November Goals (ish)

Cleveland Field Well, it's official. This is the longest I've ever gone without blogging (at least in awhile). Fall got me good, but I'm slowly climbing out of the shoot, edit, repeat cycle I was in for the last two months. I have SO, SO many beautiful people to showcase on this blog, but I wanted to at least attempt to put together a November goals post before November is behind us. Is it any surprise that I'm keeping it way simple these last couple weeks of the month?

November Goals

  • Finish Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (yep, still going with this one. Not because it's not good, but because I can't seem to find the time to read!)
  • Finish all the editing that's currently on my plate (I WANT to say by Thanksgiving, but that might be a little ambitious!)
  • Complete a 10K!
  • Order our Christmas cards
  • Start Christmas shopping

This Thanksgiving season, I'm definitely most thankful for the opportunity to savor time with people I love. I hope you all have a beautiful holiday!

September Goals

New Orleans Books While everyone else is talking about pumpkin spice lattes and boots and scarves, I'm still thinking about warm weather and iced coffee. I'm definitely a summer girl, and while I love our four seasons, I'm OK with a little bit more summer. I'll be soaking up the very last drop of it this month … and then bring on the scarves (But not the pumpkin spice lattes. Blech.)

September Goals

  • Finish Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less and read The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
  • Start Savor (guys, I'm GOING to do it this month, along with the help of …)
  • Develop a realistic morning routine (more on this later)
  • Put away the screens and enjoy a long anniversary weekend in Michigan with Nathan
  • Go on at least one bike ride
  • Re-paint our guest bedroom (I've never gotten used to the punchy blue)
  • Go through my closet and make minor changes to my fall/winter capsule wardrobe
  • Get caught up on vendor galleries (for real this time)
  • Get caught up on editing before I photograph two pretty September weddings

November Goals + Creative Juices

Whitesburg Nature Preserve Chagrin Falls Ohio OK, I have to be honest with you all. I had really high hopes for October ... you know, being done with weddings and all ... but the truth is, October was my craziest month yet. I didn't get much done except try to keep up with my editing schedule. So, it looks like I'm pretty much transferring my October goals to November. And November will be all about getting caught up so I can enjoy the holidays to the fullest! :)

Professional

  1. Get completely caught up on editing (SO many sessions and one more wedding will be shared on the blog this month!)
  2. Finish all album design for the 2013 season.
  3. Get caught up on Facebook albums.
  4. Get caught up on vendor discs.
  5. Submit at least five weddings.
  6. Finalize my holiday client gifts.
  7. Blog at least three/week.
  8. Start writing content for my new website. :)

Personal

  1. Finish Weird, and read Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Sisters (i.e., watch LESS TV and pick up a book!).
  2. Watch my BFF get married!
  3. Continue training for Cincinnati's Turkey Trot.
  4. Make a new dish for Thanksgiving.
  5. Visit Chicago!
  6. Clean out my closet.
  7. Do a thorough cleaning on our house.
  8. Hang our Christmas wreaths on the windows.

And here's a musical pick-me-up for your Monday morning: Sweeter than This by Katie Herzig. This is such a carefree song and sums up the fun November I'm envisioning! :)