June's Focus and a recap of May's focus

June Focus:

To help keep things simple, I'm trying to create an over-arching theme each month. May was a no frivolous spend month, and June is going to be movement (specifically, 100 kettlebell swings / day).

My husband and I have decided to help keep each other accountable on this and so far so good! They take less than 5 minutes to complete, and are easy to do in our small home gym. (And when I say small, I mean small! It's pretty much just an 8'x6' platform that my husband constructed tucked into the corner of the mostly unfinished basement. But you know what? It's more than enough for 2 people to do some yoga or cross-fit style workouts!)

And that's that. June is above movement. And for only 5 minutes a day, it's going to be a hard one to say that I don't quite have enough time to do!

May Focus Recap:

I stress shop. A lot.

And it's rarely for things that I need immediately. So, needless to say, I've accumulated a lot of stuff. My goal for May was to curb my frivolous spending, which I'm happy to report I was able to do!

I also created a Habit and Mood tracker (link here) so that I could identify trends of why I was spending my money, and it was a real eye opener!

A lot of my impulse spending happened due to marketing emails (that I promptly unsubscribed from), and to a lesser extent targeted ads (which I either hid, or scrolled past real fast). Surprisingly, it wasn't always related to feelings of anxiety or sadness.

I also had to set some boundaries with a couple of friends who's products I purchase from them (specifically Beauty Counter.. though I love their stuff! I just let them know that right now was not the best time for me to buy, even though there were some great deals to be had, and would buy again in the future [which I will].)

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