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Week 11

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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:

  • This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jerkins
  • Business Boutique with Stephanie Martian
  • The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines

Watching alone // Ozarks, Season 1 (Netflix)– not really watching anything here
Assault Bike Show // —
Watching with Casey // This is Us, Season 1 (Amazon)
Stitching // Baltimore Ornament — no progress

My Word of the Year: FINISH

March Goals (Set on Burke Does)

  • Read 3 books. ✅✅
  • Date night out ✅ and Budget date in.
  • Find and join a Crossfit box. ✅
  • Finish writing March content.
  • Write April content.
  • Finish launching rebrand.
  • Udacity planning– start March 12.

March Weekly Goals

  • Dress up at-home date night. 👌
  • Read 150 Pages. 👌
  • Wedding Planning Progress. This month I needed to: Beauty Plan, Pre Cana, Veil, Cake Ideas, Finalize Florist Details, Sign DJ Contract, Touch base with photographer & videographer, touch base with ceremony musicians.
  • Check in with Stephanie on our BB Progress.
  • Weekly goal setting posts on MyToDoLists.com. 👌

March Daily Goals

  • Workout.
  • Write 350 words.
  • Read.
  • Listen to audible.

Last Week

  • FINISH ALL OF THE REBRAND WRITING. 👎 I need to review one page and finish writing another. Then I’ll be done!
  • Find and join a Crossfit box. ✅ I joined Crossfit High Tide and Orange Theory Savannah!
  • Finish a reading book. ✅ I finished TWO!
  • Write 3 blog posts. 👎 I didn’t write a single word this month.

Must Get Done This Week

  • FINISH ALL OF THE REBRAND WORK.
  • Write 3 blog posts.
  • Plan Udactiy

Roses: What was the highlight of the week?

The weekend, for sure. Not in a “live for the weekend” sort of way” but in a “omg, last weekend was AMAZING” way. I’ll be writing more about it later today here, but it was definitely one for the books.

Thorns: What went wrong during the week?

I don’t know if my overall productivity is down or what, but I am simply not getting everything done anymore. I think I really need to do less, but I don’t know where to make the nixes. Ugh. I’m really struggling with the snowball effect here. A couple of weeks ago I only didn’t get 5 things done, but then the following week I didn’t get a lot of more things done and now I’m at like 20 things from last week that didn’t get done.

Buds: What are you looking forward to next week?

This week I’m hoping to go to a local networking tech thing and visit a local coworking space in person! We have friends coming into town and I leave for nearly 10 days of adventures on Saturday. Of course that means I need to pack appropriately and make sure my house is in the appropriate state for those things. On to the week!

Week 10

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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:

Watching alone // Ozarks, Season 1 (Netflix)– not really watching anything here
Assault Bike Show // —
Watching with Casey // Game of Thrones, Season 7 (HBO)
Stitching // Baltimore Ornament

My Word of the Year: FINISH

March Goals (Set on Burke Does)

  • Read 3 books.
  • Date night out and Budget date in.
  • Find and join a Crossfit box.
  • Finish writing March content.
  • Write April content.
  • Finish launching rebrand.
  • Udacity planning– start March 12.

March Weekly Goals

  • Dress up at-home date night.
  • Read 150 Pages.
  • Wedding Planning Progress. This month I needed to: Beauty Plan, Pre Cana, Veil, Cake Ideas, Finalize Florist Details, Sign DJ Contract, Touch base with photographer & videographer, touch base with ceremony musicians.
  • Check in with Stephanie on our BB Progress.
  • Weekly goal setting posts on MyToDoLists.com.

March Daily Goals

  • Workout.
  • Write 350 words.
  • Read.
  • Listen to audible.

Last Week

  • — didn’t set these last week

Must Get Done This Week

  • FINISH ALL OF THE REBRAND WRITING.
  • Find and join a Crossfit box.
  • Finish a reading book.
  • Write 3 blog posts. (I want to write 15 this month, so 3 this week and 4 every other week this month)

Roses: What was the highlight of the week?

