Hello everyone, my name is Keisha from @k.moartsy.journals and for more art and journal inspiration you can find me on Instagram and TikTok  at that handle. Today we are creating a monthly goals page. A monthly goals page can be a fun and helpful way to keep track of your personal goals on a monthly basis. In this blog I will be sharing what a monthly goals page is, what tools I use to create it, and how I designed the page.

So Here’s what you’ll need:

• Archer & Olive notebook (choose the size of your preference)
• Medium of choice (watercolor, colored pencils, and or markers).
• Pencil
• Black fine line pen
• Stickers (optional)

What is a Monthly goals page?

A monthly goals page is a tool used to outline and track specific objectives or targets that you can typically achieve within a particular month.  Creating a monthly goals page can help to maintain focus, increase your productivity and help to create a clear path to completing your goals each month. Incorporating a monthly goals page in your routine can significantly enhance your overall well-being as well. This project is also a perfect way to hold yourself accountable, because it can encourage you to follow through on your commitments while also tracking your progress on a monthly basis.  No matter how big or small the goal is, having a visual representation of the goal may help to create a sense of urgency or obligation to complete it.

Listed below are some additional benefits of creating a monthly goal page:

1. Motivation: Setting specific goals can boost motivation making it easier to stay committed
2. Clarity and Focus: can help to define what you want to achieve in physical form.
3. Self-awareness: Regularly reviewing your goals can help lead to better decision making.
4. Stress Reduction: Having a clear plan can help to reduce anxiety by providing a structured approach to managing tasks.
5. Ability to celebrate completion: creating this page can give you the chance to celebrate your successes and encourage you to set a new goal.

If you need a little help getting started, listed below are some topics you can use to create your own monthly goal page:

• Health and wellness: set goals related to weight loss, nutrition, mental health and exercise routines 
• Reading: you can keep track of the number of books you would like to read in a month’s time. You could even log new books that you’d like to read.
• Travel and experiences: in this section you could set goals for travel or new experiences you want to have during the month.
• Creative projects: Identify goals for artistic pursuits, such as completing or starting a painting, writing etc.
• Financial Goals: set target goals for savings, budgeting and/or investments.
• Time management: Set goals to improve productivity or reduce procrastination. 
• Community involvement: goals relating to volunteering, charity events etc.

How to design your monthly goals page:

The design of your page is totally up to you. I have chosen to highlight the following:

• monthly priorities
• events
• reading goals
• notes

As always, I’ve chosen to add a little art to my design. The mediums I used are acrylic paint and calliograph markers by Archer and Olive. I’ve also opted to keep my page fairly simple and that was intentional. I didn’t want to overwhelm myself, so I chose to highlight goals that could be easily attained.

Remember, there is no right or wrong way to create a monthly goals page. It is important to design your page in a way that will motivate you to actually use it.

Thank you for checking out my tips on making your very own monthly goals page! I hope that you have found some inspiration in this blog.

Be sure to check the free printable available with the blog and I’ll see you guys next time, bye!