What's New With Me- May Goals

Usually my "What's New With You" post is a monthly recap. However after consulting my planner (haha) and diving into the camera roll on my phone, I had nothing "blog-worthy" to post. The entire month of April seemed to whiz by (surprisingly), but it only consisted of:

working from home
cooking: lasagna (unsuccessful), 2 sweet treats (successful, but already posted)
an Easter visit from my mom
a neighbor's deck concert
sunsets

So there ya go. Maybe I'll have more for you next month. If you want to know what I'm currently up to, you can check out Tuesday's post. Moving on...

I decided now was a good time to review April's goals and set some new ones for May instead. I accomplished about half of the things I wanted to last month, but I'm slowly realizing that some of the things I *thought* I wanted to do, I really don't. And that's okay. At least now I have the time to figure that out instead of continuously adding those tasks to "to do" lists and wondering why they never get done ::shrug::. 
Create a "Legacy Drawer"- (to see an explanation check back here) I researched things like writing a will and put my important documents together, so I'm calling this a pass. 

List 25 items on Poshmark- I didn't do this, but at least now I know the reason I haven't done it is not because I "don't have time," it's because I don't really want to. So new plan- listed below. 

Read 3 books - I read 9! That's definitely a new record for me. Check back next Tuesday, May 12 to see which ones and my thoughts on them (mostly all good ones!). 

Read all the mags- Meh- I got through about half of them before I got bored. 
Re-start Tasty Tuesdays-  I didn't do this, but only because the lovely Leslie invited me to join her Recipe Swap blog hop! You can see the two tasty treats I posted here. 

Write 10 Blog Posts- Aah, so close! I write 9 posts last month. I think my favorites were the Post Isolation Challenge and my 10 "All-Time" Favorite Songs. 

Create a Routine- I've got my sleep schedule and work "routine" pretty much down; still working on meal planning because I get lazy, especially when I realize I'm missing a key ingredient in whatever I was planning to make, but I think I'm set for awhile now. 

Retrace and Track Spending - ...Oops. 

Tackle the living room closet- You know what's in this closet? Most of the clothes I want to get rid of/sell. So rolling this one to next month too.

Switch over wardrobe winter to spring- Another one I didn't get around to, but it's actually a good thing because we're supposed to have "Arctic" temps over the weekend!  

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Keeping it short and simple for May...

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Money Management- In February/March when I was changing all of my auto-payments and apps to a new checking account and debit card, I also moved monies that were sitting in accounts such as Paypal, Venmo, and Cash app over to my checking account. Now I need to figure out if and how much to throw into savings vs. paying off student loans. As we are still in uncertain times, I don't want to pay off a loan and leave myself in a crunch if any emergencies arise. And also ya know, track spending from the last 2 months. 

Tackle The Living Room Closet- roll over from last month

AND Hall Closet- Must get these closets under control!

Start Donation Box- For anything in those closets that I no longer need. They are not accepting donations right now, but no harm in getting a box prepared beforehand! 

Order Thred Up Bag- I'm setting aside a few items to sell on Poshmark, but ordering a bag from ThredUp for the majority of the clothes I want to get rid of. They have 2 Cleanout bag options. You can get a Selling Kit and get money for anything they sell and either get your items back or leave it to them to make textiles out of, OR you can order a Donation Kit. All items will be donated and for every Donation Kit sent in, they give $15 to Feeding America.  You can find out more here: https://www.thredup.com/cleanout

Retrace and Track Reading- physical vs. e-books, owned vs. loans, and somewhere in there Netgalley arcs

Are you still setting goals?

Linking up with Kristen and the Peaceful Posse!