I can’t believe we’re already a whole month into 2017! So crazy!

Here’s the link to my January Goals post:

• Getting Personal #52: January Goals

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Ready?

Here we go!

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1. Kick off the 52 Weeks of Gratitude Challenge. – Accomplished!
2. Catalog all receipts and log them in our budget spreadsheet before February 1st. – Semi-achieved. 
3. Celebrate Al’s birthday! – Accomplished!
4. Begin my journal adventure. – Did not accomplish.
5. Start editing my 2012 NaNoWriMo endeavor. – Did not accomplish.
6. Update my TBR list. – Accomplished!

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Here’s the breakdown:

Kick off the 52 Weeks of Gratitude Challenge. – Accomplished!

• I’m loving this challenge, so far. It’s a new post to look forward to each and every Wednesday!
• In case you missed them, I have the links posted below.
  • Writing Prompt #39: “52 Weeks of Gratitude Challenge” (Week 1)
  • Writing Prompt #40: “52 Weeks of Gratitude Challenge” (Week 2)
  • Writing Prompt #41: “52 Weeks of Gratitude Challenge” (Week 3)
  • Writing Prompt #42: “52 Weeks of Gratitude Challenge” (Week 4)

Catalog all receipts and log them in our budget spreadsheet before February 1st. – Semi-achieved.

• I didn’t do the best job of cataloging everything this month – All the receipts went in one big pile. Not helpful when it’s time to record them!
• However, I did log all of them in our budget spreadsheet, so I call that part a WIN!

Celebrate Al’s birthday! – Accomplished!

• The food we had last week was amazing – Smoky Applewood steak, shrimp, Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits, cookie cake, and ice cream! Yummy!
• I loved Al’s reaction to his birthday card and gifts – I went on an Amazon shopping spree and gave him three different Batman DVDs, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and this Marvel deck-building card game. It felt awesome.

Begin my journal adventure. – Did not accomplish.

• I had my journal and pen ready, but it didn’t happen this month. Not one single entry.
• Tonight, I’m carrying both upstairs when I get ready for bed. My thought is, if I try to read every night before going to sleep – I can certainly carve out a few minutes to write in my journal!

Start editing my 2012 NaNoWriMo endeavor. – Did not accomplish.

• Argh. This was frustrating. I felt motivated to start this project at the beginning of the month, but working full-time, behind a computer, is exhausting. Most nights, after work, I didn’t want to look at another screen.
• However, I felt inspired this past weekend, talking to fellow authors and aspiring ones at an event. All of them said the same thing – JUST DO IT!

Update my TBR list. – Accomplished!

• Here’s the link to my post: Getting Personal #53: First TBR Recap
• Look for the next update in April!

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Final Thoughts

• I was able to put Accomplished next to 3 out of 6 goals. Hooray!!
• The one goal that was Semi-Achieved: I know what I need to do from here on out to accomplish that goal!
• The two goals that I didn’t accomplish: Honestly, I completely dropped the ball on these. I felt motivated to do both during the month, but I just didn’t make time for them. Here’s to February!

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Did you have any goals for January?

Come back tomorrow to see my goals for February!

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Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