Week 19

Emilie’s Profile

I’m an aggressively Type A 24-year-old living in Savannah, GA. I graduated from Princeton University in June 2015 and completed my MBA program in December 2016. I work remotely for a productivity-focused startup. I am currently…

Reading // I don’t usually read multiple books at a time, but I happen to be right now. I’m reading:

• Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
• Shop Class as Soul Craft by Matthew Crawford
• Business Boutique by Christy B. Wright
• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Watching alone // Grey’s Anatomy, Season 11 (Netflix)
Assault Bike Show // —
Watching with Casey // —
Stitching // Baltimore Ornament – I finally made some progress!

My Word of the Year: FINISH

May Goals (Set on She Does Better)

• Read 3 books. I am aiming to finish Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood, Shop Class as Soul Craft by Matthew Crawford, and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
• Workout 20 times. I’ll be traveling, so this is a fair goal.
• Finish Wedding Fund ✅ & Put a Big Chunk of 💰 towards my car.
• Organizing the House, part 2. This means going through the guest closet, the pantry, the hall closet, and my dresser.
• Finish Memoir Class – Final Piece due May 17.
• Work on Nanodegree: Finish P1 Explore & P2 Wrangling.
• Write 2 “cold” pitches to new sources.

May Weekly Goals

• Read 150 pages.
• Read target pages in Business Boutique.
• Publish TDL post.
• Publish a blog post here.
• Send the weekly money report.
• Update Content Audit post.

April Daily Goals

• Workout.
• Read.
• Work on Nanodegree.
• Go to coworking space

Last Week

• Udacity progress – I did make some progress on my nanodegree last week! That was great! I didn’t catch up, but I did make progress, which was the first step.

Must Get Done This Week

• Write a full first draft of my final piece for my writing class.
• Work on Udacity for 3 hours.

Roses: What was the highlight of the week?

On Saturday, I went to Barre and then margaritas to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the local Kappa Alumnae Association, and I looooooved it!

Thorns: What went wrong during the week?

I had to terminate a client project. I felt bad, but it was also the right thing to do.

Buds: What are you looking forward to next week?

I’m going to my cousin’s wedding next weekend, so I will get to see lots of family!