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May 2015 Goals

It’s here. The month of May is finally here!

This is the month I’ve been looking forward to since last September.
This is the month I’ll give birth (what the what!?)
This is the month we’ll find out if we have a son or a daughter…
This is the month we’ll get to meet Baby Ray!

I really have one main goal for the month of May:

Have a Baby.

And if this is the only goal I accomplish, I will be incredibly happy and thankful. However, I also fully realize that #babyrayinmay very well could become #babyrayinjune. With my due date being May 27th, we’ll just wait and see!

While that is the most important goal, I do have other goals I will continue to work towards until Baby Ray arrives. I will continue to work as hard as possible through mid-May, until my maternity leave, and we have some exciting things to accomplish and prepare for. This month I’ve divided my goals between my personal and business goals, to keep my boundaries and focus strong.

Dear May, I have a feeling you might be one of the most memorable months of my life. I’m ready for you!

May Goals

  • Personal Goals:

  • Read 12 in 12 : Childbirth without Fear and The Story of Marriage

  • Go on Maternity leave May 11th

  • Finish the nursery with the help of my sweet friend Dina

  • Complete the last 3 things on our Baby Bucket List!
    – Go on a date with Will to the Angus Barn
    – Finish our Marriage study
    – Go see a movie

  • Sell and Donate all the excess stuff in our house

Business Goals:

  • Photograph 1 more wedding before Baby Ray arrives!

  • Finalize new NRP Branding

  • Send new galleries, text, and info to the new website

  • Complete Elizabeth’s new Family Photography Pricing + PDF’s

  • Turn over everything to Callie and Will for maternity leave

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April 2015 Goals

I feel like April is about to take me on a crazy ride. Weddings, nursery prep, family vacation, baby prep, childbirth classes, and finishing everything I possibly can before maternity leave arrives on May 10th. I have a whole lot of “to do’s,” but I have to ask myself, what exactly are my goals?

One definition of a goal is “an aim or desired result.” My aim or desired result at the end of April is to have a clutter free home, to have made huge progress on my new branding, to have successfully photographed 2 beautiful weddings and several sessions, to have the nursery finished, and to be in “wrap up mode” by the beginning of May.

I have to keep that desired result in my mind, or I will get overwhelmed and won’t stick to it. But in order to really accomplish those goals, I need to break them down to a more practical level.

April Goals

  • Read 12 in 12 : Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth and The Power of a Praying Parent

  • Photograph an editorial shoot for Southern Weddings Magazine

  • Dive into wedding season : photograph 2 weddings

  • Spend a long weekend in Beaufort with Will

  • Complete our Birth Classes

  • Stay current with assignments for NRP’s new branding (It’s always tough to balance the urgent v. important. This is super important, but not urgent, hence it needs to be on my goals.)

  • Take a vacation to the beach with my family and celebrate my cousin’s wedding

  • Begin the great de-clutter of 2015 in the Ray household:

  • Clean out our closet

  • Clean out our dressers + bedside tables

  • Clean out our garage

  • Run or exercise 2-3x / week

Here’s to a productive, fantastic April!

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