12 Goals for 2015: June Update (and a recap of our very full month!)

Whew! What a month June was! I had fun reviewing everything that happened and also wondering how it all happened in just 4 weeks. God’s grace was so evident to carry us through all of this… and there’s probably a good reason why I’m tired this week.

Here are some of the highlights from June:

We started out the month with a bang by launching my brand-new 14-day online course: Make Over Your Mornings. To date, we have sold over 14,000 courses and fully funded a really cool project in South Africa.

I’m humbly grateful and overwhelmed by you all and your incredible response to this resource. Thank you for the constant stream of emails you’ve been sending me about how it’s impacting your life.

We also launched something I’ve been wanting to launch for a long time — a weekly email newsletter from me personally. This email newsletter is filled with some behind-the-scenes stories and tidbits that you won’t read on the blog, some personal encouragement from me, plus helpful links and resources.

If you purchased a copy of Make Over Your Mornings, it should land in your inbox every Saturday morning. I’m having so much fun putting it together — and am loving getting to interact with a group of you on a more personal level (well, as personal as email can be!)

Silas went with me to San Francisco. It was a whirlwind trip, but we had so much fun getting to see new things — like the Golden Gate Bridge!

I spoke at a homeschool conference in Virginia.

Our kids went to Pine Cove’s Camp in the City at our church.

Kaitlynn and I got to see our beloved Jackie Evancho in concert with the Nashville Symphony.

Jesse and I got to enjoy quite a bit of one-on-one time while our kids were at camp during the day.

Kathrynne got to go with me to the Atlanta Say Goodbye to Survival Mode Event — and thought the spread in the green room they had for us was pretty amazing (so did I!)

We celebrated this beautiful girl’s eighth birthday with shopping and more fun one-on-one time fun together.

I faced some fear gremlins and flew to NYC (by myself!) and recorded a segment on John Stossel’s show on Fox Business.

We met up with my sister and her family in Atlanta for a few days of fun.

And then we came home and vegged for a few days before leaving again for a few days in Kansas for the 4th of July.

My 12 Goals for 2015

Marriage

• Read 1 book per month on marriage.
  • Read in January: 52 Ways to Wow Your Husband
  • Read in February: From This Day Forward
  • Read in March: For Married Women Only
  • Read in April: 50 Frugal Dates
  • Read in May: Red Hot Romance Tips
  • Read in June: 31 Days to a Happy Husband
• Write at least 1 love note to Jesse each week.
  • Done in January
  • Done in February
  • Done in March
  • Done in April
  • Done in May
  • Done in June

Motherhood

• Read at least 1 book aloud to the kids per month.
  • Read in January: James and the Giant Peach
  • Read in February: The Imagination Station Book 15
  • Read in March: The Imagination Station Book 16, Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing
  • Read in April: Caleb’s Story
  • Read in May: Pedro’s Journal
  • Read in June: McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm
• Write 1 love note to each child every month.
  • Done in January.
  • Done in February.
  • Done in March.
  • Done in April.
  • Done in May.
  • Done in June.

Myself

• Complete all She Reads Truth 2015 Bible Studies + memory work.
  • Done in January — I absolutely loved the John study.
    
  • Done in February — I really enjoyed the Esther study.
  • Done in March — The Lent study was so, so good!
  • Done in April — I loved the Timothy study!
  • Done in May — I’m so enjoying the Women in the Word study.
  • Done in June — I’m continuing to enjoy the Women in the Word study!
• Read 1 fiction book per month.
  • Read in January: What Alice Forgot
  • Read in February: The Cricket in Times Square (read aloud to the kids)
  • Read in March: Lizzy & Jane
  • Read in April: Dear Mr. Knightley
  • Read in May: Walk the World’s Rim (read aloud to the kids)
  • Read in June: Rare Bird (I know it’s not fiction, but I’m going to count it because I got sucked into the story like I would a fiction book. I started two other fiction books and ended up deciding not to finish either of them because they were too fluffy for me.)

MoneySavingMom.com

• Hire a local personal assistant.
  • Done! And I’m so grateful! My new assistant, Ashley, is amazing!
    
• Launch 2 courses.
  • Woot! Woot! We launched Make Over Your Mornings in May!
    
  • We’re working hard on a free 5-day video course we’ll be launching with my new book, Money-Making Mom.
• Launch our new product line (slated to soft launch later this year).
• Release my third book (slated to come out November 2015).
  • We’re in the middle of gearing up for marketing and publicity and are in the midst of the final edits. Can’t wait to tell you more about this book in the coming months!
    

Money

• Increase last year’s overall giving totals by 10% in 2015.
  • Part of my going to South Africa was to investigate the possibility of our family personally supporting the work of Take Action. After coming home, we both felt this was the direction we were supposed to take and our partnership with them will allow us to meet this goal. We’re so thrilled with what God is doing there in South Africa and, for those who have joined us in this through the #TenDollarTribe.
    
• Finish funding our Rental House #3 Savings Account.
  • We’re at 75%. We’re starting to look at houses in earnest and getting excited about the possibility of buying another rental again.
    

  How are you doing on YOUR goals for 2015?

  If you set goals for this year, I’d love to hear how you are doing on them! Leave a comment telling us about your progress on them or leave the link to your blog post about them. Here’s to a year of living with purpose, intentional, impact, and meaning!