are really NOT my favorite posts to write. It means I have to admit what I haven’t accomplished and come up with more “to-do’s” for the upcoming month! Ah! I feel like I’ve been behind for two months. Everything for the business is up to date as far as editing and emails and blogging (well the albums are slowly getting there!) However, keeping LIFE going and the business running is a full time, all day-everyday job. It’s hard to find time to just sit down and create our “Wedding Video”…. Note to brides… PAY SOMEONE TO DO THIS! It’s worth it. The biggest regret from my wedding planning was not
HIRING a videographer to do this for me! Anyway! The craziest part about this post is that I have done so much OTHER stuff this past month. There are things that have happened that I never blogged as a “goal” because I didn’t know I needed to do them! For example, my whole blog was switched over to a dedicated server in order to handle the traffic and this was a lot of work and a LOT of phone calls with HostGator. Thank goodness I like that company!! Some days I felt like I talked to their Tech people more than I talked to my husband! I also traveled to NYC, received new DVD packaging and reorganized the closet in my office AND Michael and I installed a window unit so my office wasn’t 100 degrees! We accomplished a lot in May but these things never made the “Goals” list. So even though not everything is done, I feel good about May. We did what we could! Here are June’s Goals and because I have an actual blogging schedule for the month of June…I will be posting ANOTHER post later today in order to make sure I stay on schedule! The the rest of today will be spent editing Sharon and Chase’s gorgeous Vintage/River wedding and drinking a DMD and returning emails! Here’s to a productive day!!!
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BUSINESS GOALS | MAY
.Update the Engagement gallery on my website (welp, I attempted this….)Design and order a 9×11 sample album (started it!)
- Design and order an new engagement guestbook sample album
- Design and order another 10×10 sample album (sample albums are FUN!)
- Finish entering expenses and mileage from JAN – APRIL (Still have April and May to do! I think I’ll pay Emy to do it)
- Update WEDDING galleries on Website
- Decide about purchasing a back-up MarkII
- Upload two weddings to Two Bright Lights
- Keep emails under 20 everyday… don’t let them get out of control!
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PERSONAL GOALS | MAY
. - Write 50 new Thank You notes!! YESSSS!! Totally did 75 last weekend!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!
- Edit MISC pics that have been living on my desktop for YEARS… literally YEARS! There is proof of this on Facebook!
- This is a change: Workout 2x a week… Tuesday and Thursday would be the best days! Michael and I are making this happen gradually!
- Get more frames for the youth room and BLOG it! – This is still a work in progress… I just want it to be totally DONE before blogging it!
- Find someone to make our valances for the kitchen! – I’ve had several offers, just have to re-find the fabric I bought… it disappeared!
- Create 1/4 of our wedding video…. I REALLY want to show off our wedding day… but this is taking forever!
- Try not to stay in sweatpants all day Mon-Fri!!!
- Keep GROCERIES in the house… seems like a simple task… but I put off grocery shopping ALL the time!
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BUSINESS GOALS | JUNE
.Update the Engagement gallery on my website (welp, I attempted this….)Design and order a 9×11 sample album (started it!)Design and order an new engagement guestbook sample album
- Design and order another 10×10 sample album (sample albums are FUN!)
- Update WEDDING galleries on Website
- Shoot my 5 JUNE WEDDINGS really well! One down, 4 to go!
- Stay on top of editing, one week turnaround for weddings.
- Buy 2nd Mark II and 50mm for backup
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.PERSONAL GOALS | JUNE
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- Continue to workout weekly WITH Michael!
- Finish the remaining 50 Thank you cards and MAIL them!
- Finalize the last little touches for the Youth Room and blog it!
- Kitchen Valances HAVE to get done!
- Create 1/4 of our wedding video… this is killing me!
- Make the Bed every morning… it just makes me feel like the house is so much cleaner!
- Cook 4 meals at home… we’re gone ALL the time… this sounds pitiful but 4 dinners at home would be great!
Thanks for reading!
— Katelyn
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