Monthly goals // March

I’ve never appreciated the arrival of March as much as I do this year. Winter has long outstayed its welcome, even in my world, and I've been desperately craving the feel of sunshine on my cheeks. Finally this week we were granted a proper taste of spring and I’ve reveled in every moment of it.


It’s been a tough week to be honest, but I’m confident that I kicked its butt. I haven’t felt like that in a really long time and it’s making me approach the coming week a whole lot more differently. I’ve been thinking about what I want to achieve this month and the fresh arrival of spring has made me keen to get some goals in place, to make the very most of the next twenty-nine days.

Here are the ten goals I’ll be working on in the month of March…

Read a book a week // I haven't spent nearly enough time reading recently, and when I do its slow going. I love the feeling that getting lost in an incredible book gives me and I feel all the more inspired when I'm immersed in great literature. I've picked up a whole pile of new books this week (Asda's deals were too good to pass up) so it's about time I got around to throwing myself into them.

Write, write, write // On the blog, in a journal, in notebooks – just write. Words are my happy place and I’ve been feeling so inspired over the last few days that I want to get this jumble of thoughts onto paper and see where that leads me.

Be less irritable // I’ve been noticing myself get more and more snappy over the last couple of months and it’s making me a lot ruder than I mean to be. It’s something that I absolutely despise in other people so it’s something that I really want to cut out. I’m going to make a huge effort to be kinder and talk to people how I’d like to be spoken to.

Write a 101 in 1001 list that I’m really happy with // I know, I know. I wrote one not long ago but I rushed it in a bid to get it on the blog as quickly as possible. I want to take some real time in thinking up goals that I really want to achieve over the next couple of years.

Watch at least 10 movies // Adam and I went to the cinema to watch ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ last week and it made me realise how much I miss watching films. Whether it’s at home or in the cinema, I want to make more of an effort to immerse myself in other worlds this month.

Start looking after my body // I’m overweight, I’m miserable with it, and I’m noticing the health implications. I want to fix that way before it’s too late, I want to enjoy my body for the rest of my adult years and it’s going to take some drastic action now to do it.

Spend more time on the blog // I love this little space and I love the blogging community, I want to spend a little more time making the very most of it.

Be more mindful of my finances // Now all of my bills and such are paid, I have a real idea of the “disposable income” I’ve got for the month. I’m aiming not to spend more than £100 a week, but that’s the very maximum. I’d like to keep it way under that this month, and I’m going to be take all of the necessary steps to start being a whole lot more mindful of what I spend my money on.

Take more pictures // I’m enjoying my life so very much at the moment, it’d be a real shame to have no pictures of the time that I finally found joy in the littlest of things.

Keep working my hardest at the day job // This week I felt incredibly appreciated at work and it was such a good feeling, especially when I then got to celebrate with my team at the pub on Friday evening. I’m coming up to my three month mark which means passing my probation period and finally being a permanent member of the department. I enjoy it so much more than anything else I’ve done and the people there are amazing, so I’d love to end the month knowing that I’ve put my all into being there. There’s no point doing something half-hearted, after all.

What are you hoping to achieve this March?