Today was my first day of work. I was so focused on being prepped for it, that I forgot to post last night.

Blogging

The purpose of these two goals is, yes, to grow my blogs, but also to support and highlight blogs and bloggers I enjoy. Just like I will be posting 2 new to me blogs every week in my round ups, the point here is to draw attention to blogs that others might not be familiar with. (Blog swaps will not count toward either of these goals.)

Write one guest post per month.

January- yes

February- yes

March- no

April- no

May- no

June – yes.

Publish one guest post per month.

January- yes

February- no

March- no

April- no

May- no

June – yes.

 

At least one thing is on track.

 

Writing

Writing fiction is my side hustle, though I have yet to make any money from it. I’ve found that I devote much more time to the blogs than I do my fiction, though, because I am on a schedule. I feel accountable to my readers to get posts up when I say I will. And because I am a procrastinator, deadlines are a must for me. I get the energy I need to work on something from an impending deadline.

I am hoping to transfer the power of those two things- accountability and deadlines, to my fiction this year.

Submit at least one piece to a paying venue per month.

December: Yes (rejected)

January: Yes (rejected)

February: Yes x4 (2 rejections)

March: No

April: Yes (rejected)

May: No

June: No

Complete the first draft of my novella and start edits.

Got a great section written this weekend.

 

 

Finances

A lot of financial goals will actually end up as floating goals- ie they will be things I expect to complete well before the year is out. But I do have some long term financial goals that I think will work for year-long tracking.

Create and track a practice stock portfolio. Post went up on Thursday.

End the year “on budget” in the categories I’m tracking.

Final June Numbers

Category	On Budget
	Month	Year
Groceries	No	No
House	No	No
Eating Out	No	No
Allowance – E	No	No
Allowance – C	No	No

 

Hopefully with me back working, it will soon feel like we’re a little less out of control – hopefully. (Though we aren’t actually out of control because other budget categories are so much less than budgeted for.)

 

Floating Goals

Fix the plumbing issues. Once the windows are taken care of, this is my next priority.

Sell the Condo. Our renters are getting divorced (sad), and moving out. The wife will be staying until her job transfers her to another state in September. We’re using the realtor that my mom worked with, and our goal is to get the condo listed in July, and just make a note that it can’t close until September when our renter moves out.

Get an Exterminator. Ants are back in full force.

Publish new photography/flash fiction book. One of my goals for my “down time” is to start working on this project. Sadly, my down time hasn’t been very down.

Refinance the house. DONE.

Earn my Certified Supply Chain Professional designation. DONE.

Rebuild savings to $5-10k. DONE. (Transferred a nice chunk this week to the high yield savings account. That felt really nice.)

Replace all the windows in the house. DONE. I have new windows. They are lovely, though already covered in doggie nose prints.

Find a new job. DONE. Started today.