Category: Monthly Goals

Not sure what happened last month, but didn’t do so well with my goals. Here is the recap.

1. Run 30 miles × only ran 3 miles
2. Write 5 posts on my blog × posted once
3. Post every single day on my Athena Rose Instagram × I did this at first, but ran out of ideas very quickly
4. Save $400 * I saved $500
5. $300 Grocery budget × spent $403
6. $50 Eating out budget ×spent $127
7. Read 3 books * read 5 books
8. No shopping on Amazon × shopped on Amazon 3 times
9. No buying anything for Athena Rose × made 5 orders
10. No shopping at Target ×shopped a few times at Target
11. No spend month (no spending money on anything other than bills and food) × major fail

Here are my goals for the month of August. Many are the same as last month, including the ones I didn’t reach. But I am also adding more financial goals for this month because I need to save more money.

1. Run 30 miles
2. Write 5 posts on my blog
3. Post every single day on my Athena Rose Instagram
4. Save $400
5. $300 Grocery budget
6. $50 Eating out budget
7. Read 3 books
8. No shopping on Amazon
9. No buying anything for Athena Rose
10. No shopping at Target
11. No spend month (no spending money on anything other than bills and food)

Here’s how I did with my goals this month. I did ok, but hoping to do better in August.

No shopping at Target

I shopped at Target twice, but both times for necessary things. I got 2 pairs of shoes for my daughter and a water bottle for her

$250 grocery budget

I spent approx $375 on groceries this month. I will probably raise my budget for next month.

Read 3 books

One of the few goals I did accomplish.

Write 5 posts for blog

Yes, I did post 5 times on my blog

Run 20 miles

I only ran 6.2 miles this month and that was at the San Diego 10k race that I did

$100 eating out budget

I barely made it! Ecven though I went to San Diego this month, I only spent $96 on fast food in July

Spend less than $20 on disney emoji blitz game

I was so close, but I spent $30 on this game

I set these goals over a week ago and kept forgetting to post them on here, so here’s my list! Some things are similar to last month’s goal, but i added a few more and changed some numbers a bit.

1. No shopping at Target
2. $250 grocery budget
3. Read 3 books
4. Write 5 posts for blog
5. Run 20 miles
6. $100 eating out budget
7. Spend less than $20 on disney emoji blitz game

I didn’t do as well as I expected. I had set “easy goals” and was only able to accomplish half of them. Here’s how I did in June.

1. Run 30 miles

x I ran less than 10 miles

2. Post 5 times on my blog

* I posted exactly 5 times on my blog.

3. Spend $250 or less on groceries for my 2 year old daughter and myself

x I spent approx $400 on groceries

4. No fast food or eating out

x MAJOR FAIL i spent almost $300 on eating out

5. Save $500

* I was able to save about $800 last month

6. No shopping at Target

x another fail, I shopped there a few times

7. Read 3 books

* I accomplished this goal and read 3 or 4 books last month