Journey Forward ∴ 9 - Quarter Check In

Can you believe we are a quarter through twenty12 already? This weeks Journey Forward was to look back at the progress we have made towards our one word & goals.

• Complete 4 or more blog designs per month.

Holla! I'm not quite up to four every month, but my average is right around four. Blog design can be tricky in that some projects take longer than others & carry over from month to month. Nevertheless, I'm quite proud of myself & these 15 designs!

January (3): Mrs. Alana's Miscellany, Lattes & Love, Of Our Parents
February (6): The Shelton Family, Reading, Eating & Dreaming, You are the Roots, Post Cards from TG, Creative Bug
March (3): Human Sparkler, Keep Your Sunnyside Up, C Squared W
April (3): Maggiano Takes Austin, Lovely, Flowers, Ribbons and Pearls

• Find an online teaching job at a college or university. 

Fail. I did have one fun job opportunity sent my way, but it didn't work out. I have a feeling this is going to be hard to accomplish before moving back to the states. The good news is that I have my portfolio & resume all ready to go when the time comes! {www.kathrynprice.info}

• Make dates with my husband to have fun together at least twice a month.

At the beginning of the semester Chris and I were going out together almost every Saturday night. In March we had fun at his 4th Semester Banquet. But as the semester has started closing in (tests!) he just hasn't had the time for it. Hopefully in 5th semester there will be more time for these sorts of things without the stress of so many exams.

• Read 12 books. 

Yes! I'm at 4 books: Love Wins, Outlander, Sing You Home, Fifty Shades of Grey. Reading is one of my favorite things to do, so I think I will always find time for it. It helps me to relax.

• Relax

Seriously, I feel like I'm working on this daily. Starting my own little design company has been a lot of hard work and a lot of long hours. That little list of 15 blogs up there represents my heart and soul for the past 4 months.

I feel like the Journey Forward challenge has helped me stay accountable during this time. Knowing that I have to write a post every week about how I am doing with relaxing has really helped me to stay in check. I get so easily lost in my computer & design; two hours can feel like twenty minutes for me. Living with a relaxed attitude is a work in progress for me.

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What about you? Do you want to join in on the Journey Forward challenge? It's not too late!

Twelve by 2012

Did you know I am a multi-tasker at heart? I've always got at least 12 things going on in my life at the same time. School, design, blogging, RSO (Ross Spouses Organization - I'm president this semester), and the list goes on.

I found this Twelve by 2012: a project of goals challenge via Kate of The Small Things Blog and was immediately drawn to it. Even though I'm good at doing a ton of things at once, what I'm not so good at is making goals relating to the projects I start.

The Twelve by 2012 challenge is perfect for me because the calendar of my life is governed mostly by my husband's med-school semesters. We are almost half-way through this semester already and there are definitely things I'd like to finish up before the end of the semester and the end of the year. It was quite easy to find 12 things I'd like to wrap up by year's end.

My Twelve by 2012:

1- finish up my 10 free makeovers at Priceless Design

2- complete the Caribbean Cooking challenge from Spouses Kitchen (more to come..)

3- plan something fun for my husband's 30th birthday

4- go to Rainbow Yoga at least once a week

5- organize my messy closet 

6- take a blog designers course from BDN

7-  read the last 5 books in my Goodreads 2011 Reading Challenge

8- get A's in both my classes this semester

9- complete in my masters capstone project: Globablog

10- get Priceless Design ready for it's grand opening

11- organize a Christmas party 

12- walk at my graduation