Well friends, here we are in the final month of the year. It’s a bit hard to believe given how long the weeks and months of this year have felt! There is something a bit bittersweet I’m feeling about 2020 coming to an end. While it’s been what feels like a huge series of unfortunate events, there is something sad about the passing of time that I feel as I’m getting older. How are you feeling in this final month of 2020? Are you ok?

October has always been my favorite month of the year. The weather is often picture perfect, the colors are so beautiful, and apple cider is every where to be found. It’s the month we got married five years ago, and while it now also has some sadness associated with it after our second miscarriage at the very beginning of this month, there is just too much to love about October and the fall.

We’re midway through September, but it’s not too late to share this month’s goals! Especially because I’ve already been making some progress on some of them! :)

I also need to take a minute and share with you all how excited I am that fall is so. close. The temperatures have started to cool off and even though we’ll probably have another week or so of hot days before it’s really here, fall is on its way. I’ve already worn turtlenecks this week. Turtlenecks!

You know what has been annoying me a little bit recently? (I know… there are lots of things about 2020 that are annoying…) My 2020 monthly calendar is travel themed, and it’s getting a bit old each month to pull out another pretty image of somewhere I’d love to travel to in the middle of a pandemic where traveling isn’t possible! I guess I know what theme I’m not picking for my 2021 calendar…

It’s hard to believe that we’re already just about halfway through 2020. To be honest with all of you, I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed and tired in this sixth month of the year. I don’t really feel like I’ve made great progress in any of my goals, and I am trying to figure out how to make the most of the time that is left in 2020. I know that the motto for many PowerSheet’s users is “Progress, not Perfection,” but as a recovering perfectionist, that is just hard for me to abide by sometimes!

Who am I sharing my May goals with you before the first week of May has passed?! While March and April felt a bit beyond my control, I think May might be the month where I gain some of that back. This month I’m trying to focus on filling my time with projects that feel more easily achieved, and I’m looking forward to what focusing on small change can do for me right now.

Here is what’s on my radar for this month!

Well friends, here we are, midway through the month of April living in a way I never anticipated. I want to be honest though in telling you all that I have really enjoyed this opportunity to slow down and be more thoughtful about the choices we are making as we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Kurt and I have become more aware of the business we are supporting, the reasons we choose to leave the house, and the people that we miss most right now because we can’t see them in person. It’s been an interesting exercise in identifying what matters to us and I’m looking forward to talking with him about how we continue to cultivate what matters once life calms down and goes a bit back to whatever version of normal might exist in the future.

I don’t know about you, but it feels like so much has happened in the last week as the country has learned more and reacted to the spread of COVID-19. How are you doing where you are? Kurt and I are practicing social distancing and trying to do our part to help #FlattenTheCurve!