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    and I have been DREADING this post for sometime now. It’s really not something I have been looking forward to. I knew April would be a little crazy but I thought I would at LEAST have gotten some more Thank you notes done! Ugh. Why is this so HARD?! I have them sitting by the couch so whenever we’re watching TV, I can work on them! Well, whenever I stop working and Michael comes home and we’re watching TV, I really don’t feel like writing Thank You notes… I just want to relax! Michael and I are SO incredibly thankful for everyone that participated in our wedding and supported us…. I’m just

really behind on my Thank You notes and because this is such a HUGE task…. I keep putting it off. I know it needs to be DONE and my mother is constantly reminding me of that…..so once again, it’s on this month’s GOALS list! Pleasssssse wish me luck with that one!!!!!


BUSINESS GOALS | APRIL


Update the Engagement gallery on my website (welp, I attempted this….)
Re-order Thank you cards with corrected color!
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!)
Shoot my 3 April weddings and do it WELL!
Enter expenses and mileage from JAN – MAR
Order albums that have been proofed
Finish my “PROJECT”:):) The Video is DONE!!! Woohoo!!!! View it HERE!

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    PERSONAL GOALS | APRIL

  • Write 50 new Thank You notes (FAIL…..I HATE THIS “TO-DO” ITEM! I’M SO BEHIND!)
  • Edit MISC pics that have been living on my desktop for YEARS… literally YEARS!
  • Workout 3x a week…. I know I have FAILED at this the last 3 months but I’m GOING to make this HAPPEN!
  • Get more frames for the youth room and BLOG it!
  • Drink more water daily... less Mountain Dew
  • Find someone to make our valances for the kitchen!
  • Switch Michael’s clothes to the downstairs closet (this would make sense if you saw our house!)
  • Create 1/4 of our wedding video…. I REALLY want to show off our wedding day… but this is taking forever!
  • Visit Emy at TECH!!!

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Ok Seriously? How can one person be SO unproductive?!! Was it because of the beginning of wedding season? Lack of self discipline? What was my deal?! I feel like I accomplished a lot this month but somehow, only a few of my accomplishments were on my GOALS list! I’m so tempted to add in a few little “to-dos” that I didn’t originally post, JUST so I can cross them off!!  If anyone has tips for getting Thank You Cards done AND making yourself go to the gym multiple times a week…. PLEASE SHARE!!!!!! As you can see, I need some help making these things happen!! So here are the goals for this month and I WILL accomplish more in May….hopefully.

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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
  • 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
  • Edit MISC pics that have been living on my desktop for YEARS… literally YEARS!
  • This is a change: Workout 2x a week… Tuesday and Thursday would be the best days!
  • Get more frames for the youth room and BLOG it! This means I need to go to IKEA Michael!:)
  • Find someone to make our valances for the kitchen!
  • 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!

Thanks for reading!

— Katelyn

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