2014 Plan Progress: Q1 and March

We are well into April, which means that there is less than four months (at this point, it is closer to three) until my wedding. I find this particularly disturbing, because my focus lately has not been my wedding at all. I’ve been distracted with work things, and blogging things, and all other things.

I don’t have that much left to do. Our engagement shoot is on Easter long weekend, so we will be getting a photo taken to formally ask my cousins to be our flower girls. We need to get tuxes and bridesmaid dresses, and do a fitting of my gown. My fiancé’s ring still hasn’t been purchased, I need to figure out table cloths ( I was going to buy them online, but the store I was going to buy them at has been sold out for what seems like forever), napkins, an alter,  and we need to figure out the processional.

I’ve been too distracted by my goals for 2014 to really do any of these things. Here’s how I’ve been doing on my goals:

1. Lose 15 Lbs

I lost a couple of pounds in February, but I don’t think I was so successful inJanuary. For March, my Fit Bit has showed a huge increase in activity. As the weather has been nicer, I have been able to get out for walks and have also been going to the gym a bit more often.

I’ve been bad at tracking this to find out whether I’ve actually lost weight, so since I don’t know what my weight was at the end of February to compare it with the end of March, I’ll just say that I passed this.

2. $20,000 Online Income

In January, I made just over $1,600 online

In February, I made $1,627 online

In March, I made $1,375.35

This is a grand total of over $4,602.35. 

March wasn’t my best month earnings wise, but I’ve been a lot more picky about where I make my income. I purposely did not renew some contracts.

I need my online income to be sustainable and so I’ve been moving more toward affiliate income. I made a good chunk of change in affiliate income in March, but because the payout won’t happen until mid-April, it will be captured in April. Plus, I came just under the threshold for a Google Adsense payout, so we’ll see one of those crop up next time too.

If I earn like this every quarter, I would fall short of my goal of making $20,000 of online income. I know it’s only going to get better, though!

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3. 1 Hour/day Unplugged

I definitely did well with this goal in March, but now my brother is back from a long work assignment so that means my fiancé will disappear to hang out with him a lot more often. That doesn’t mean that I can just let my unplugged goal drop off the map; I need to take time for myself too! So I will keep working toward this in April.

4. Get a Promotion

I have been doing a lot of work in this area in working toward getting a promotion at the day job.

I had a performance review in March, during which I got some amazing feedback. I met with my boss to get her opinion and expertise on some professional development ideas that I had, and to let her know that I was interested in moving forward.

I also put my hand up for an exciting new opportunity which I think will put me out there in the organization and help develop my skills. I keep challenging myself and putting myself forward for projects and experiences.

I have an interview for a promotion this week (wish me luck!) and I was shortlisted from a pool of qualified candidates and likely my colleagues. If I get this promotion it would be a great opportunity for me.

So there you have it. My progress. Here’s to an awesome April!