Last week we moved and plunged right into Savannah life and I’m digging it. I still have to a lot to do to really feel settled, but I’m definitely headed in the right direction. I did an Orange Theory class which was cool.

Thorns: What went wrong during the week?

Comcast absolutely destroyed my productivity this week. Fighting with the internet was really rough. Rather than let myself do non-internet things, I really let it get me bogged down. My productivity was poop.

Buds: What are you looking forward to next week?

This will be my first full week here. I have a couple of big calls on the calendar this week. I also have a couple of in-person networking events which are exciting. Plugging in!

Week 8

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Emilie’s Profile

I’m an aggressively Type A 24-year-old living just outside of Fort Bragg, NC. 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:

Watching alone // Ozarks, Season 1 (Netflix)– not really watching anything here
Assault Bike Show // —
Watching with Casey // Game of Thrones, Season 5 (HBO)
Stitching // Baltimore Ornament

My Word of the Year: FINISH

February Goals (Set on Burke Does)

  • Read 3 books: 1️⃣ Get Money by Kristin Wong, 2️⃣ Girl, Wash Your Face
  • Have one date night out ✅ and one budgeting date ✅
  • Finish writing evergreen content for February and March
  • Finish getting contracts sorted out with help from CAI
  • Finish final project for Udacity course ✅ and sign up for Term 2 ✅
  • Finish launching new brand
  • Add Welcome Funnel to new opt-ins in ESP
  • Update Top 6 Posts from 2017 with new graphics, opt-ins, and zhushed content

February Weekly Goals

  • Dress up at-home date night 🆗
  • Read 150 Pages 🆗
  • Wedding Planning Progress. This month I need to: send the save the dates ✅, finish our registry at BB&B ✅, schedule our preCANA, make a beauty plan, figure out the veil situation, book the florist, and finalize the bridesmaids dresses✅.
  • Check in with Stephanie on our BB Progress 🆗
  • Weekly goal setting posts on MyToDoLists.com 🆗

February Daily Goals

  • Go to the gym. Monday through Saturday. 30 minutes on the Assault Bike on Sundays.
  • 20 minutes of stitching. Needlework is good for the brain.
  • Write 700 Words. On my Freewrite. Every morning!!
  • Track my reading.

Last Week

  • Udacity: Finish Project 3. ✅ All done!!
  • Write 2 new blog posts. ✅ Yes!

Must Get Done This Week

  • Write 3 new blog posts.
  • Finish services page copy

Roses: What was the highlight of the week?

Valentine’s Day was a great, great, great date night and I loved it.

Thorns: What went wrong during the week?

I’m struggling with overwhelm from moving 😔

Buds: What are you looking forward to next week?

We’re moving! I’m really feeling overwhelmed by it, so I’m excited to just get it over with. 😅

Week 7

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Emilie’s Profile

I’m an aggressively Type A 24-year-old living just outside of Fort Bragg, NC. 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:

  • Girl Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
  • Black Hearts by Jim Frederick
  • Business Boutique with Stephanie Martian
  • Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff

Watching alone // Ozarks, Season 1 (Netflix)– not really watching anything here
Assault Bike Show // —
Watching with Casey // Game of Thrones, Season 5 (HBO)
Stitching // Baltimore Ornament

My Word of the Year: FINISH

February Goals (Set on Burke Does)

  • Read 3 books: 1️⃣ Get Money by Kristin Wong
  • Have one date night out ✅ and one budgeting date.
  • Finish writing evergreen content for February and March
  • Finish getting contracts sorted out with help from CAI
  • Finish final project for Udacity course and sign up for Term 2
  • Finish launching new brand
  • Add Welcome Funnel to new opt-ins in ESP
  • Update Top 6 Posts from 2017 with new graphics, opt-ins, and zhushed content

February Weekly Goals

  • Dress up at-home date night 🆗
  • Read 150 Pages 🆗
  • Wedding Planning Progress. This month I need to: send the save the dates ✅, finish our registry at BB&B, schedule our preCANA, make a beauty plan, figure out the veil situation, book the florist, and finalize the bridesmaids dresses✅.
  • Check in with Stephanie on our BB Progress 🆗
  • Weekly goal setting posts on MyToDoLists.com 🆗

February Daily Goals

  • Go to the gym. Monday through Saturday. 30 minutes on the Assault Bike on Sundays.
  • 20 minutes of stitching. Needlework is good for the brain.
  • Write 700 Words. On my Freewrite. Every morning!!
  • Track my reading.

