Goals for September

A new fresh month, and a few new goals to consider in September!

1) Financial - 

• Meet with a financial planner
• Finalize investments & budget from post rental house sale
• Plan our 2018 budget
• Plan our 2018 travel plans
• Finalize list of house projects for our "new" house
• Find one alternative cost cutting option
• Sell another $100 of items on either eBay or my local Facebook swap site. If nothing sells, donate & get rid of the clutter.

2) Family - Spend more time together as a family!

• Cook one meal with each kid, so they can start helping with the cooking.
• Have a family game night. 
• Get the kids involved in prioritizing our 2018 travel.
• More decluttering & organizing in our new house (would like to get the boys closet shelving installed, so they can put away/organize all of their games & toys)

3) Fitness/health - Lose 4 pounds in September

• Stay on track on my business trip to London (complete at least 3 workouts)
• Eat five servings of fruit & vegetables (combined) per day
• Complete 1000 minutes of cardio
• Complete 6 strength workouts.
• Complete 6 stretching workouts
• Find another event to train for, now that my relay is over

4) Work/career - Improve my work life balance.

• Keep better perspective at work/reduce stress 
• Work from home 2x this month.
• Brainstorm how I would spend my time if I wasn't working. Really think creatively about what this would mean, what the challenges would be, etc.

5) Personal/creative - Spend more time on myself/creative pursuits.

• Try a new recipe using my new crockpot
• Do something social at least once per month.
• Volunteer a minimum of 1x/month.

That's it for me! What about you? Any big new goals for September? Or, small but manageable goals? Sometimes those are the most fun. :-)