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November 2016 Goals

Do you know what’s great about November? Besides the fall leaves and brisk air and PSL’s and scarves and boots? The fact that our only travel plans include visiting family in the mountains of NC during Thanksgiving, and the rest of the time we are HOME. Working, going to church, and doin our thing. There is something so nourishing to my soul about spending long stretches of time here at home.

In addition to my goals below, I plan to get outside, a lot. I plan to run on the greenway in the brisk air, to make a lot of soup, to enjoy the outdoors with Milly. I plan to focus on all the things I’m grateful for, instead of what I lack. November, I’m so ready for you.

November Goals

  • Read Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth : 11th book in the Nancy Ray Book Club

  • Read 2/3 of The Secrets of Happy Families

  • Create a new Ray Family tradition : turn our Chalk Wall into a Grateful Wall

  • Finish Filming “Digital Basics” : Content for a new course next year

  • Run a 10K

  • Fall Launch for the Nancy Ray Shop

  • Host a Gilmore Girls Party

  • Finalize my 30th Birthday Plans (suggestions welcome!)

  • Finish all Christmas Shopping

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October 2016 Goals

October Goals

I’m currently on a plane to Disney World, with 10 other people: Will, Milly, my Mama, Sissy, Chris, and all 5 Blanton kids. This trip is gonna be epic!

The NRP studio will be running smoothly without me, so if you need anything just contact sweet Callie. I’m warning all of my Instagram followers though: Milly cuteness and Disney chronicles will ensue. You’ve been warned!

October, I like you already. A lot. You are full of family memories and meaningful work and travel with my bae. Also, my head is already kind of spinning from all the packing and unpacking that’s about to take place. I’m rolling up my sleeves, ya’ll, because there’s a lot of work to do in the in-between! Here’s to keeping the fall in October, and intentionally enjoying this season.

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September 2016 Goals

September means rhythm. I am so excited to settle into routine and embrace fall a little too early, like I usually do. I can pretty much smell the pencil shavings and new binders and new planners. Summer is over, and a fresh new rhythm of school and work settles in, and I love it. I thrive in rhythm and routine. Yes, even though no one in our home attends school, I get excited for school supplies and seeing all the sleepy children on the corner, waiting for their buses. It makes me want to get organized afresh, wake up a little earlier, and seize my days.

I’m going to give it to you straight: there were several August Goals I didn’t finish. Including organizing my personal photos. And photographing 3 home tours. (I only did one.) And finalizing filming with Heartstone for our next Shop series. (They are currently moving their entire studio to a different location.) That equals like half of my goals for August. So there’s that.

But do you know what I did do? I kept up with our Sabbaths, I enjoyed a day on the lake with friends, and we retreated to the mountains together with friends.

Also, I made some hard but good decisions regarding the Nancy Ray News and organizing our email list. Less fluff, more content, more streamlined, and ultimately more value for you, and less wasted time designing stuff for us. It’s going to be VERY different, but all in all, I’m SO excited about it. So in short, if you haven’t signed up for our newsletter, you should!

Now off to use some colored pencils, burning a cinnamon cider candle, and organizing my photos!

September Goals

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