If you’re new here, every month I share how I’m doing with my goals for the year. This includes personal, blogging/business, and of course financial goals. This post holds me accountable to the goals I set every year, but more importantly, it helps my readers to see that having financial goals in place are the key to succeeding with money. If you need help setting financial goals, make sure you read this post here on the steps to setting financial goals. 

Blogging 

Contribute 25% of income to business emergency fund.  – (Done this month. )

Attend 2 Conferences –

• FinCon16 – tickets already purchased.
• I’ve decided to only attend FinCon this year – I really wanted to attend Business Boutique again but that doesn’t seem to be in the cards for me this year. 

Have signed contract with literary agent by December 31^st.  I have decided that it’s in my and my family’s best interest to not pursue this one this year. As much as I’d like to be traditionally published, it doesn’t make sense for the stage of life I’m in currently. 

Release one eCourse by October 1^st.  (I finished the course material but haven’t completed compiling the sales stuff….)

Have an average of 500,000 PVS a month by December 31^st.

• PVS for July 2016: 118,013 ….ugh. So sad but I have noticed that they seem to slowly be going back up. Let’s home they continue that way!

Make One Media Appearance – TV or Radio – You can listen to the episode that I was on here – I’m towards the end of the show.  

Speak at at least one event

Increase Facebook followers to 10,000 by July 31st. I didn’t meet this goal but I got pretty close!

Increase email subscribers to 15,000 by August 1st. 

• Current number:11,470 (Didn’t meet my goal but I’m still really happy with that number!)

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Read at least 5 books on business/blogging

What I want to read: 

• Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis
• Ask: The Counterintuitive Online Formula to Discover Exactly What Your Customers Want to Buy…Create a Mass of Raving Fans…and Take Any Business to the Next Level
• Launch: An Internet Millionaire’s Secret Formula To Sell Almost Anything Online, Build A Business You Love, And Live The Life Of Your Dreams
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
• Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World
• See You at the Top
• The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
• The Compound Effect
• Blog at Home Mom: Balancing Blogging and Motherhood
• Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

What I Read

Launch: An Internet Millionaire’s Secret Formula To Sell Almost Anything Online, Build A Business You Love, And Live The Life Of Your Dreams by Jeff Walker – If you plan to create and sell products, then this is a MUST READ! I’ll be using his formula on my up and coming product launches so we’ll see how well his advice does in practical application. 🙂

Charlotte on our first official family vacation…

Personal

Continue using the Tupler Techniques every day. (These are found in the book, Lose Your Mummy Tummy) – I totally didn’t do any of these this month…

Complete P90X by December 31^st – Haven’t started yet but I have started working out for at least 5-10 minutes a day to help get me more prepared for this challenge…

Read at least 2 books just for me.

• The Better Life: Small Things You Can Do Right Where You Are
• Simply Tuesday: Small-Moment Living in a Fast-Moving World
• The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness
• My Other Ex: Women’s True Stories of Losing and Leaving Friends 

What I Read

Simply Tuesday: Small-Moment Living in a Fast-Moving World – This was such a great and uplifting read! It’s all about finding God’s beauty even in the most mundane and simple things in life. If you’re looking for something uplifting and inspiring, then this is a great book to add to your reading list!

Marriage Goals

Write one love note to Pat a month. Totally forgot to do this this month….

Plan at least one date night every 6 months. 

Read at least 3 books on Marriage:

• 52 Ways to Wow Your Husband
• 31 Days to a Happy Husband
• The 4 Seasons of Marriage: Secrets to a Lasting Marriage
• The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
• 100 Ways to Love Your Husband: A Life-Long Journey of Learning to Love

Mothering Goals

Spend at least 30 minutes every day playing with my children. (Managed to do this very well while on vacation….)

Write in Motherhood gratitude journal every day. (Missed a few days while on vacation)

Plan a date night with my boys once every 6 months. (Done. My boys took me bowling)

Read one new book every month with boys. (Totally forgot to pick up a new book from the library….)

Read at least 1 book on Parenting/Motherhood.

• The 5 Love Languages of Children
• Raising Your Spirited Child
• Making Children Mind without Losing Yours
• Love Rebel: Reclaiming Motherhood 

Nothing cuter than a little boy eating watermelon on a hot July day in Georgia…

Spiritual Goals

Complete 1 Bible Study. (Done) – I actually completed a second bible study at home from She Reads Truth – it was an amazing study of the book of Proverbs…which I totally needed. 

Volunteer once at our church. 

Read Bible Daily through Blessed is She. (I didn’t do this while on vacation…. :-/ )

Read at least 2 books on Christianity.

• 33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecration
• How to Listen When God Is Speaking: A Guide for Modern-Day Catholics
• Shirt of Flame: A Year with St. Therese of Lisieux
• The Temperament God Gave You: The Classic Key to Knowing Yourself, Getting Along with Others, and Growing Closer to the Lord
• Cheerful Chats for Catholic Children: Short Stories for Catholic Children with a Moral and a Prayer following each Anecdote.
• The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls Who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time
• Catholic Family Handbook: Time-tested Techniques to Help You Strengthen Your Marriage and Raise Good Kids
• Chiara Corbella Petrillo

Financial Goals

We’re working on paying off our medical bills from two hospital visits so our financial goals aren’t as impressive this month. 

3- Month fully-fund emergency fund by December 31st – goal is $10,500. 

• Current Balance: $10,154.34   <— Almost there! 

Pay mortgage principal down by $10,000 by December 31st.

• Owed on mortgage as of December 2015 is: $33,835.25
• Current Balance: $30,937.31 

We FINALLY had PMI come off our mortgage this month! So hopefully, we’ll be able to get the mortgage paid down even faster!

Read at least 1 Financial book:

What I Want to Read: 

• The Money Saving Mom’s Budget: Slash Your Spending, Pay Down Your Debt, Streamline Your Life, and Save Thousands a Year
• Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After
• The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke
• Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World: A book to encourage, educate, inform, and inspire.
• Soldier of Finance: Take Charge of Your Money and Invest in Your Future

How are you doing with your goals so far this year? 

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