December?! Woah! How did we get here already?? I am really having a difficult time wrapping my head around this one. It has been such a great year! I am ready for the Christmas season and all of the wonderful things that come with that :) I plan on decorating whatever I can, baking, wrapping lots of gifts, watching all my favorite Christmas movies, spending time with family and friends, cuddling, and drinking lots of hot chocolate!
I started making monthly goals at the beginning of this year, so it is kind of a nice accomplishment that I have stuck with it all year long. Here is the last installment of 2014!
+ Stay on top of school projects.
I would say that I mostly did a good job at this. November was a very busy school month, but I am happy to have made it through! I still need to catch up on some things for one of my classes, however, I am all up to date in the other class.
I would say that I mostly did a good job at this. November was a very busy school month, but I am happy to have made it through! I still need to catch up on some things for one of my classes, however, I am all up to date in the other class.
+ Start and complete college applications.
Boom! Done! Now I just wait until the next step...
+ Work on blog design update!
I did this! I don't know if you noticed, but I updated the header with one that I hand painted and spruced up a few more details throughout the design. I definitely want to work on it more over Christmas break, but for now I am pretty happy!
+ Plan meals ahead of time & only buy what I will really use.
I didn't do so great at planning meals, but I didn't really buy things that I ended up not eating, so that's good! I also realized that I don't really need to buy much because most nights I end up eating dinner at work, which is a nice perk of my job.
+ Finalize plans for potential getaways!
Done! We are planning to drive down to San Diego to spend Christmas with my family and booked a trip to Seattle for New Year's/my birthday! It is really nice to have some adventures on the calendar.
+ Read one book.
Unfortunately I didn't get to this. I think I will add it back to the list for December though because I think I will have some leisurely time to get into a book!
+ Read one book.
Carrying this one over from last month. I think I can really make it happen this time!
Carrying this one over from last month. I think I can really make it happen this time!
+ Control my spending & don't go overboard on Christmas.
It is so extremely easy to just get ALL THE THINGS FOR EVERYONE. Unfortunately, my heart is bigger than my budget. I think it will be a bit of a struggle, but I am going to do my best to not overspend and be reasonable about estimating how much I can actually spend on my loved ones this year.
+ Finish the semester strongly.
I only have about two weeks left! Pretty crazy. There is still a lot of work that has to be done to finish and I really want to finish things on a strong note.
+ Practice watercolor ink writing.
I have really enjoyed practicing writing with ink and a brush! It is a lot of fun and I love the uniqueness of it. I want to keep practicing that this month and hopefully give people some that I make for Christmas. I may share my progress and latest ones here on the blog, so watch for that :)
+ Savor the Christmas season!
Obviously, this time of year is AMAZING. I want to soak it all up as much as I can and try to really be present wherever I am.
What are your goals for the last month of 2014? What are you looking forward to this special, festive month?
Happy December 1st, friends!
