Quarter 4 2019 Goals

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Hey friends! Can you believe it’s October?! I can’t believe it’s been over a month since I last sat down to write. I’m sorry it’s been so long but I’m ready to get back into the swing of things. I spent the last month updating a lot of old content, updating and optimizing old photos, and focusing on bringing everything up to snuff on the back end of the site. I got so much done without the pressure of trying to create new content. 

With the beginning of October, we head into quarter 4 of 2019! I love summer, it is by far my favorite season, but I do love the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, and some of my favorite family traditions that come along with it; building a gingerbread house and baking Christmas cookies. 

Let’s recap Q3 shall we? I made quarterly goals back in July…

• Increase RRSP contributions to 10% of our income
• Figure out new budget without debt payments
• Update Etsy store with new items
• Post a new YouTube video at least biweekly
• Be more consistent with exercise – 3 times a week at least 30 minutes
• Save $1000 toward a new car
• Update at least 3 blog posts a month
• Declutter books

This summer was challenging! Since paying off our debt in July, I thought it would be more smooth sailing, however we struggled to find our “new normal”. 

I have not yet increased our RRSP contributions so they are sitting at about 7%. My husband started a new job this summer, and will have RRSP matching in November, we will definitely be taking full advantage of that.

I started biweekly budgeting this summer. It was a challenge at first but now it feels a lot easier to me than monthly budgeting! It is perfect for people whose income is inconsistent. I’ll be writing a full post all about it soon!

I have not updating the Etsy store, sadly! It ended up on the back burner for sure. 

Only 2 new videos made it onto the Youtube Channel, even though I have more filmed! They’ll be coming out along with the blog posts. 

I am happy to say that I have been more consistent with exercising, and I feel really good, especially when I get outside. Looking forward to continuing this! 

We did not save anything toward a new car, but the good news is, I don’t think we’ll be car shopping as soon as we thought we would. I mentioned before that my husband has a new job, which also involves a lot less driving than his old job. We are hoping the car will last a lot longer now!

Well I’ve gotten to update a lot more blog posts thanks to my break! 

And finally we decluttered books in August. It felt really good to pass along books to other people so they can be read again, and now our bookshelf doesn’t look so chaotic.

Quarter 4

So what’s going to happen this quarter?! Here are my goals:

• Update RRSP to take full advantage of my Husband’s RRSP matching program in November
• Stay within budget for Christmas gifts
• Stay consistent with exercise
• Focus more on reducing plastic / other waste
• Declutter Christmas decorations while they are out
• Meal plan and prep to cut down on eating out
• Complete my continuing education course, required to be registered as a Massage Therapist
• Follow the blog plan from The Blog Girl Chronicles 
• Send out blog emails every second Tuesday

I think all of those things are possible in the last 3 months of 2019! I am excited to be working more with the girls over at Stop Trashing It, where I’ll be writing more blog posts for them.

Share your goals for the month or quarter 4 below! It would be great to cheer each other on!