A Month At A Time

Today I missed lunch, the good news is I ate an entire 12 inch thin crust vegetarian pizza by myself….piece by piece by piece by piece by piece, etcetera. That’ll do pig.

Carly, I need your help, and I suspect you can use mine too, help me organize  my wardrobe; weed out the old and reinvent the remaining into something new.  And then I will come to you and help you do the same, or anything else you need help with in your house, to prepare to meet your challenge.  We can do it, I am thinking Wednesdays, but only if we follow my new Wednesday rule.

Oh March….good bye is bitter sweet, I am finding two things about this experiment,

1. it is harder than I thought it would be, and I am not perfect

2. Putting the goals down on paper does not ensure I will always follow the path to getting them done, but it does make me feel far more accountable when I don’t accomplish the things I want. 

I am learning more about myself, and my limitations, and the places I could push harder, my weaknesses and my strengths.  I am discovering that this project has less to do with how and what I do each month, and more to do with my personal growth and understanding of how I can become more of who I want to be.

On with the monthly review

3L/8 Glasses of Water:excellent, I have been drinking water like crazy and feeling great for it.  I am going to keep this up.

Return All Texts and E-mails Immediately: I did very good at work, and mostly at home for emails, text is good, unless it was a text that I did not want to answer, then I did not return them immediately, however I would like to defer to my “just say no” clause for the month in those instances.

Less Than 30 Min a Day Wasted On Line: I did good, I was very productive at work on account of this, but my blog suffered, and I like to blog, so I am going to up this to one hour and dedicate one half hour to blogging, every day, I miss it.  Regardless less, MUCH less internet at work has been amazing for my career and my home life.  But now I need to start limiting my television usage in the dame fashion.

Track Spending: Yes, I did it, we wrote down every penny, and there were a lot of pennies spent, thousands of pennies.  But the point of this month was not the budget it was to see how we were spending the funds, now we know, I really need to make more of an effort to curb the frivolousness.

Just Say No: I said no all the time this month.  It was peaceful, it was quiet, it was dull, but also freeing.  One thing I would change, I would keep saying no when I want to say no but I need to find more things to do, that I want to say yes to, to fill up all of my free time.

It was a good month I am getting better at this.  Bring it April, BRING IT.

Here are our April Challenges (I will post my March review soon)

1. Veggie for the Month

2. No Nail Biting (!!!)

3. Let husband make decisions and trust him.

4. Meal plan all month.

5. Carly to Sarah: To make two new outfits a week out of clothes you already have.

Sarah to Carly: Host two events at your house this month- one dinner, and a games or movie night.

So. March happened.

I was on tour all month and failed at being a real human.

Here is my report card:

3L/8 Glasses of Water: B

Being on tour and working on shows made me drink a lot of water. So I was good!

Return All Texts and E-mails Immediately: A+

I KICKED ASS this month. I got so much done. For real. Having this challenge has made me be so much more productive. I was so proud of myself.

Less Than 30 Min a Day Wasted On Line: A

I was so busy, I didn’t have time.

My Blog: B

I think I Could have done better!

Track Spending: B-

I tracked it….and watched all our money go away.

I am so happy that April has arrived. It’s going to be a fresh clean start.

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I love reading your blog…I hate going to your page and seeing no new updates. Especially when you are off galavanting around on tour. My challenge to you. Update your blog a minimum of three times a week. And I promise, I will read it!