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With an intense end to July fitting in all the pre-season training for the 30 Day Challenge, the review for July just slipped from my radar. I really wanted to get back to it this month, because of these two facts which shocked me when I realised them:
- It is only four months until the Christmas!
- I am over halfway in my pregnancy!
REVIEW – KEY TASKS FOR JULY/AUGUST:
Not being too busy.
The less said here the better really. 
I will really get this right in September!
Calm and rested start to term 3.
Went well and will aim for the same for term 4.
Christmas Planning in July
This is moving along nicely. But still have a couple items on the to make list which I would like to make a start on.
Complete the 30 Day Challenge
Completed!!!! Very excited to have kept up with the training and learnt so much.
GOALS – KEY TASKS FOR SEPTEMBER:
Not being too busy.
It is funny how I am quite happy to push myself, but I am at the point now where I realise that for me to look after “baby” properly I really need to slow down a little and get to bed at a reasonable hour.
Short term plan.
I find that this part of the year seems to fly by for us. We have school holidays coming up later in September, then we start the summer sports, then we start our birthday run again, then school finishes and then it is Christmas.
I feel that I have so many things that I want to achieve by the end of this year (and before baby comes) that I need to spend some time detailing them and planning out how I can achieve this.
Renovate the blog
The blog’s current theme, I chose in May when I moved to hosting the blog myself and it was supposed to be temporary. Nearly four months later, I still have the same theme! I also have a long list of changes that I want to make to improve the blog’s aesthetics and usability.
Get outside more!
During August, every spare moment I had was spent in front of the computer. I love spring and the sun is starting to shine, so I want to make sure I take advantage of this and spend some more time outside. It always makes me feel so much better.
What’s on your list of key things to do for September?
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I like your last goal – Get Outisde More. I would really like to do that, esepcially with my little boys.
My other goals would be to get my Etsy shop up and running, finish some of my Christmas planning and really tidy and spring clean the house. These last three might be mutually exclusive of the first one, I suspect!
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I really need to sort and declutter our toy cupboard before the next “influx” begins (Dec 1st to Jan 29th is our big Christmas/Birthday period here).
Just stumbled across your blog and love your tagline! This is a great post, very encouraging. Love what you got here.
Argh September… I’m not ready!
Um… do I make that same statement every month?? LOL
I am totally with you on your last point – I have made a pact to get into a better routine which includes a BIG chunk of time outside when the weather is fine!
I’ve been planning a blog update for the past three months and still haven’t done much more than think about it LOL… but I can’t wait to see yours!
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Blog blitz, get outside more, get rid of cold, thaw out generally, get a glimpse of the outside world. All activities MADE for Spring – caaa-ching!!!!
My plan is to wear open toed shoes again as much as I can in September! I managed that today … what a glorious day! As you can see, I’m over the cold!
On a serious note … I am going to concentrate on my work action plan, sort out the kids wardrobe, rotate the toys around and wear open toed shoes doing all of those things!
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