September Goals

Wash on Monday
Iron on Tuesday
Mend on Wednesday
Churn on Thursday
Clean on Friday
Bake on Saturday
Rest on Sunday

Moving down here to Columbia, I knew I would have a lot of time on my hands and wanted to really accomplish all of these things, this imaginary list of goals, habits, and experiments I had in my mind. The first month was settling, spending most of my time unpacking, getting organized, painting furniture, and just exploring the city. This past month has been the most unproductive because I have spent the majority of my time making gifts for my niece and nephews and spending a lot of time with my new friends, which is the greatest! But now its time for some organization, some structure, and some goals. There are a few areas that I want to set goals and standards...Studio, kitchen, home/cleaning, exercise/activeness, and down time.  

Studio Goals:

This month I hope to have designed and sold a few (at least three) fabric designs. I hope to finish two commissions in waiting...an ocean painting and a map. I also hope, with the money from these projects, to buy all of the screen printing equipment from my amazon cart and some material to start the production of my business...once I have stock, I can open my shop! 

Kitchen:

I hope to become more organized in my meals and my grocery shopping. J and I have cut our grocery budget down and so I am trying to get into a better routine with our food. We have been eating a lot of beige food (pasta, bread, cereal, oatmeal...) and so I am trying to do better. We have decided we like to make a soup or pot of beans at least once a week, a fun experimental dish like Japanese or Thai so I would like to continue this tradition, and more veggies. 

Home/Cleaning

Now that I got my cutest vacuum I am more willing to clean. I made a chores list for each day of the week (inspired by Little House on the Prairie) and it is my goal to actually make it a routine. I also have a few house projects I want to tackle. My guest room is an absolute bomb explosion and a lot of the stuff just needs to go because we haven't touched it since we moved down. I want this room organized, clean and ready for whoever by the end of the month. I want my studio happy by the end of the month...including painting my desk, purging, and organizing the space better so it is a happy work environment and just calls me to come sit down and create beautiful things (like Anna Rifle's old studio before she turned it into a nursery for her baby Ford :). Lastly I want to clean the floors of my screen porch because there is no difference between them and the dirt outside.

Exercise/Activeness

I have started walking early in the mornings with Gunner and I want to keep it up. J and I played tennis once and I am absolutely the worst at it ever and so I want to become descent and play regularly. I would love some kind of racquet game to be a regular weekly fun thing for J and me. 

Down Time

Currently I have been spending too much time with my good friends from the show Nashville and need to finish my book. My goal is to choose the book over the tv more often and finish it by the end of the month (remember, that is a very ambitious goal for me when it comes to reading). 

Though this looks like I am just setting myself up for failure, it really isn't. Some of these goals are already in action but just need to be finished or continued. Some will not take me long and some (like the art work) are demanding and time consuming but its what I want to do so I need to suck it up and get at it! 

One day...