APRIL GOALS.
in addition to filing my income tax and losing another [two] pound[s], i’m going to…
1. finish blogging my guatemala trip
* i have part two written and saved as a draft, part three will take a while
2. officially hire a very-part-time office assistant
* who will work on a lot of the goals i don’t have to write here! yay!
3. organize my dresser drawers stuffed full of work-out clothes.
* i always wear the same thing. give lots away.
4. write two book-lists: favourite business books & favourite faith books. blog ‘em.

and a look back and what got done last month…

MARCH GOALS.
1. lose 2 pounds. [um, i lost one i think. i'll count that as a win!]
2. write a press release for my studio space. [DONE!]
3. upload a ton of recent weddings & engagements to two bright lights. [DONE!]
4. build showit+ sites for march, april, may & june weddings. [almost DONE!]
5. file my income tax + HST. [HST -- sales tax -- is done, income tax still needs to be done...]
6. hem a recently purchased vintage dress. blog it. [DONE, but i ain't bloggin' it because i spent an hour cutting & sewing and hemmed it too short. ohh if i had a nickel for everytime that has happened to me... it could be a nice shirt. but its weird fabric anyway & the neck is too high and chokes me. thrift store fail.]

last month, inspired by another photographer, i decided to make monthly goals: business or personal & record them here. that month went by fast, unfortunately! ha! here’s the recap of what got done & what didn’t get done.

1. order a new sample album of alison & ryan’s summer sunshine coast wedding.
* not ordered yet, but i picked images and brandon finished the design. i will order when i get back to the office. i consider this done. ;)

2. finish the last project at the studio. 5 hanging prints… need to be hung.
* wahoo! thanks to my father for doing this. i simply stood next to him on the ladder & handed him screws.

3. photograph the finished studio space, after goal #2 is complete.
* yeah I DID! hollerrrr! killin’ these goals. check out the studio space post HERE.

4. blog in more detail about my november guatemala missions trip. [finally!]
* okay this is another half-way done goal. on the trip here, i prepped three guatemala blog posts. images are ready: text needs to be written.

5. design & order a coffeetable book of the guatemala trip, for personal enjoyment.
* yeah… didn’t even attempt this yet. march goal?

6. follow up, confirm & order all 2010 wedding client albums.
* i followed up with everyone but there’s only so much i can do. i need to wait for two clients to make album changes & then all 2010 clients will be COMPLETE!

7. launch a brand new blog & website.
* you bet this is done! you’re on the new blog & the new website is done, too.

MARCH GOALS.
1. lose 2 pounds. [this sounds ridiculous. but it ain't easy for me. two would be great.]
2. write a press release for my studio space.
3. upload a ton of recent weddings & engagements to two bright lights.
4. build showit+ sites for march, april, may & june weddings.
5. file my income tax + HST.
6. hem a recently purchased vintage dress. blog it.
* i would like to carry over goal #5 from february, but march is a crazy month. so, i’ll put it off. ;)

ps. a thank-you goes out to weddingsinBC for featuring shandelle & britton’s engagement session and love story on their website this week. check it out.

i’m a huge fan of cheyenne & geoff schultz. i think they are the cutest, raddest christian couple with the cutest, raddest baby boy. i love their heart for their business, for people, for their church. cheyenne reminds me a lot of myself. she’s an incredibly honest writer and i love how she documents their life together. honestly one of my very favourite blogs. saying that to say, cheyenne has been blogging her monthly goals for the past year or so & i’ve loved reading as she’s checked ‘em off one-by-one. i love goals. so… why am i not blogging my own? here it starts. the first of every month, goals for the upcoming four weeks. february’s are:

1. order a new sample album of alison & ryan’s summer sunshine coast wedding.
2. finish the last project at the studio. 5 hanging prints… need to be hung.
3. photograph the finished studio space, after goal #2 is complete.
4. blog in more detail about my november guatemala missions trip. [finally!]
5. design & order a coffeetable book of the guatemala trip, for personal enjoyment.
6. follow up, confirm & order all 2010 wedding client albums.
7. launch a brand new blog & website. [soooo close.]