August 2015 Goals
By the time August rolls around, all I want to do is go to the beach, eat peaches, and relax. Which is not a particularly conducive environment for setting goals, if you think of goals only in the traditional sense of workmanlike drudgery you have to check off. Happily, I don’t. My goals are about living a more marvelous life, and while sometimes that involves hard and tedious things, sometimes it just involves eating peaches.
The most beautiful sunflowers at Buttonwood Farm!
Revisiting my goals for July:
Pick blueberries at our favorite local farm Checking this one off because while we didn’t go to our local farm (it was closed all three times we tried!), I did visit another one with my work ladies.
Plan and co-host a sweet summer co-ed baby shower for Natalie + Joe! Done! See here!
Eat in and eat healthy. We borrowed a friend’s spiralizer, and liked it so much I think we’re going to buy our own!
Write eight blog posts. Wrote nine! Success!
August goals:
— Frame and hang our two new pieces from Framed & Matted
— Finally paint the tray I primed about a year ago (this is my inspiration)
— Make progress on goal no. 37 (maybe the weeding out part)
— Post an updated house tour here after our tour appears on Southern Weddings
— For my most ambitious goal: do some sort of exercise every single day this month, whether a walk around the neighborhood, a run, a bike ride, or something else. Yikes!
If you’ve posted your goals somewhere, I’d love to see – or just drop them in the comments!
SO excited to see the house tour!!! :) And I love your outlook on goals – they should indeed always be about living a more marvelous life! By the way, if you haven’t read “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”, I’d highly recommend it! It talks about how you only keep the things that spark JOY and I absolutely loved it!
Em, the first paragraph of your post is why I love your goals posts every month. :) (I said almost the first thing about August goal setting at the beginning of my post this month! haha http://dianakerr.com/august-goals-2015/) Take care and God’s blessings on all your great goals!
I totally agree that goals should help orient your life towards more marvelous living! I’ve also been eating peaches like crazy; they are so good this time of year!!
I shared my goals for August (both personal and business, which was fun to do!) – https://stephseekingjoy.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/august-2015-goals/
I’d love to see how your tray turns out! The inspiration is adorable. I posted my goals for the month here: http://www.kylamary.com/2015/08/august-goals-2/ :)
I can’t wait to see your home tour! The tray looks to be a wonderful inspirational project.
Really looking forward to your home tour! I’m also hoping to get in a few bike rides in August.
http://www.colvinandcompanyblog.com/2015/08/looking-forward-to-august.html