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June goals: what I hope to achieve this month

2nd June 2020 by shoestringjane@outlook.com 6 Comments

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June goalsAs I said on Instagram the other day, my goals aren’t hugely ambitious and life changing. They won’t make me richer or more successful. In fact, they are unlikely to impact anyone except myself and Mr S. However my June goals will hopefully make me a bit more content. I like to feel in control of things.

Like many people, I have been only averagely productive during lock down. I haven’t written a novel or redecorated the whole house. Because I work from home, things have been pretty much as usual. Busy most days, but able to stop and have a bit of down time when I needed it.

Seeing them written down, I thought how very ordinary my June goals were. Maybe I should be more ambitious? However, they will do for me for now. I don’t seem to have the motivation to do something that will change my life forever. Maybe next month.

Anyway, here they are.

June goals

Weed control

Since getting Archie the Shoestring pup, it has been hard to do all the jobs that need to be done in the garden. He likes to ‘help’ , which mainly involves digging things up and flattening the plants. The weeds are running rampant, so my goal is to try to get a bit of control if possible this month.

June goals
Pesky bindweed

We have a bit of a problem with bindweed, which causes the air to turn blue at times. It really is a devil to get rid of, and seems to be spreading around the garden. We have found that digging out the roots at regular intervals and mulching heavily keeps it at bay, so this is one of my jobs for the month.

The veg patch needs weeding too, which is impossible to do with the dog around. We don’t let him onto that part of the garden, as he is too destructive. However, if you try to go onto the patch without him, he stands at the gate and barks. Not great for neighbourhood relations!

This means we have to take it in turns to entertain and distract him whilst the other one gets stuff done. It reminds me of when my daughters were toddlers!

Hustling

I have mentioned before that, since Covid-19, ad revenue has taken a tumble. I was doing pretty well with this and had become a bit lazy about seeking out other opportunities to make a bit of money. Now I need to plug the gap so I am exploring new ways to bring in some money. I have a few ideas.

I am not a natural hustler though, and it’s  not easy to push myself forward. However, unless I want to go back to working for someone else (which I don’t!), I need to make more effort. This is really the most important of my June goals.

Listing and more listing

review of march

I am still selling well on eBay, so want to list at least 100 new items.

This is a goal most months. Generally, I don’t quite get there and seem to sit at about 80. However, since ad revenue is down so much, eBay has become more important, which is an incentive to get on with it.

I find that if I am organised, I get a lot more done, so I will block off some time to do the various parts of the process. Sorting, washing and ironing; photographing; drafting and scheduling. Hopefully I will make the 100 this month!

Reducing the grocery bill

Along with most people, the different ways of shopping I am doing has seen the food bill go up. I am going to try to get a handle on this and bring it back down during June.

June goals
Massive reductions in Morrison’s

Yesterday, rather than do an online shop I went to Morrison’s again. I really love that shop! Monday morning is an excellent time for yellow sticker items, yet there is no queue.

I bought meat that will last us into July when I went yesterday. This means that hopefully I can top up as little as possible and will be back to Aldi to do so.

June goals

Shopping online at Tesco’s or wherever you can get a slot is so much more pricey and you miss out on potential bargains.

I do wear a mask when I go though, disinfect the trolley handle and anti-bac my hands on the way out of the shop and again as soon as I’m back in the car.

Washing the cars

Both our cars are filthy! I am actually quite embarrassed at how bad they have got and they need a good clean inside and out. The car washes seem to be reopening now, but I think we will do them ourselves.

We need to get out there with the hoover and a big bucket of soapy water and get on with it whilst the weather is fine. 

A little decluttering

June goals
Embarrassing drawer no 1…

I am really pleased with all the decluttering I have done in the bedroom recently. In my weekly round up I mentioned that I had even done a Marie Kondo on my T-shirt drawer!  Clothing I no longer wear has been bagged up for the charity collection or listed on eBay, and all my drawers are really neat and tidy.

However, downstairs is another story. You know all those small drawers that somehow get packed full of clutter? We have four of them. I know the glue and notepads are at the front, but have no idea what lurks at the back!

Ours are packed so tight the stuff is trying to escape every time one of these drawers is opened. No more! This is a job for the month, and one I need to do as Mr S will never throw anything out.

June goals
Embarrassing drawer no 2!

My June goals may not include finding the cure for the corona virus or solving the climate crisis, but they will do for now. They may seem quite ordinary, but I know they will give me a sense of peace and control.

Have you set any goals this month? Please share in the comments.

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  1. Vicki says

    2nd June 2020 at 19:48

    I am not a naturally tidy person but I reorganised my tee shirt drawer a few years ago in the Marie Kondo way and have found it easy to maintain and very pleasing when arranged according to colour! (How sad is that??)

    You have done well to keep your ebay listing going during lockdown. I’m finding it very difficult to motivate myself now to do anything particularly new and exciting. I thought all the extra time at home would mean that the house would be spring-cleaned to perfection but that hasn’t happened so far. However, I have been disciplined about my daily walk and have only missed one day during lockdown when I had toothache.

    Probably because of the warm, sunny weather(and we don’t have a puppy!), we have seen much earlier crops on our veg plots and will even be picking courgettes in a few days – we have never done that since we moved up north and I don’t think we ever had any in June when we lived much further south on the Herts/Essex border! We have had lots of greens – spinach, chard, beetroot leaves, cabbage leaves, salad leaves, radish, lettuce and rhubarb which has saved some money during the ‘hungry gap’ when there isn’t a huge choice of local produce in the supermarket anyway.

    Good luck with all your self-employed efforts and for continuing to blog – I hope the next few months are a little easier for you.
    Vicki

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    • shoestringjane@outlook.com says

      2nd June 2020 at 19:49

      Wow, that’s great! No sign of anything ready here yet apart from some lettuce

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  2. Julia says

    3rd June 2020 at 10:33

    Oh so you’re the one responsible for the change in the weather then (washing car)!!!

    I left the spring cleaning too late – might do it in the autumn now! Or not! 😀

    My goal for several years is to “do something” with the front garden. We lost one bush in 2018 due to the drought, and the rest have been neglected so are looking leggy. Trouble is, I like the height and bit of privacy it gives from the street to hack them back.
    Also the strip of flower bed is mostly roses & weeds, but yet again I’ve left it too late to tackle and the clay soil is hard-baked again now! I also know there’s a red ants nest underneath which doesn’t exactly fill me with motivation!
    The other thing that keeps stalling me is not finding the sort of plants I want in the garden centres/DIY stores as they’re so small round here, and I just don’t do well with online shopping for anything except books!
    One things for sure, after having no rain at all in May, and virtually none in April, I need to find plants that are drought tolerant! London has had over 700 hours of sunshine since the lockdown started and over 300 of them were in May alone! For comparison, May usually receives around 76 hours of sunshine!!

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    • shoestringjane@outlook.com says

      3rd June 2020 at 11:07

      Yes similar weather here and the ground is baked!

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  3. Linda says

    3rd June 2020 at 18:09

    I think most of us who live ordinary lives have ordinary goals.

    Mine include:
    getting on top of my filing, there’s lots to do as I am the executor for my late husband’s will
    weeding and pruning the garden
    examining my budget now that I am on a reduced fixed income
    eating healthily

    It’s the little things that we can control that help to quiet our minds.

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    • shoestringjane@outlook.com says

      3rd June 2020 at 20:24

      I think you are right. Hope you are well and coping. Difficult time for you

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