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Aims and goals – November 2022

Somehow I seemed to miss my October post on my aims and goals, as life lately has just been passing by too quickly. Every time I get some time to blog, I always plan big things but they never happen. Work gets busy and by the time I get home, I am just too drained so tend to chill out either playing on the PC or watching TV.

I need to find a better balance though as this isn’t working as it is, which is why I am back to writing this post. Hopefully, by having it down in black and white, it will remind me why I want to achieve what I do. Life is too short to not enjoy it and I plan to make the most of the festive period that is coming up.

As I missed a month, I am not going to look back at September as that is pointless. The plan is just to write some plans for this month and get stuck in as quickly as I can!

Aims and goals for November 2022 –

Personal goals –

  • Finish our Christmas shopping – We are well on the way with the Christmas shopping this year already but I plan to just get it finished off as soon as I can. That way when the tree goes up, I can just sit back and enjoy the festive period as I love the build-up to it all. We already have our turkey etc ordered from MuscleFood, so I am well on track for this. I recently relaunched a deals page on Facebook called Savvy Savings and Daily Discounts with Fiona from Savvy In Somerset, so make sure you keep an eye on that for the best deals going.
  • Learn to switch off- In recent months I have found it really hard to close off from the everyday things going on at work and as I said above, it means in the evenings I just don’t get anything done. Going forward I need to try and get into the swing of leaving things at work so I can focus on the other bits I have to do.
  • Sort our finances out! – Everyone is feeling the pinch now and we are no different, With so much going up around us, I want to just do a finance check and make sure we are getting the best value for money. This includes checking out what subscriptions are, how much we are paying for insurance/mobile phones etc.

Blog goals –

  • Ensure the Christmas content goes out on time – I don’t know why I do this to myself, but every year is the same. I leave it to the last minute to get the Christmas content done and then wonder why I am rushing all the time! Next year I need to be far better organised.
  • Work on the schedule – Due to the lack of time I have, I need to ensure the schedule is ready so I can get myself ahead. If I had a plan and wrote 2/3 posts a day, before I knew it, I’d be a few weeks ahead of schedule. For some reason though, it just never works out like that and I need to shift my approach a little on this.
  • Make more money – This may seem a little blunt but it plays into point 3 above. We simply need to make more money to be able to do all the things I would like to do, so I am planning to try and bring a little more money in via the blog and help Daddy Vs Work do the same on his.

November has to be the month that I get it all together and it is not going to be easy. I just need to knuckle down and make sure that I take time out to check back in on where I am and make sure that I am not getting sidetracked by what is going on around me.

Aims and goals - November 2022