enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: goal setting

  • september bold intentions.

    September! Oh man. I'm starting to get into that autumn mood. Partly because the days are getting shorter again (the worst!) and the back to school supplies have been up at Target for what feels like forever (the best!). In general, I am a summer girl. I love the heat, the extra sunshine, watermelon and…

  • 84 days later.

    This house became ours officially 84 days ago. We had fallen in love with it about 32 days before that, after seeing photos on our relator's listing site. The house was stunningly beautiful while empty with it's open floor plan, wood ceilings and Benjamin Moore Athena paint on all the walls. I was so convinced…

  • may bold intentions.

    April blew February and March out of the water. My bold intentions for the month were set and almost met. The bedroom still needs some work, but it will get there. We are closer to having a welcoming space which is the goal. And the baby girl has everything she "needs" for those first few…

  • april bold intentions.

    Every time I sit down to write one of these posts I pause to marvel over the fact that it feels like I just wrote one. March was good. Progress in on the setting the house front. Progress on the blog and business front. Progress on backyard landscaping and gardening front. I am now 31…

  • march bold intentions.

    February was a blur. A giant, messy, beautiful blur. I cried more tears of frustration in the past month than in the past eleven months put together. Paul leaving was hard. Buying a house by myself was hard. Getting a move organized alone was hard. Sitting on the phone with insurance to get a new…

  • thoughts on the 27 materials project.

    You might have noticed I am no where near finishing a project using all 27 materials. My intention was to create 27 projects using 27 different things before my 28th birthday … which has now passed. (You can see what I did complete here.) You might be bummed that I didn't finish. Or, you might…

  • february bold intentions.

    January was good. I did pretty well on my bold intentions for the month and am pretty sure I've set yoga up to be if not a "daily habit", an at least a "few times a week habit". We made great progress on the house hunt (even though there was a few days of sheer…

  • on daily yoga.

    Before I wrapped up mile a day, I started thinking about what could be next. I still think running is rad and plan on incorporating (slow!) runs into my routine for the next few months, but I really wanted to try yoga for a different strengthening exercise. I have been on a yoga kick before.…

  • the difference between goals and to-do list items.

    I have been getting a few emails about the difference between setting goals and accomplishing the normal day-to-day activities. What do I consider what? How do I stay motivated to do the mundane or routine stuff over and over again? How do I tackle large goals? I thought it would be a fun topic to…

  • january bold intentions.

    Last year, at the beginning of every month, I shared a list of goals I wanted to accomplish over the 30 day period. Some times it went better than others (you can read about my experience here). I used "choose," my word for 2012, to remind myself that the goals I set were choices. I…