Hey there Reader,

I just hit the publish button on my last income report of the year!

Click here to read the full post

How did my goals from last month go?

1. Create a Christmas Bucket List – Done!

We made a Christmas bucket list filled with a bunch of fun activities like making Christmas cookies, watching Christmas movies and driving around to see the holiday lights. It was really fun to check things off and great to make some new memories as a family of three!

2. SEO Research and podcast planning for 2024 – In Progress

I spent time this month surveying my audience and doing a lot of SEO research to see what topics I should create content around. I’m still sorting through all of the data and my audience survey is open for a couple of more weeks.

If you haven’t taken my survey yet, click here and let me know what type of content you enjoy consuming.

3. Create a new free resource: 50 Ways to Improve Your Online Course – Ran out of time and didn’t even start it!

4. Try out a new childcare system – Done!

My husband started taking our daughter to his parent’s house one day a week to give me a full day to focus on work. This has been AMAZING! The first time I had a full day to myself I felt like a brand new person. I’m 3 months into motherhood and there have been very few breaks these last few months. Having a day where I can completely focus on work felt amazing. This is something we are going to continue into the new year.

5. Start booking 2024 podcast guests – In Progress

I have my first handful of podcast guests booked for next year, but overall I’m going to be taking on a really limited number of guest interviews in the first half of next year. I’m still very much in the chaotic baby season and my calendar isn’t always predictable right now. It’s a lot easier to record solo episodes since I can record them any time of day.

6. Find a new budgeting software – Done!

We're currently doing a free trial of YNAB (You Need a Budget) and so far it's working well. Previously I used Mint to track our spending but they are closing down soon so we needed to find a new way to track our finances.
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​How much money I made

$6,141 – This is a combination of one-to-one client work, affiliate income and coaching calls.

You can read about exactly how my business makes money and the different income streams I have here.

I'm still working less hours than before I had a baby. Baby girl is currently 3 months old so I'm slowly adding back in more and more client work.
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​My goals for January

1. Batch record podcast episodes

2. Continue to track our spending and create a new budget for 2024

3. Plan a trip with my childhood best friend

4. Set up for The Systems and Magic Workflow Bundle (a bundle I'll be a part of in February)

5. Work my way through Podcast Success Blueprint (a course I purchased to help me achieve my 2024 goals around podcast growth)

6. Setup a new client website - we're creating a brand new website to help host one of my long time one on one client's online courses!

I hope this was helpful! One big thing I'm seeing on answers to my end of the year survey is that you love this sort of thing where I break down my income and goals. I plan to continue sharing these monthly income recaps in 2024!

- Mara