Last Week

  • Udacity: Finish Project 3. 🆗 I submitted the first draft and got feedback, but I need to finish.
  • Write 2 new blog posts. ❌ I’m the worst.

Must Get Done This Week

  • Udacity: Finish Project 3
  • Write 2 new blog posts

Roses: What was the highlight of the week?

I got to go to my first technical conference in PyTN! That was so excited, especially because I got to hack away at some cool data science projects. I also got to work on a chatbot and kinda make an OS contribution, kinda. This was a great week.

Thorns: What went wrong during the week?

I had a bit of an epiphany this week that I’m still too scattered. I need to focus more. The problem is that when I have the time to make progress on goals, I’m still faced with making the decision about  what to work on. In that case, I need to just focus on one and there needs to be a clear prioritization. Right now, I NEED to finish my Udacity projects since those have a cut off deadline of Feb 20. That’s what I need to focus on.

Buds: What are you looking forward to next week?

I’m looking forward to finishing this Udacity course! I submitted the final project, got feedback, and need to incorporate feedback. We should have a special Valentine’s Day dinner. Otherwise, I’m hoping it’s just a quiet week!

Week 6

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Emilie’s Profile

I’m an aggressively Type A 24-year-old living just outside of Fort Bragg, NC. 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:

  • Get Money by Kristin Wong (early copy for review)
  • Black Hearts by Jim Frederick
  • Business Boutique with Stephanie Martian
  • Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff

Watching alone // Ozarks, Season 1 (Netflix)- not really watching anything here
Assault Bike Show // —
Watching with Casey // Game of Thrones, Season 5 (HBO)
Stitching // Baltimore Ornament

My Word of the Year: FINISH

February Goals (Set on Burke Does)

  • Read 3 books
  • Have one date night out and one budgeting date.
  • Finish writing evergreen content for February and March
  • Finish getting contracts sorted out with help from CAI
  • Finish final project for Udacity course and sign up for Term 2
  • Finish launching new brand
  • Add Welcome Funnel to new opt-ins in ESP
  • Update Top 6 Posts from 2017 with new graphics, opt-ins, and zhushed content

February Weekly Goals

  • Dress up at-home date night
  • Read 150 Pages
  • Wedding Planning Progress. This month I need to: send the save the dates, finish our registry at BB&B, schedule our preCANA, make a beauty plan, figure out the veil situation, book the florist, and finalize the bridesmaids dresses.
  • Check in with Stephanie on our BB Progress
  • Weekly goal setting posts on MyToDoLists.com

February Daily Goals

  • Go to the gym. Monday through Saturday. 30 minutes on the Assault Bike on Sundays.
  • 20 minutes of stitching. Needlework is good for the brain.
  • Write 700 Words. On my Freewrite. Every morning!!
  • Track my reading.

Last Week

  • Udacity: Finish Project 4. ✅ Yes! That is, though, all I got done
  • Udacity: Finish Project 3 ❌ I didn’t even start! Again.
  • Welcome Funnel ❌ I finished the five day “how to budget” course, but not the welcome funnel.
  • Update 2 posts ❌

Must Get Done This Week

  • Udacity: Finish Project 3.
  • Write 2 new blog posts.

Roses: What was the highlight of the week?

Visiting Savannah! It was so nice to be in the city again! And to be reunited with my love, haha. That too.

Thorns: What went wrong during the week?

I didn’t get enough of the things I needed to get done done.

Buds: What are you looking forward to next week?

I’m heading to PyTN next week, so I’m definitely front-loading my work!