Naturalle Drea

It is crazy that it is already June and we are halfway through this year. I wanted to do a half point check in with how I am making out with my goals so far. I had to go back to the original post to remind myself of the goals I set and geez did I need to proofread it and do better at it. I saw so many mistakes and typos and grammatical errors…wow. So let’s get into this check in.

Personal Goals

Heavy Focus On The Finances – So this goal actually started off really good at the beginning of the year. I knew I wanted to focus on saving and having a budget. It was going well but you those unexpected things show up and I kind of went off my budget that I set for myself. I just want to have a better relationship with money and have that safety net in case of any emergencies. I need to make time to look over my spending habits from the past year and the current year to see how I can make an effective budget and savings plan. This year is only half way over and I have the other half to keep working on this.

Continue Taking Better Care Of Myself – I’m proud of myself for keeping up with my appointments, well I need to make one to see the dentist soon and get back to therapy but I wanted to make sure I kept up with things. I’m also proud of myself for taking care of this fibroid and wanting to make the change to my diet and well being. I know I need to work more on the mental health and self care piece but I’m proud of this progress so far.

Establish Better Habits – Now this one has been a little bit of struggle…well I don’t want to say struggle but challenge for me. I started off going to gym weekly, attempting to eat better and all but things happen. I haven’t been to the gym in about a month or so (well I have to wait now to fully heal before I can go back) and my eating habits haven’t been the best ( I love fries and Chick-Fil-A lol and other stuff) and just being challenged with trying to keep up with my schedules and all. I just don’t want to be so overwhelmed with things just be better with having those healthy habits. We are working on it.

Read 10 Books – So it is June and I am only on my second book lol. It took forever to get through the book I started with this year and I don’t know why but I’m determined to read as many books as I can. I was thinking about adjusting those goal but I’ll see how many I get through the second half of the year.

Find A Hobby – I feel like junk journaling is a hobby and I am enjoying it a lot. I don’t journal as much as I should but I’ve purchased stickers, paper, glue tape and all to make it fun. I would like to get back into coloring and maybe find some other hobby for myself.

Creator Goals

Have Established Creator Schedule – So I did have 2 schedules that I created and tried out and neither of them worked. I need to go back to the drawing board and figure out a schedule that best works for me. I know all that goes into what I do as a creator and blogger but it is matter of fitting all those things into a schedule on top of everything else I do. I know this was super important to me so I can be more organized and not doing things last minute. Hopefully I can create a schedule that will work for me because this goals ties into other goals I have.

New Camera – I kind of forgot about this goal because I’ve been focused on other things but getting a new camera is a priority to me. I’ve had my current one for years and it is time to upgrade it. I know I need to get my budget in order first so I can start saving for the camera I want. I did my research before but need to look into what will fit me.

Elevate Content – I’ve been trying out new things here and there with my content. Some things have done well and others not so much but still working on this. I want to take more time to do things but that all depends on me having this creator schedule in place.

Be More Consistent – I have been showing up every week and posting but not as much as I would like to. Again this goal relies on me having that schedule in place so I can have the slotted times to work on things. It doesn’t really stop me from creating and posting things.

Grow Following/Community – I have grow on all of my platforms since the start of the year and so proud of myself. It helps when I do get out to events, network and engage with others and post the content. I want to continue to grow and I believe I set goals for myself to hit by June and the end of year. I feel like I am on track to hitting some of my targets.

Hopefully I read through this post enough times so I don’t have any errors but proud of myself for the progress so far. We still have the second half of the year to achieve these goals and I feel like I can. I’ll be back with another update towards the end of the year but hopefully you all are doing well with your goals for this year.