May Goals

So, how did I do on my April Goals?

Photography:

-Start one new photo project and see it through to the point where I have a few good images for it  Hmmm, maybe I did this one with the Lensbaby Sweet 35? I'm not sure. 

-Marketing marketing marketing: direct mail? Perhaps. SOMETHING. Marketing may be my Achilles heel at this point. <-- Still need to get on this one.

-FINISH TAXES. Oh yes. And soon. Must be done in April, absolutely, no excuses. The IRS is a good motivator. Done!

-Get all those photos I've been promising to friends to those actual friends and off my hard drives. This is a worthy goal. I did pretty well on this. 

-Refresh the content on my website, tweak it a bit, maybe add something more. I have a few ideas for this percolating. <-- Now this is a May goal.

-Create a really sustainable, easy backup solution that doesn't cost a million dollars. <-- Still working on this one.

-Read Enchantment. I'm halfway through. Part of what took me so long is that I dithered for two weeks about whether to buy the hard copy or just read it on my phone. I had long internal conversations about which was greener - electronic or paper? In the end I chose electronic.

Life:

-Spend at least half an hour every day outside. Honestly, if I get this one done, I'll be sitting pretty. And I mean quality time, one half hour all together, not five minutes here and there. Yeah! I did a pretty good job on this.

-Organize. Get my ducks in a row. <-- Hard to say, really. I'd say I didn't quite. 

-Go to bed earlier. <-- Actually I probably went to bed later.

-Streamline. Do fewer unnecessary tasks. It's a process, but I feel like I'm making progress on this one. 

-Buy nothing except groceries. I've got all the photo gear I need, and my place is full. So no more little impulse buys. At least for April. <-- Total failure! Oh well, there's always May.

And now for my May Goals:

- Shoot 10 portraits of strangers. I'm feeling more confident and like I might be able to do this one.
- Do some marketing 3 times a week.
- Declutter. Get rid of at least 3 full bags of stuff I don't need or use.
- Stay on top of communication, be it email or phone.
- Finish reading Enchantment.
- Update my website.

I feel like I created too many goals in April, and so I had a harder time keeping up with them all. So I've scaled back a bit for May, and focused on what's really important. What about you? Are you making any goals for the month? If so, good luck!