My Goals // Summer 2016 + May Review
Hey y’all! Yeah, it’s
been a month since I’ve posted on this little nook of mine… yikes! Hopefully (no promises, but hopefully…) I’ll have more posts coming
this summer. I’m really excited about
the summer for multiple reasons, but you know me; I can’t start without first
making some goals! :) This time I’m
doing something a little differently and making a list for the entire season,
instead of each month at a time *boohoohoo.* I’ve got a busy summer ahead o’ me
and will be very busy at the beginning of July as I’ll be heading out on a
mission trip, so I think it’d be best to skip that month’s goal post
especially. Oh yeah, and did you see
that I officially turned these monthly goal posts into a series?! Yay! :D
Okay, enough jabbering, and onto the, *gulp,* May review.
REVIEW: MAY 2016 GOALS
1: Start a missionary
biography. I did this but didn’t continue reading much :(
2: Blog a DIY project. Obviously,
no, since I haven’t blogged since last month
3: Start/complete a
hymn arrangement for 2 instruments. Yes!
I wasted so much paper and wanted to rip out my hair, but… I got this
done! Oh yeah, yeah, yeah!! I celebrated with Moose Tracks Ice Cream :)
4: Study a musical
era. No :( But I did decide who my
favorite composer is! Burgmuller!! His stuff is easier than a lot of other
famous composers but FUN! I LOVED both
“Ballade” and “The Storm!”
5: Begin another piano
piece. Yup!
6: Play the first 100
songs in our hymnal. I played at
least the first 50, I know that! And I’m
sure I’ve played pretty much all of the next 50 too. Okay, maybe not ALL, but most…
7: Clean out my
closet. No…
8: Take photos for
future blog posts. Yes!
Hopefully within the next week or 2 I will blog a graduation card
inspiration post.
9: Try a new
recipe. Yes: super-duper easy-peasy
delicious cheese “crackers” made by simply melting clumps of cheese into
circles. Don’t forget to dip em’ in sour
cream!!! :D
10: Tell 1+ person
about my blog. No, but I have some people in mind to tell soon
11: Make a
necklace. No. I guess I already have a lot
of necklaces, but I hope on learning to make a new kind soon.
12: Make 3 cards based
on Pinterest. I made WAAAAY more than three!
13: Fix clothing. No…
I’ve got to do this SOON! I have quite a
few cute things to wear this summer that need repair before they are wear-able!
14: Put
together a repurposed ensemble. No, not this either
15: Complete a
Pinterest project. Yes - washi-tape pencils; basically just
making really cute pencils by covering them in washi-tape. I know: really easy, right? But it was on
Pinterest so I’m still counting it.
Funny thing is, I did mine totally wrong and it’s kinda terrible, lol!
16: Read an article on a creative
endeavor. No… wait! I read an article, but
I don’t know you could call it a “creative endeavor.” How about a “one-of-my-hobbies” article
instead? :)
I also wanted to share some extra things I did this month in
addition to the goals I shared above: completed 2 piano pieces, started
hand-lettering on my cards, finished memorizing and quoting 1st Peter, made a bunch of wordless-book bracelets for an upcoming VBS, tried out
another recipe, and began a new hymn arrangement!
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| April showers bring May flowers! |
SUMMER 2016 GOALS
1: Do the Summer
Ministry Challenge. A post coming soon with more about this! :)
2: Memorize chapters
from Romans/James. This is in preparation for the 2016-2017 Bible
quiz season which starts later in August.
Read my memorization tips here.
3: Pray for {a certain
person} daily. Just a person who I know that is going on an extended mission trip, but
I won’t share names here for safety reasons.
4: Try out 2 new
recipes. Trying to get more used to cooking!
It’s something I’m gonna eventually need to know how to do!
5: Make 3 things.
6: Clean out my closet. Hopefully
this’ll happen for real soon :)
7: Fix clothing. Going
to try doing it this week!
8: Write out recipe cards.
9: Read a book on
homemaking. This was on my resolutions for 2016 so I want to take the initiative
and read one this summer.
10: Read an article a week
on a creative hobby. It sounds more motivating to call it a “hobby”
:)
11: Write a paper on
Independence Day. I did research and wrote a paper for
President’s Day and learned a lot I didn’t know already, so I’m going to do it
again on Independence Day.
12: Read for 30mn-1hr
a day.
13: Finish writing a hymn
arrangement.
14: Play 200 songs in
our hymnal.
15: Learn a new hymn.
16: Continue learning
guitar. I’ve slacked on this and want to keep going soon.
17: Blog a DIY
project. I have a few in mind, so I SHOULD get this one done.
18: Tell 1+ person
about my blog.
19: Take more pictures
for blog posts.
20: Start a blog
planner/schedule. I think I need to organize my posts more,
don’t you agree? ;) Don’t want to leave
you without posts for a whole month again!
21: Drink more
water. I am really bad at this. I can
get through a day only drinking a few cups, so I NEED to drink more!
22: Start
running/jogging. Part
of my exercising goal I let slide for a while…
In addition to all of these, I would like to also do a guest
post/interview on the blog, and continue working on writing entire books, and
not just articles.
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| Delicious cookies! These things were HUGE!!! |
Are any of
these on your list?
What are
your summer goals and plans?
What types
of blog posts would you like to see on the blog?
Please comment below – I love hearing your thoughts and suggestions!!
Thank you for sharing these! :D I so love reading about your goals and things you got done :) And I really want to start reading more each day too and drinking more water--I really need to work on that! :) Thank you for your blog! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, and in response to your question about what types of blog posts for the blog, I'd like to see something on your favorite Bible verses or something on friendship would be cool too :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting, Bella - it always encourages me when you take the time to leave a comment! :) Yeah, drinking water really is a struggle! I know it is for me at least! It think part of that is because I've been slacking on my exercise goal too so there's no hard exercising making me thirsty :P
DeleteThank you SO much for the post ideas! Those are definitely 2 great ideas! I'll have to organize posts for those soon! :) Any more? Keep em' comin! :)
I can relate to that struggle too as I've been slacking on the same thing! ;) :P
DeleteYou're welcome! Awesome, I love seeing your blog posts! Hmm, I'll have to think of some more for you! Maybe one on courage or trusting in the Lord would be cool too! :)
Another great idea! :) That's something I'll never completely master though I'm sure! Always learning more to depend on God and trust Him with everything :) I don't have much courage either, but it's something I'm working on. Canvassing really helps ;)
DeleteDon't worry, I'll never master it either! ;) I think you have courage! It's not about not being afraid, it's about doing it anyway! And yeah look at the canvassing you're doing and the way you're stepping out of your comfort zone! :)
DeleteYeah I guess the canvassing helped with courage :) Eek I have a ton of people to call tomorrow that we didn't get around to visiting! I should do a post on How To Make Phone Calls and Not Have a Panic Attack or something, lol! xD
DeleteHahaha! xD Aww, but I know you can do it!! :D
DeleteHey sour cream girl! This is minion lover! I haven't been able to look at thw blog for a while, but these are great ideas. Maybe you could do a post on what you learn about independance day.
ReplyDeleteHi minion lover!!! :D Glad you could visit the blog today! Ooh I'll have to see about doing a post on Independence Day in July. Thanks for the idea! :) Any more I'd love to hear!
DeleteCool!!!
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