Family Planner and More Goals for 2017

I'm adamant about getting our finances in order this year. I even bought a personal planner to plan my life out. Made a family planner to keep track of everything. Today, I'll focus on the family planner. This planner only contain a few page as I'm still trying to figure out what works for me. This is just simple 1/2 in binder I got for $2.59 at Target. I printed the dividers with the cardstock papers I already have. It's not super decorated as I am artistically challenged. 

One of the most important page I think is our GOALS for 2017 page. Looking at this page really helps to curb the urges to buy things. If something isn't helping me reach these goals it's not worth buying. This isn't complete but it's what I have so far. I included the long terms goals here to make sure I keep focus. Some of these goals seems pretty ambitious, but not unattainable. Even if I don't succeed in all my short terms goals, but if I keep working towards it, I'm still better off than I was yesterday.  This isn't all or nothing. If we're not able to buy a house this year. It's fine, it only gives us more time to save money. Not like because we didn't buy a house this year, we're going to squander all of our savings. To me, goals are a destination that keeps you moving forward.

Behind my goals page is this spending log. I'm writing down everything we spend on this month, and hopefully every month. It would be interesting to see where we spend our money.

Under the HOME category I have a few house hunting evaluations. I got this from

scatteredsquirrel.com. We have not seen any houses yet, hopefully soon. I'll be sure the bring this along with me.

 I also have this BABY section. There is nothing set up yet. But there are a few things we need to do before the baby's arrival. The baby shower planning will go here. We also need to create a list of things we need buy for example a co-sleeper or a bed side sleeper. It's still too soon to set up a hospital bag, but that list will go here as well.  With two kids, I'm sure this will get fill up fast.