Really? 2014 where are you going?! I don’t think I’m the only one who feels this way! This year has been one heck of an adventure this far and I’m looking forward to even more adventures the remainder of this year. 🙂 Today, I want to share some of my July goals and updates since I pushed it from Tuesday’s slot.
* July is always known for being slower than the surrounding months (at least for my calendar year). For some reason, August is SLAMMED for me, but July is going to be my breathing month. Little breaks like this are so necessary in the business world. So after consideration of next year, I decided to not take in any wedding for July 2015. Why? Because Kyle and I are planning a HUGE European trip! AHHHH! So excited!!! We decided that this is the time of our lives that we need to travel and if we have the convenience of taking off of work, then why not take advantage of it before the plans of the future! 🙂
* Speaking of taking a breather, I will be heading out for a week long beach vacation from July 12-18th! I’m SUPER excited about this!!! This will be my first time back at OBX since four years ago … It’s been a LONG time! So, I’m considering doing one or two sunrise sessions while I’m down there! If you are in the OBX area from July 12-18th, email me at info@stephaniemessick.com . I loveeeee beach sessions! 🙂
* On July 12th, I’m planning something exciting with some of my brides! SOOOOO excited about this! More of this to come on my Instagram when it does happen. 🙂 Be sure to follow to see what is happening on that day! #smprunawaybrides
* Goal 1: Get back on track with finances! I’ll admit that I’m not a guru at bookkeeping, so I bought Quicken to help me out through this year since I was frustrated with Mint.com last year (duplicating transactions, etc.). However, now Quicken is also not doing exactly what I was hoping for. So I want to take some time to figure out how to make it work for my systems. 🙂
* Goal 2: Continue exercising/eating healthy! A few weeks ago, I started a workout plan to tone up. Even though I was feeling like thing were toning, I was not getting the results I was looking for … of course finding out that I needed to add more cardio and eating in proportions. Silly me for thinking “because I worked out, I can eat more.” Oops! 😉 Sure, it’s true but I needed to still monitor how much I’m eating. So this week I started back up with only until July 12th to get where I realistically can achieve. So far, so good!!! I will make a banana smoothie in the morning or a different fruit (ex. one banana and 3/4 2% milk with some honey) … DELICIOUS. This replaced the bars I would eat in the morning. I love breakfast bars, but some of them are stuffed with things that are not easily digested. So I’m watching what I eat and can already see a difference just in 4 days!
* Goal 3: Continue to keep up on my one week turn arounds. Procrastination is NEVER good! So thankfully, I have been able to keep on track with editing. I want to still depend on this system to get me through the remainder of 2014. 🙂
* Goal 4: SUBMISSIONS. Goodness, can I hire someone to do this for me? I have photos I want to submit and never find the time to sit down and do it on top of my consistent running around throughout the week. So I really want to focus on this one day this month!
* Goal 5: Make sure all of my past brides are covered for albums, prints, sessions, etc. Half way point check in for 2014!
* Goal 6: Bump up my pricing in August. I need to start prepping for this transition as I make another move up. With more experience under my belt comes another transition in my pricing. I’m always learning and expanding and since I’m focusing on my 2015 potential brides, I will have yet another year under my belt.
* Goal 7: Have fun! Even though we all work harddddd, we also need to know how to have fun and break away for spontaneous events/adventures! Kyle and I just sat down and made a summer bucket list of things we want to do the next 2 months … so it’s time to start crossing the fun adventures off! 🙂
That’s all I can think of at the moment … but also a lot I need to do for this month! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far and I cannot wait to see what adventures YOU take this month or next month! xoxo
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