2014 Goals: June Progress

It’s still June as I write this, but it’s a weekend and a long weekend (sort of) at that so I do not anticipate anything drastic changing in the next couple of days.

So much happened in June. The wedding keeps inching closer and closer, which is both exciting and stressful. As a reminder, below are the goals that I made for 2014 at the beginning of the year.

I made some serious strides toward achieving all of these things in June.

$20,000 Online Income

Overall in June, unless an expected payment clears between now and tomorrow (unlikely), I have made $1978.42 in online income.

This is generated through various streams, including:

– My new, non-blog related endeavor
– The services that I offer (staff writing, ghost writing, blog commenting, carnival submissions and blog consulting)
– Affiliate income
– Other blogging income

This is before all deductions (Paypal fees, services, conversion rates, cost of supplies).

Offline, I made $796.36 in passive income.

My total extra income is $2,774.78 for the month of June.

I’m waiting on a payment of about $425, which should have cleared in June but will more likely clear at the very beginning of July so it will be included in my July income review.

If I made $1978.42 in extra online income every month in 2014, I would surpass my $20,000 goal by $3,741.04.

It was a good month!

Lose 15 Pounds

In late May, I had my first wedding gown fitting. I had ordered a size smaller than I was when I found “the” dress, despite many warnings from bridal consultant.

When I tried my gown on, I was thrilled that it fit. That meant that I had lost enough weight that I was down a dress size.

I had my final fitting about a week ago, and the gown was getting a bit too loose around my hips. I don’t feel that I am done losing, but I will have to hold off on losing any more weight for at least the next few weeks until the wedding is over.

I don’t feel that different, but so many people have been commenting on my weight loss. I would guess that I am down at least 10-12 pounds since the beginning of the year.

1 hr/day Unplugged

Because of all of the wedding planning, and the general outdoorsy-ness that comes with the summertime, I’ve spent far more than one hour per day unplugged. In fact, I’ve been neglecting the stuff that I really need to be doing online to keep the income coming in. I can’t do everything that I want to do, not with planning a wedding. I’ll be able to pick it up again in August, so this will be more of a conscious effort then.

Get a Promotion

It became apparent over the course of May and June that I wasn’t going to be successful in getting a promotion within my preferred timeframe with the company I was working for, so I promoted myself.

I accepted a job offer with a different company. 

I’ll be making around $20,000 more per year (if I am there for a year; the position is temporary for right now) overall, and my base salary will be an increase of over $8 per hour.

That’s how I fared in June! Bring on the later half of the year 🙂