Somehow February snuck up on me. It was the busiest I’ve been since the end of wedding season, and I have no idea how it happened. Snowboarding, dinners out, Valentine’s Day, Danny’s Birthday, and a few photo shoots brought this snowy month to an end before I knew it. I actually didn’t even realize the month was over until I read a fellow photographer’s blog this morning talking about her March goals – and then I remembered to flip my calendar 🙂 My wedding season starts TOMORROW – and I couldn’t be happier to get back into the groove of things. Let’s see what I achieved last month and what I am setting out to do in March.

BIG GOALS for 2013

1.   I reached my goal of booking 10 weddings for 2013!!!
2. I bought the Canon 5D Mark ii AND I got a ThinkTank Rolling Camera Bag

February Goals

1. Keep this working out streak going for 2 months straight.

•  Womp, womp. Bummer. I pretty much stopped running all together. BUT, I put together a Rec League basketball team that I play on every week and I’ve snowboarded pretty much every week this month so that counts as at least two days of cardio a week, right? I suck L

2. Book 3 out of the 6 open weddings I have.

• I still have one open that I’m meeting with over the weekend, but… I booked 4 out of the 5 consults I had so that’s a major success!

3. Submit an Engagement Session to be published.

• Done, still waiting to hear back. Cross your fingers for me and my lovely couple.

4. Plan Danny the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER, ha. Seriously though, this guy puts up with a lot – he deserves nothing less.

• I don’t know if it was the best EVER, but I managed to get 20+ of his friends/family all in one place to celebrate last week, bought him a new snowboard, made a homemade taco dinner on his actual birthday, and we’re going out for drinks/appetizers at his favorite restaurant tonight, J. Alexander’s, for one last celebration.

5. Plan a photog date with at least one new friend in the industry. I’m looking at you Ryan Moore.

• Didn’t happen 🙁 I got so busy I couldn’t find the time. BUT, I’ll be at WPPI next month so that’s like 4 days of photog dates in a row.

March Goals

1. Keep a more detailed record of how long the wedding/editing process takes for my March 2^nd wedding.

2. At WPPI in Las Vegas, make at least ONE new photog friend from the Chicagoland area and make plans to meet up for drinks/coffee back home.

3. Order branded stationary, USB drives, USB boxes, and go to Hobby Lobby to get embellishments for client USB drives.

4. Design and order branded greeting cards for clients.

5. Aside from basketball on Tuesday nights, run/workout at least two other nights a week – NO using business “busy-ness” as an excuse. Even when I’m swamped, just going for a 20 minute run is better than nothing.

That’s it! Like always, wish me luck, hold me to it, and if you see me in person, feel free to ask me if I’m on track to achieving my goals this month 🙂

Stay warm!