What I've Been Up To & Upcoming Plans // February 2025

Hello there! I hope your 2025 is going well so far. Mine has been... interesting.

I was really hoping that I'd spend January getting creative and coming up with all sorts of ideas for content. Instead, much of the month was trapped in an anxiety/panic episode. Not fun at all, nor conducive to creativity. However, there was still a lot of positives in the month of January. So I'm going to get you caught up and then we'll dive into what February is looking like.

Quick January Recap

• Got started on taxes. This looks like getting mileage together, figuring out my expenses and income numbers, and dealing with sales tax. I like to get started early :)
• Did a bunch of work on the family business. We are doing some craft shows this year so I had to find options, apply to the ones we were interested in, and figure out some other behind-the-scenes things.
• Started on the family yearbook. This is our third year making a book to commemorate what we did. I'm the one who primarily puts it together.
  
• Enjoyed the snow! We finally got snow and it's gorgeous and I love it!!!!
• Began counseling again. It's been a while and I definitely need it right now so I'm glad I'm making it a priority.

One of the highlights of January was New Year's Day. We started the year with a Bible study hymn night and I can't think of a better way to start a year than singing with my friends. I am not that excited for 2025 (that will be discussed in a later post) but knowing I have this community helps a lot.

Now, looking at February...

Personal Goals

• Galentine's Party. I like hosting this party to bring ladies together and celebrate friendships.
• Celebrate my birthday. I don't know what I'm doing yet but my cousin will be here, which leads to the next point...
• ... Spend time with my cousin! She is leaving for the mission field this year so I'm even more excited about this special time.

Business Goals

• Finalize session days and times. With finding the studios last year, I plan to offer a spring and a Christmas day of mini/Novella sessions. I'm thinking of one spring studio and one spring outdoor day (so two spring days) and then one studio day when they are decorated for Christmas. Let me know if you have thoughts and opinions on this!
• Work on my new format. Because I didn't do as much creating in January, I'm not as far along with content as I wanted to be so that needs more work.
• Possibly work on taxes. Again, I like to get these done and over with as soon as I can!
  

What's been going on in your world so far this year? What plans and goals do you have for this month?

Went to The Common Cup in Ann Arbor and they have these cool paper scrolls with questions that they change out every so often. How cool!

Did a super fun Adventure Challenge - neon painting under black light!

It was hard to not buy one of the map pillows! I love maps and I love pillows :)

It looks like I get my love of the snow from my great grandfather :) He's about 4 in this photo.