Keeping Track of Our Life

I'm pleased to be starting the new year talking about something that  I love doing:
wine guzzling
shoe shoppingplanning and organizing: keeping track of our life.  And on top of it, it's a blog hop to boot, so make sure you check out all the ladies and see what kind of nuggets and gems for the new year they can give you to help you along your way.

In May I did a very detailed post on how I stay uber-organized and juggle all the everythings of life.  You can read it here- I even let you look inside my agenda which is practically like letting you read my diary. Kinda.  For the record, I still have my diaries from grade 4- university, but that's another post. So since I've let you dig deep into the confines of my life, I have no desire to revisit that in today's post.  That would be redundant.

So then I thought that it would fun to revisit my 2016's resolution because I cannot remember what I had aspired to do.  Luckily for this digital diary of sorts that you're currently reading (geez you're snoopy today. Ha) I have the ability to go back in time one year and read what I wrote.  Doing...Doing...Doing...done.  Yup, I failed my goal.   You can read it here. Well, maybe I didn't fail it completely because I do have to say I am in really great shape right now, but I can't say that I lost the 16 lbs I wanted to lose.  So I'm not entirely disappointed in myself, but I think I need to rethink what I shall resolve to do this year.

Which brings me today's post:  How I am planning my 2017.

One goal. One month at a time.  There's no point making a goal for an entire year because no matter how simple it is or how fun, I will forget or get bored.  So this year I will try to break it down into monthly goals, all in the big picture of making a better me.

January 2017 Goal: Create a plan.

Okay, that's totally a blanket statement but it goes so well with today's post and also what better month to start a yearly plan than the month of new beginnings, of fresh start and fresher snow, of endings of semesters and of cozy nights spent bundled up at home.  Winter in Saskatchewan gives you plenty of cozy time which also provides ample time to reflect, so I'm going to use that as a starting block to create a path for my year.

What I've done thus far:

• I am armed with 3 agendas this year, yup you read that right. 1 for life, 1 for blog, 1 for budget and like having things separated and less cluttered.


• I took 2 weeks off of everything so I could relax and come back with renewed purpose.


• I have been planning the shiznit out of the month so far.


• I have laid out my goals for each month, which I realize may change but at least I have a plan.  They are as follows:

January/Organization, February/Fitness, March/Simplicity, April/Celebration, May/Photography, June/Learning, July/Friendships, August/Creativity, September/Videography, October/Cuisine, November/Gratitude, December/Family.

This month will bring lots of change as I wrap up my classroom teaching, which also means that 3 hours of each day will be freed up and I'm looking forward to using that time to really get a grasp on the person I want to be.  Luckily, being organized totally helps me get into a groove, plus who doesn't love crossing things off a list once you've accomplished them?  As a side note, this year I didn't go with an Erin Condren planner..I just couldn't justify the crazy price for shipping + customs...so I found two that look exactly like the Erin Condren but are significantly cheaper...so here you go, Canadians...try these two out:

 The Happy Planner from Michaels (always use a coupon, never pay full price!)

The Bando from Indigo.

Hop on over to Lisa's blog to see what kind of pointers she has for you.

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