The Daily Grind | Kerrville Wedding Photographer

Whew! The first of month of 2018 is already coming to an end! Wow, it looks like 2018 is probably gonna fly by just as fast as 2017, if not faster. How are those resolutions coming? I must say the Smart Household has actually done pretty good so far. We have set some goals for the future (like way in the future) and have actually developed a process to achieve them. Now we just gotta stick to it.

I've been reading this book: The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win by Jeff Haden for the past month and he really does have some interesting perspectives and tips on achieving success.

I'm really intrigued by his tip on setting a big goal and forgetting about it. You have to develop a process that will make you accomplish that goal and that's all you concentrate on. The process. Not the end goal, not that big achievement that looks impossible, but basically what I like to call the "daily grind."

The daily grind to me is something I do every day without fail that gets me closer to where I want to be. A few things that are on my daily grind list:

1. Write blog post every day - well looks like I got it done today!

2. one load of laundry - because let's face it, we all have laundry

3. Read at least 10 pages per day - part of my read more goal.

4. Zero out checking account every day into a savings account - party of our debt free plan!

5. One hour of Education in the photography field - because there is always something more to learn.

Now I do have a few more, but in Jeff's book, he says that sometimes it's best to keep goals to yourself and work on them day in and day out, so that's what I'm working on. Day in and Day OUT. Trying to better myself for myself and my family.

What do you think of the daily grind?

Also here is a little sneak peek of yesterday's maternity session!