It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or the most stressful depending on your point of view. I love Christmas time, not for gifts but just because it’s a time of year where people are actively trying to be a little less garbage. Oh and the parties, I love holiday parties. This is the first year since 2011 I am not hosting my annual holiday shindig! Between everything going on with my business and blog, the upcoming move and just plain body wear and tear (thank you Cedar allergy), it didn’t seem like something I needed to add on my plate.

So I had a crazy busy but pretty excellent month. I got to spend time with a lot of people I haven’t seen enough lately. I finally got back into my routine at the gym. So much work got done for the blog and the course. I’m also happy to tell you while I’m not doing income reports at this point, I had an amazing month. It was probably the best month, I’ve had for the blog, so I finally made the plunge and opened a separate bank account for the blog/business and am getting ready (also saving) for taxes :/. But enough random reporting, let’s look back at November.

November Goals

Personal Goals

• Get ready for the move.

I have scheduled movers, taken the time off work, and updated my mailing information and subscriptions! Crushed it! 

• Clean car out. I tend to keep it pretty clean but I really want to detail the inside.

No detail but I did take a Walmart bag to it and cleaned under the seats (not that it lasted long with the Fall leaves). I did find my favorite comb under the seat! 

• I also want to find a body shop to fix the damage from the hail storms in the spring.

So I will be honest (like always), I thought about this once and decided not to because hail season is right around the corner and I would be so disgusted if I fixed it only to have it be ruined 2 months later. 

• Start Christmas shopping/budgeting.

I haven’t made any of the purchases but I do have my list and budget. I wanted to make sure I took care of the needs associated with moving before the wants associated with Christmas. 

• Try to purge and donate things before the move.

I donated a lot of trash to the garbage. The last thing for me to really clean out/finish packing is my closet. I am picking up more boxes tomorrow so when I start doing that hopefully I’ll find more to purge. 

Blog and Freelance Goals

• Work on Launch Your Signature Course! So excited the next lessons are coming out tomorrow!

I love this course! I have gotten a lot of work done and learned so much and still have so much more to learn! 

• Finish working on DiaDarling.com

It is coming along nicely. I really hope to launch it by the end of the year! 

• Get 20 members in my new Facebook Group

No. I am really trying to limit the major tasks I put on my plate at a time so this is actually something I’m putting on hold. I’m hoping to launch a Facebook group closer to March. 

• Have 500 Facebook page likes

489.  I am seriously planning to end the year with 500 though. I have been doing a lot of research and it’s apparent that groups are more beneficial than pages. 

• Have 2700 Twitter Followers

2790! I’ve kind of been absent from Twitter the past week or so with the holiday and not feeling great but I still hit my goal. 

• Have 1000 Instagram Followers

1027! 

• Have 850 Pinterest Followers

856! Thank you, BoardBooster!

• Create at least one new Resource for my Resource Library

Yes! You Can sign up to access my list of freebies here!

• Post at least 7 times this month

6. I  feel pretty good about that. 

• Publish 1 post on another site.

I had a blog swap scheduled but we had to reschedule. 

• Spend at least 10 minutes a day engaging on each of the above social media sites. That means repinning, responding to tweets of others or seeing what their links are, etc.

Did pretty good on this. 

• Crush the webinars I have scheduled this month.

While one of my webinar partners had to cancel, I am happy to say that the other went pretty awesome. Every time I do a webinar I feel more confident and comfortable. I also think of new ways to express things and it’s just exciting.

Health and Fitness

• Walk 7,000 steps a day

I have been doing so awesome. I didn’t do this every day but I did it most days.

• Make meals at home 80% of the time or only eat out 4 times of the week.

I did really good at this besides weekends. 

• Go to a gym class at least 3 times a week.

I have finally been back in the habit! I even tried a new class, hot hatha yoga. 

December Goals

Personal Goals

• Move and unpack the new place. 
• Get all my Christmas shopping done.
• Start Christmas shopping/budgeting.
• Have a great time at Christmas with the family. 

Blog and Freelance Goals

• Continue working on Launch Your Signature Course! 
• Finish working on DiaDarling.com
• Finish the articles for my feature in All Things Trend Magazine! 
• Have 500 Facebook page likes
• Have 2850 Twitter Followers
• Have 1040 Instagram Followers
• Have 900 Pinterest Followers
• Create at least one new Resource for my Resource Library
• Post at least 5 times this month
• Spend at least 10 minutes a day engaging on each of the above social media sites. That means repinning, responding to tweets of others or seeing what their links are, etc.
• Crush the webinar I have scheduled this month. December 17th! Save the date!

Health and Fitness

• Walk 7,000 steps a day
• Make meals at home 80% of the time or only eat out 4 times of the week.
• Go to a gym class at least 3 times a week.

My main goal for December is to just finish it with a bang. I have a lot going on and don’t want to lose momentum. I hope all of you have a great end of the year as well.

So jump in the comments and let me know what your goals are for December.