Setting new goals for the month is a glorious time! If you have big dreams that you wish to accomplish, setting yearly goals, monthly goals, and weekly goals is crucial to reaching success!
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I’m going to be discussing with you some super useful personal goals for the month, financial goals for the month, plus two other goals more people should include in their yearly and monthly goals/resolutions.
If you’ve kept up with the gossip lately then you now know the first level of goals set previously.
Find out what those goals were here!
As mentioned previously, there are goals that are extremely necessary to set first when you’re planning on resetting things in your life or reaching amazing goals. Gain some inspiration with some of these goals.
You’re about to read all about how to kick things off and set new goals for the month.
This post is all about new goals for the month.
New Goals for the Month:
Personal Goals for the month:
- Meditate every morning
- Start and finish Christmas shopping
- Start and finish birthday shopping
- Book a “work-vacation” trip
- Time-block my weeks and prioritize/schedule in “me” time
- Enjoy a major or minor Mandatory Life Experience
Let’s elaborate on a few of these goals.
There is an entire post out there on the perfect morning routine. Starting off the day with some sort of mindful activity whether that be meditating, journaling, visualizing, or reading has proven to make for extremely BETTER days!
Research and sciences show the benefits of meditating and just taking a moment to breathe deeply. Even if you don’t want to sit down and meditate fully, stopping to notice your breath is proven to instantly de-stress you and relax your nerves.
What is a “work-vacation”?
A “work-vacation” is something new that I’m going to try. Essentially I want to pack up my bags and spend 2-3 days in a different city (eventually I want to expand to a different state).
While I’m there, I still plan to do work- hence the “work” part. I can update my calendars, catch up on work for my full-time job (band director/teacher), OR continue to work on my side businesses.
I think it’ll be really fun and aesthetic to go to different local coffee shops and work on my businesses. For lunch, I plan to head to a cool place and maybe sit at a bar and socialize that way. Maybe I’ll meet cool people!
For dinner, I can make solo travel plans. I can think of a few things I could do alone:
- Go to the movies
- Go to a touristy/popular restaurant
- Find an event (concerts, conventions, meetups)
- Have you ever been to a brewery?
- Do you like to go to bars?
Those are just things off the top of my head, but doing research beforehand is a MUST especially because I’d be a solo traveler.
Find out how my “work-vacation” went, exactly what I did, and travel tips & tricks here!
Curious about the other personal goals mentioned but not discussed? Leave a comment below! Otherwise, let’s move on to the next category of goals for the month.
Financial Goals for the Month
- Save 15% of income
- Completely pay off credit card debt
- Start a “Home” savings account through my bank
- Continue using the cash envelop method
15% of my take-home pay is the max amount I can put aside without completely changing my lifestyle. It’s just enough to save large portions of money while also leaving money over to do the day-to-day things I enjoy.
That really is the key to finding joy in saving money. It doesn’t have to be “save every penny and only eat ramen”… like no.
Let’s be real! That lifestyle is not for everybody.
You can save money and set aside money to buy video games or other things you enjoy.
Wondering how?
Here are 10 Month Saving Tips You Should Live By
What do you mean by “home savings account”?
It takes about 5-7 minutes to create a new savings account through the Capital One app. I created this new account that is specifically for buying my first home/rental property.
Having an account specifically for the house and the house alone makes it much more real! Opening a savings account is honestly the closest I’ve come to buying a house. So basically, I’m still at step 0.
This is a start! It’s more than what a lot of people have done. I plan to document my entire journey of buying my first home and everything that it entails. At the moment, I’m a baby beginner in the realm of real estate, but I plan to be an expert soon! I have a plan of course.
If you’re interested in how I plan to go about buying my first house and what I’ve done so far in the journey, click here and stay up-to-date!
The cash envelop method is something I started doing 2 months ago and my life has completely changed! It was part of my goals for the month last time as well.
I’ll elaborate on how that’s going in the next update.
Investment in Knowledge & Self – Goals of the Month
- Read The 4-Hour Workweek
- Read The 48 Laws of Power
- Learn about L.L.Cs and how to become one
- Purchase The ABCs of Real Estate Investing
One of the biggest investments you can make is the investment in yourself and your own knowledge. Learning things that you do not know gives you an advantage.
You never want to be the person in the room who knows the least. It’s not a good feeling!
The 4-Hour Workweek
I’m currently learning as much as I can about starting a business and being the CEO or an entrepreneur. Almost every entrepreneur has read, recommended, or at least heard of The 4-Hour Workweek.
My work weeks are currently 50 hours AT MINIMUM. Like, imagine working only 4 hours a week!! How??
Well, let’s read this book and find out! That’s how I fall upon educational books. There is a book out there on just about anything.
In addition to finding great information in books, they are also fun to read! It’s a great way to mix business with pleasure 😉.
This book teaches you so much about work-life balance, the importance of delegating, and knowing where to find the resources to do so. I highly recommend you give this book a read!
I’m only halfway through the book and I’ve already started implementing some of these strategies into my life. If you are looking to escape the rat race, read this book!
I bought my book in person from Barnes and Noble, but you can easily get it from Amazon here!
The 48 Laws of Power
This is another popular book that gets mentioned often.
One thing that captured my attention about this book was the explanation of power in the opening pages of the book.
It basically says you CAN NOT escape the power game. Thinking you can “not participate” is as foolish as thinking that you could somehow escape the gravity or make the sun stand still. Robert Greene explains why in the intro and even gives some examples that are easy to understand.
This book is a pretty long one, but reading about one law per day is quite doable! I find myself always doing at least “one more” law because the stories and examples used in the book are so compelling!
In closing,
Hopefully, you can resonate with and/or steal a few of these goals for the month and start creating your own set of goals for the year.
If you ever intend to make grand things happen, set goals for the month and plan things out accordingly. Try to have a strategic plan to achieve your new goals and don’t forget to BE CONSISTENT!
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