Do you remember I gave myself a big ol’ year long to do list for 2010?
Well, now that it is already the middle of July (!!!) I thought I should probably look back and see if I’ve accomplished anything …. and remind myself what I still need to do for the rest of the year ….

Friends and family:

• Joe and Katie’s wedding (August 6) – Um. It’s not August yet
• Katie’s various bridal showers – done and done
• host parties, holidays and get-togethers (assuming we are able to buy a house) – not buying a house this year, but we have had friends/family over SEVERAL times in the last few months since we got an apartment/couch/dining room table.
• Invite friends/family on our little adventures/excursions – well, we definitely invited several people to go to Hearst Castle with us, but no one did. …
• Remember/acknowledge as many birthdays as possible - I am so bad at this.

Organization and home:

• Do more cleaning/chores/taking care of the home - (only Andrew can say if I succeed at this)
• Start a home-manual (w/ details about our appliances, contact for companies we do business with and just an all-around go-to for day-to-day information – Not yet started. I definitely want to get this started before the year ends.

Environment:

• Reuse and re-purpose – rather than just throwing away or giving away – We’re doing a lot of recycling…. I think this goal will be most useful when we buy a house and can actually get all of our stuff out of storage.
• Implement some of these tips

Business (Teegan Photography):

• Read at least 1 business/marketing book per month – I’ve been totally on top of this. Download my list so far.
• Keep up on my business/marketing blogs that I read – mostly. But I keep finding more.
• Narrow down the wedding/wedding photographer blogs to only include people who truly inspire me. – Done. There’s a lot of photographers that are good … and boring. Unfollowed.
• Exhibit at at least 1 bridal expo – instead of this this year I attended a couple workshops. soo so fun.
• Finalize product offerings – I *think* this is mostly set. I need to think on it a bit more
• Put together promo video for the site – not yet
• Do some just-for-fun shoots – one done, but I have 3 in my head.

Blog (Those Crazy Schuberts):

• Continue to blog consistently Monday-Friday – actually Tues-Fri now
• Find more ways to increase the SEO on the blog, increase readership and focus my story – more or less an ongoing project. I think I need to focus a bit more.
• Add video (I think I’m going to get one of these cameras) – I don’t know if this is a goal any more…
• Publish at least 2 free e-books - one published at Lemon and Raspberry on Better Photography. Did you see it?

Financial:

• Tighten up our budget – doing better.
• continue saving money for our new house, furniture, eventually-needed car, etc. - doing pretty well. We bought a couch/etc w/o going into debt
• Open an IRA account (for me) – why can’t I remember to do this?
• contribute to both my and Andrew’s IRA accounts
• knock out some more student debt – little baby steps

Travel:

• Hearst castle for my birthday (April 2-3) – so fun!
• Mexico cruise for Katie’s bachelorette extravaganza (June 4-7) – also fun
• Paso Robles to shoot a wedding (April 10-11) – also fun
• Plan/book our vacation for 2011 (likely an Alaska cruise with Julie) – I think I need to start planning  this in Oct or so.
• Maybe a Sunday trip to Santa Barbara with Daniel and Jenae – we still need to plan this
• Maybe visit Jamie in San Diego – this would be end of August, probably for the sharks

Health:

• Stop buying soda. - haha! no.
• Shop seasonally at the farmers’ markets - I think we are going to do a version of this
• Get my eyes checked – lazy

Just for me:

• More Andrew. Less internet.
• More crafting. Less internet.
• continue learning about American history (currently on colonial/Revolutionary War era)
• learn more about fashion photography
• shoot at least 1 role of film
• turn 28 years old (this one should be easy)

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