April Goals

I'll show you mine, if you show me yours

January gets all the glory for being the month where everyone sets their goals for the new year. As someone who is very goal-oriented and loves to-do lists, I’d like to suggest April as the best month to make plans. Shocking, I know!

Here me out: January you’re still in the woo-woo of the holidays and the start of the year. The reality is, we don’t know much about what the year will look like, though. For example, last January the idea of a strike was very much that… an idea. By April, however; the strike was more of a concrete idea (or a constant anxiety, if I’m being really honest).

Astrologically speaking (again, if you’re into that sort of thing), April is also the best time for manifesting. It’s the start of the astrological new year and eclipse season, which are known for their super-manifesting powers (and as many of us witnessed on Monday, eclipses are also just freaking cool!) ¹

Photo by Karsten Würth on Unsplash

That being said, I spent some time this week thinking about what I want this month to look like, and to also get a sense of what I want the rest of the year to look like.

I usually break my goals down into different categories so I can really see all the steps. For bigger projects (like raising a child, or writing a pilot, for example), I may not complete all the steps of the goal in one month, so it’s nice to see the full breakdown.

Okay, here’s (some of) my goals for April. What are yours?

Goals (in no particular order)

• Writing (aka, my career, I guess)

  • Finish pilot 1st draft

    • Send to friends for feedback

    • Send to manager for notes

  • Substack

    • Write weekly

    • Make list of potential story ideas for the month

  • Meetings / Networking

    • Send notes to my manager re: staffing lists

    • General Meetings

    • Go to at least one social/networking event

• Child stuff

  • Activities: sign up for karate

  • Figure out summer camp / summer childcare situation

  • Practice reading app daily (instead of youtube)

  • Chores for allowance

  • Make list of daily activities that are not watching TV

  • Get spring clothes and essentials

  • Playdates

• Lifestyle and Community Goals

  • Clean out closets

  • House spring refresh

    • Get balcony summer-ready

    • find ways to incorporate spring things in house

  • Plan a day trip

  • Passover plans

  • Get Dodgers tix

  • Get caterpillars from Kidspace for Butterfly project

  • See friends who fill up my cup

  • Commit to things that excite and engage me

  • Send my friend a baby gift

  • Go to Descanso or Huntington

There’s also one VERY big goal/project that I’ll be able to talk about publicly very soon. In fact, it may be the subject of next week’s post. (Any guesses what it could be? 😉)

Also, thank you to everyone who shared and reached out to me about last week’s post. You made my heart very full! If you missed it, fear not! Here you go…

Have a lovely week, everyone!

1. The picture really has nothing to do with this post, but it’s so dang pretty! Sometimes we just need a good *aesthetic*, you know?