It is that time again! Writing these goals I was reflecting on the first six month plan I shared here, I wasn't even sure if I would start blogging here again, but here I am! Blogging away! I tried to pick goals that correlated a little more with my/our yearly goals as well, so if it seems like there is a ~*tHeMe*~ going on, there totally is. I'm breaking my big goals down into smaller pieces so they don't seem so big!

Onto the goals!


FINANCIALLY - I want us to triple the balance in our savings account. I also want us to have our debt complete paid off, both are completely DOABLE!

MINIMIZING - I want to reduce some of the excess clutter in our lives. Plus, I want us to organize the rest of our stuff so our day to day life is more manageable.

EDUCATION - We both have some really exciting educational goals that we are working towards and I'm really excited about this!

HEALTH - I want to work on improving my physical health and mental health. Physically for me, I would like to continue to improve on my physical fitness.

GETTING INVOLVED - I want to find someway to get involved with my community in this six month period.


I'm so excited to see where we are in six months!

UPDATE: OUR SIX MONTH PLAN v.2

Can you believe it is December? I always say that, six months seems to always fly by in what seems like a blink. I feel like we did a good job of following our plan and I'm eager to spend the next few weeks working on our next six month plan.

FINANCIALLY - We did AWESOME! I feel like we reigned our spending in and have developed a good routine for adding to our savings account with every pay check. Even though I've returned to being a Stay-At-Home-Wife, we are still making it work.

PERSONAL GROWTH - Both my husband, and I worked on growing ourselves this year. I continued with my re-learning Spanish and have begun to lay some framework for other personal growth areas.

SOCIALIZATION - My husband did much better in this area than I did! He started having a weekly guy's night and doing some other activities. We have made some new friends but it does take time, especially for me. We even had a small party at our house, which with my OCD, is huge.

HEALTH - I've started eating a lot less meat, we have a vegetarian meal together ever night. I've lost some more weight and I attribute that to being a little more active and portion control. On the other hand, my knee procedure that I had earlier this year didn't take and they reattempted it in November. If it doesn't take this time another more invasive procedure may need to occur next year, so far, the results seem promising.

HOUSE/HOME - We found a house! We found a place a few months ago and move in just a few short weeks. This is such a big deal to us, we are very excited to be out of an apartment and are so excited for the new things ahead. 2018 has been great, 2019 will be so much better!

There you have it! All wrapped up! Now to plan for the next six months!

-[A special thank you to my brother-in-law Keaton for taking this photo of us at Charlie's grandma's house, low quality photo, high quality life.]-

OUR SIX MONTH PLAN v.2

This is the second half of the year. Each year with my Charlie is better than the last. I honestly am so thankful for our beautiful life together. But enough with all of the gushing and let's get to what I want to see for my little family in the next six months.

FINANCIALLY - I want to continue to reduce our debts through the end of this year. I plan on working on reducing our spending, upping our saving as well. I also am going back to work, (I know, I know, I can't believe it either!)

PERSONAL GROWTH - I'm excited to see us continue moving forward with our education goals. I'd also like to grow in a few other areas that I won't touch on just yet. But getting back into sharing a little in my online space is one of them.

SOCIALIZATION - There are more recreational therapy options that I would like us to look into. Plus, I would like to see us going out as a couple more. I know that our interest in scuba is going to keep opening some doors for us that I'm really excited for.

HEALTH - When I saw my doctor last I had lost some weight, so I hope to continue to lose some weight through minor lifestyle changes. Upping my water, hopefully eliminating more convenience foods. I'd also like to go back to being at least a reducitarian. My husband doesn't eat meat so that will help us eat more meals together.

HOUSE/HOME - We are moving from our apartment into the house at the end of this six month period and I can't wait to be in a house! Oh I'm so excited. I hope to be moved in by the end of this six month period. During this period though we have to pick a place to move to and some more logistical things that I hope we get figured out.

UPDATE: OUR SIX MONTH PLAN

Hey! I can hardly believe that it has been six whole months. Our little family is fast evolving. I'm so proud of us, but let's cut to the chase, here's how we did on our goals.

FINANCIALLY - We've actually paid off several debts in the last six months and I have my student loans being differed until we can fully pay them off later this year. I call this a win. We've made huge strides here.

EDUCATION - I'm so excited to share that my husband is starting school this summer! I'm so proud of him! I am doing something a little different. I've poured myself into becoming fluent in Spanish, being Mexican it is very important to me that I am fluent. So I've been taking an online class, using a print Spanish learning book, and I've started reading Spanish books and watching movies only in Spanish! Go us!

SOCIALIZATION - We took a big plunge and took a scuba diving class through recreational therapy at the VA! It was so incredible. We will be certified next week! I'm still wanting to take a rock climbing class. This was our first big step and I'm so excited about it.

HEALTH - So, more big news, I got my first procedure on my knee and I'm beginning to walk unassisted! I feel incredible. I'm exercising, we plan to start hiking soon, I can't wait.

FUTURE PLANNING - I always like to keep my next move a secret, so I won't say too much, but we did decide a little more about what and where we see ourselves in the next few years. ;)

I'm going to take the next month to decide on what I want to work on the next half of the year. It is going to be big.

OUR SIX MONTH PLAN

I want to start making plans and goals for our future. Vocalizing these things always helps me hold myself accountable. I think I'm going to focus on five separate areas I want us to work on; finances, education, socialization, health, and future planning. 

FINANCIALLY - I want to really focus on paying down our debt in the next six months. I'd like to significantly pay down my student loan debt and other various debt sources we may have. 

EDUCATION - We've both discussed starting school and I think we should really explore that in the next six months if that is that path for us. Even if it is only taking a single class or two. 

SOCIALIZATION - We really want to get out and meet some people. I want to take a rock climbing class and I think he's got some things he wants to try, but I think there's some stuff that we can do both as a couple and apart from each other. 

HEALTH - I personally, want to start taking some steps to improve my health like exercising more. 

FUTURE PLANNING - We've been discussing when we want to start our family. There's some steps we need to take to make that happen and I think we can start taking those steps in the next few months. 

I'm excited to work towards these goals and see how I'm doing in JUNE of 2018!