ow did February fly by so quickly?!? Oh, I know how – it only has 28 days, that tricky little thing. Since I’m not into assigning blame, I won’t say that the lack of extra days is the reason I didn’t achieve some of my February goals…but, you know, it certainly didn’t help. ;)
While I’m apt to focus on the things that I wasn’t able to complete, I’m just reminding myself that I got a bucketload of Project Life completed, know more about Instagram and investing than I did a month ago, and have done a pretty good job at keeping my new habits and resolutions on a daily basis. Those are some big wins!
This sounds unnecessarily competitive in light of my February goals – I didn’t really set them with other people in mind. I just wanted to get some important things accomplished. Some of those projects happened, some still didn’t (oh business cards, how you allude me!).
The reason I LIKE Cameron’s quote, though, is because it still makes total sense to me when I just frame things as Grace competing with Grace. I didn’t realize that my February goals weren’t all going to be attainable…but in hindsight, given the fact that I really felt like I was hustling the whole month, maybe they could fall into the “ridiculously high” category for me. So I failed above the success I would have had if I hadn’t written down my goals and chased after some ambitious tasks.
I don’t enjoy looking at those unfilled circles and triangles…and this may start to become kind of humorous if the trend continues and I keep posting several goals every month that went unmet…but I’ve got James Cameron, the CREATOR OF TITANIC, to back me up that those failures are okay, so I’m going to keep my head held high.
Here are my goals for March!
Just as last month, I had to cover up some of the goals I thought I would accomplish when I created these sheets in January. Those will get pushed to later months.
In the creative realm, I’m going to keep on trucking through Project Life and, as soon as I’m caught up, I will post about my March project for 12 Months of Making. And I’m going to keep the goal about business cards…sooner or later I WILL have a tangible piece of delightful paper to hand to strangers and explain myself.
Life-wise, we have some important things to tackle. This month, Bobby is finally done with his certification work. Hooray Bobby! I’m hoping this means that we can sit down (over a cocktail, of course) and have some good strategizing sessions over budgets and taxes.
Also, since he hopefully will have a bit more free time during his days off, I’m going to try to schedule our dentist appointments. This means I need to research Miami dentists first and then go from there…the joys of being in a new city! Wish me luck!
What about you? Do you write down your goals? What are you working towards this month? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU!
Awesome Grace… ;) will work on mine and send them to u tomo.
By the way, you look incredible today :p
Aw, thanks Iliana! Woo hoo, I’ll look forward to hearing yours!!
Hello there :D
Well, here it is to everyone.
Thanx Grace for inspiring me to share it with you and with the whole internet world.
Just hit the link, and tell me what do you think.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/2744449749790797/
And remember to smile ;D
Iliana, this is fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing with me (and with everyone!). Love how you’ve illustrated them and incorporated your calligraphy! Those look like some amazing goals – I can’t wait to hear about them a little more in depth perhaps and see how you do with them. I’ll try to shoot you an email! xoxo
Ohhh, I don’t envy you the dentist research or taxes. Unfortunately, I’ll have to get to it with the latter of those as well (much to my chagrin).
I have yet to see a James Cameron movie, but seems like he’d be a good goal-setting role-model. ;)
I think it’s really easy to get ahead of yourself when you’re in goal-setting, resolution-making mode. It’s a little like things building to a fever pitch, adding and multiplying. “Oh well, if I’m going to work on stretching this year, I really ought to throw cardio into the mix, and if I’m doing that I’ll need a relaxing yoga routine some days, and oh gosh, look at all these videos on youtube, I am SO PUMPED!” And that’s a great feeling, but on any given day, it’s hard to find time or even remember how you were able to be so pumped at that one point in time!
Such a struggle! But I have faith you’ll come out of this year feeling it was one of the most productive and successful years yet. :)
As for March goals, I have a shamisen concert in April, so I am trying to practice a little every night and also get at least 7.5 hours of sleep every night (because I am a way better, and happier teacher when I do).
Happy March of Making!
You’ve never seen Titanic?!?! I think you and Stephen need to make that happen once you’re back state-side. Kind of a requirement for being American, I think. (I’m far from obsessed with it…but it was just such a cultural phenomenon when I was a teenager!)
Haha, you couldn’t be more right with your commentary about goal setting when you’re just setting out and intoxicated by the possibility of revamping absolutely everything! The shamisen concert sounds so cool! Who has been teaching you? Or are you self-taught? Way to go!!
;) will be waiting for your mail.
Oh Celeste, I loved your comment. All the best for the concert.
Have a beautiful and creative March.