Journal of a Busy Mom

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My 2019 Goals

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I was talking to my son about goals verses resolutions. I think resolutions are too vague. Like “I will exercise more this year” or ” I won’t eat cake everyday”. Whereas goals, are broken down and measurably.

I have been writing goals for a while. Since 2015, I’ve keep a binder that has all my goals. Okay, that is not that long, but in 2015 I found Money Saving Mom and she had a really cool system for goal writing. I bought her older course on Say Goodbye to Survival Mode and worked through the steps. Here is a link to her newer course. Say Goodbye to Survival Mode.

Later, I found Ruth Sukup, from Living Well, Spending Less. She has a whole planner system and her Crushing It Central that I really love. She inspires her readers to Think Big. Here is a link to her website. Living Well, Spending Less.

I just finished her 6 Day Bootcamp to help me start working on my 2019 goals. I dont use her planner, but I do use some of her pages. I created my own goal sheet to set up my goals and I really like it. (below)

Really, my system is a mesh of both gals. I took Crystal’s method of breaking down the goals, but Ruth’s method of choosing just 3 Big Goals and a few other “wishlist” goals.

So here are my Big Goals for 2019:

  1. Build our 3-6 month emergency fund. Last year, we had to use up our emergency fund, so this year my big goal is to build it back up. Everyone is different in how much they need to save. I wrote a barebones budget for a month and then multiplied it by 3 and then 6. I then averaged it out to get my savings goal.
  2. Spend more quality time with my family. Okay, this one seems vague, but I have written specific “goals” on my goal sheet like Date Nights, Game Night, etc.
  3. Grow my tutoring business. For 5 years I have been tutoring children with dyslexia in my home. This year, I want to learn to be a remote tutor. Along with that, I need to build a second website for that business. To draw traffic, I need to become certified through Barton Reading and Spelling. This is the program I use to tutor. So I have three goals within this goal: Build website, learn remote tutoring, and get certified.

There you have it my 3 Big Goals. I have several little goals that I am still working on accomplishing, but these are my three big goals.

Here are my little goals:

-Read the 24 books on my reading list

-Be a spiritual mentor for my niece

-Do the Decluttering Diet this year

-Start saving for our European Trip with my daughter in 2021 when she turns 21.

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Here is my worksheet that I created. It’s not fancy or anything, but it works for me.

Ligia

Pantry Challenge Prep

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I haven’t done a pantry challenge in a long time. If you have never done a pantry challenge, its quite helpful not only for your budget but also for emptying all the stuff that might go bad.  In a nutshell, a pantry challenge consists of planning meals around what you have in your pantry (and fridge and freezer) and only spending a little money on perishables.

I just printed out some things to help me for the next weeks as I am trying to do this for at least 2 weeks.

Here they are:

An “ingredients on hand list” from Money Saving Mom. She uses it for freezer cooking, but I like it for my pantry challenge

Next, I downloaded two freezer inventories. I tend to forget what meals and meats I have in the freezer. I am hoping this will help.

What’s in the Freezer   by Polished Habitat

Freezer Inventory by Beauty and Bedlam

I am hoping to survive until end of March on this pantry challenge. Wish me luck

Ligia

Christmas Gifts: Socks in a Bag

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I saw this incredibly cute idea and I wanted to use it this year for my sister & friends gift. I added it to the Bath salt gift posted here.

Here is where I found the tags: Touchet Soiree

I was lucky enough to find nice $1 socks at Walgreens. The lotions I purchased at Bath and Body Works during their holiday sale. So the total cost of this gift was under $4.

Ligia