At the beginning of the year I sat at my momma's kitchen table (while were were snowed in Iowa, and there were no flights leaving) with a pen + blank sheet in my notebook. I sat down and starting writing out my goals for the year, things I wanted to do, things I wanted to accomplish, and family goals.

I'm happy that I have been crossing a few things off my goal list already this year, but I have to tell you I wish I would have accomplished more by now. We're already in the month of August, my kid will be starting school soon (first year eva) it's crazy how time is flying by this year. It'll be Christmas before I know it.

So where am I going with this? I need more focus. Each month of the year I've been writing a few small goals down and trying to keep my focus on the "big" picture. I thought I'd start sharing them to hold myself accountable to more than just myself.

So here goes:

Adorable notebook made by Shutterfly, given to my by Kim from The TomKat Studio.

01/ Read one new book. I've been doing this every month since January and I've been loving it. This month I'll be reading 7 by Jen Hatmaker (I know, late to jump on this train.) I started reading while coming home from vacation yesterday and I'm almost done with it, it's rocking my world!

02/ Clean out Ava's closet & dresser. Her closet is an abyss! I don't even know how stuff ends up there, time to purge and get ready for school time.

03/ Celebrate Back to School with a special dinner. My blog friend Erin does these 'Back to School Eve' dinners and they are awesome, I've been waiting years to celebrate and start this tradition.

04/ Work on one new house project. I've been lazy people, my house isn't done and I haven't put any focus lately on the things I want to do. Projects keep piling up and it's time to make them happen!

05/ Purge my closet. Nuff said here. I haven't done it in a while, and there's a lot I don't need or use.

06/ Get stuff ready for a garage sale. See above.

07/ Take a Facebook Break. I've been to plugged in, I've seen some things come out in my spirit & flesh that I don't like and it all circles around Facebook. I don't think I've ever taken a break in the 10 years I've been on Facebook. I need a break, I need to have time time to figure things out, take a step back without worrying about the red notifications that I "just have to check." I'll let you know how it goes. :)

Andrea Worley