A friend and I once agreed that September is like January for resolutions. September normally signifies the end of summer, and you start to tentatively think about that festive season and the New Year’s Resolutions that you’ve not quite achieved yet. For me, September is really that “knuckle down” time, ensuring that I leave the year in a better position than I started it.
The eagle-eyes among you may notice that there was no challenge blog post in August – that’s because I took a bit of a break. I still carried on with some earnings, and I even set up a few new income streams that should prove useful in the future. But I spent the month buying myself treats that I’d been scrimping on for months and months, and having a bit of a break. It has been a fantastic break, but it leaves me motivated to really put my everything into September. Especially as there are now less than 3 months until we fly to Florida.
There are a few areas where I want to achieve in September. So here are my goals, not limited to money making:
- Lost 1 stone (now before anyone gets all preachy at me, I’m actually counting this particular goal since mid August, which means about 6 weeks. As I am very overweight, my average weight loss when I start something new is a stone in 6 weeks. If I don’t achieve the full stone then at least I’ve lost something).
- Visit the gym 3 times a week. I’ve just paid for 3 months of gym membership for myself and Tony, so we have no excuses.
- Make £sh!tloads. I decided to not set a goal this month – I’m not sure if this is a good or bad thing. I’m going to try and make as much extra money as possible.
- Cut down our food budget to just £200 for the whole month, including take aways.
- Limit my personal spending to £100 for the month (not including petrol).
- Write and publish 3 blog posts per week.
- Achieve an extra 1,000 blog visitors in September.
- Earn 1,200 Nectar points towards my challenge to buy a Kenwood K-Mix.
- Maintain a tidy house!
- Sort out ESTA, travel insurance and API for our holiday in November.
- And finally…these are too long to put onto a list – but I plan on doing all the niggly annoying jobs that I’ve been putting off for months. This includes sewing some items of clothing, completing an online training course, restoring furniture and some DIY tasks.
In order to maximise the money I make in September, I’m planning on the following:
- Earning 500 AppTrailers points every day and cashing out daily.
- Earn enough “berries” to cash out on Get Jam.
- Fill my Swagbucks daily goal meter.
- Go through all my current earning/survey accounts and see if I’m close to cashing out.
- Listing shed loads on Facebook selling pages, especially as eBay have changed their final fees to include what you charge for postage.
- Holding a yard sale
- Work through my Make £1,000 blog post and do things I’ve not got round to.
Is anyone else setting themselves some September goals? I’d love to hear about them – even if they’re not money orientated.
