with the holidays. Good luck with reaching your goals!
Those are great goals! I love this idea. I may try it next year 🙂
Thank You Neely! You should try it for next year. 🙂
I still haven’t done my christmas shopping and I usually have my shopping done a month in advance, so my type A stress is really starting to kick in lol. Hopefully I will do much better at my new years resolution.
Channing, I have done some of my shopping but I am still not done. I’m happy that I’ve done some shopping though.
I find that I only get stuff done if I have a physical list right in front of me, our goals have all been house and baby related so it’s been easy to write and check stuff off the last month or so. It’s so much fun when you get to know other bloggers, when I would blog consistently and make it a priority during the day I had so much fun. There are so many great people to get to know through blogging and I can’t wait to get back into it! Congrats on the weight loss! Gotta start somewhere!!
Sara there are times that I also get stuff done because I have a list in front of me. I love getting to know other bloggers. I have been working on blogging more but with the holidays right now it’s been a little hard. Hopefully I can get back into gear soon.
Love goals. ‘Pleased to meet another blogger, always! Will you be attempting the book a month again this year?
I wish I had more time to read but right now reading is being put on the back burner. The holidays have been really busy for me. Hopefully soon I will be able to read again.
Congrats on the goals you did accomplish and best of luck to you on this month’s goals!
Thank You Alexandra!!
great list – good luck with your new goals 🙂
Thank You Kara!
Great job with your goals last month! Loving your goals for this month too! Getting to know and collaborating with more bloggers is something I want to do too!
Thank You Rachel! I would love to collaborate with you! Let me know if you’re interested. 🙂
A 5 lb goal is very reasonable. Good job for how far you made it keep it up and you can hit that mark before the end of the month. Lol, I have the same problem with reading a book! Grr is all I have to say. More interaction and numbers is one of my goals too! Good luck!!
Thank You Rose. I really have tried with reading lately but I’ve been to busy to do it. Hopefully soon I can sit back, relax and read. Good luck with your goals this month!
Nice list! I would totally want to befriend you, blogging is not so popular here in Hungary 🙂 Wishing you all the best for the Year End!
Thank You Katechka!
It is such an amazing post, dear!
Have a nice weekend:)
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Thank You Irene.
Great list! I hope you’re able to accomplish it all 🙂
Thank YOu Adriana! I am hoping to accomplish at least some of my goals this month.