Today I’m recapping my May goals and listing my June goals. As always, I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I accomplished my goals. I’m also revamping my categories starting in June, and you can read on about that information below…
Relationships
Y Go on a date with B. – we went on two, dinner and a Shakey Graves concert + dinner and an Abe Parker concert
Y Have
dinner with my girlfriends.
Y Have
a poker night with friends.
Personal/Health/Wellness/Fitness/Beauty
Y Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, prayer journal, and affirmations every day.
Y Close
all rings on my Apple Watch 15 days. – I closed them all 15 times
N Aim
to average 10,000/steps per day. – I averaged 7,224
Y Visit
with my therapist.
Y Go
to my orthodontist checkup.
Y Go
to my allergist checkup.
Y Get
hair cut and highlighted before the beach.
Y Read
1 book. – I read two!
Family/School/Fun
Y Jacob attend his last middle school field trip.
Y Assist
with Teacher Appreciation Week.
Y Assist
with Field Day (assuming it doesn’t rain).
Y See
Shakey Graves in concert!
Y Jacob
wrap up Velocity for the school year.
X Olivia
attend a birthday sleepover. – This was canceled to due sickness.
Y See
Abe Parker in concert!!!!
X Attend
the last Home & School Advisory Board meeting of the school year. – They
canceled it and made it an email instead, which I really appreciated with all
that we had going on. Haha.
Y Attend
Olivia’s recital rehearsal.
Y Attend
Olivia’s 5th Grade Walk.
Y Jacob
attend his 8th grade dance.
Y Attend
Olivia’s recital dress rehearsal.
Y Attend
Olivia’s recital productions x 2.
Y Olivia
attend her last elementary school field trip.
Y Attend
Jacob’s 8th Grade Graduation Mass and Awards Ceremony.
Y Attend
Olivia’s end-of-year class party.
Y Celebrate
the last day of school!
Y RELAX
and BREATHE when it’s all done.
Y Leave
for the beach!!!!
Y Make
a summer bucket list with the kids.
N Work
on our puzzle.
Home/Organization/Planning
Y Deep clean the whole house before the kids get out of school.
Y Purchase
and wrap teacher appreciation gifts.
Y Prep
for Mother’s Day.
Y Get
kids’ Oh the Places You’ll Go books signed.
Y Prep
and pack for Olivia’s rehearsals and recitals.
Y Prep
and plan Olivia’s end-of-year class party.
Y Finish
transferring all students to new alumni database.
Y Prep
and pack for our beach trip.
N Finish
styling my new record player stand.
Y Refresh
all plants indoors, take two.
Y Get
new rug in place in primary bedroom.
N Clean
out living room, take two.
N Finish
cleaning out kitchen.
Y Clean
out Jacob’s bedroom.
Y Clean
out Olivia’s bedroom.
Y Clean
out the play room… again.
Y Wash
kids’ backpacks.
Y Photograph
art from the school year and file keepsakes in boxes.
Y See
what the kids need for summer (clothes, swimsuits, shoes, etc.) and purchase.
Blog/Social Media
Y Get blog posts done for beach week.
Y Complete two blog
posts for summer break.
Y Share more static
posts on Instagram.
N Post 1 Reel on
Instagram.
N Start working on
backlog of old Reels I never posted.
Summary
47 tasks accomplished
7 tasks not
accomplished
2 tasks
canceled
Books
Read: 2
Tangled Up In You by Christina Lauren
Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn’t Make Sense by Paul David Tripp
Meditation
Days: 31
Rings Closed on Apple Watch:
Move Ring: 15
Exercise Ring: 18
Stand Ring: 31
Workouts Completed: 19
Barre: 0
Core Training: 0
Dance: 0
High
Intensity Interval Training: 0
Hiking: 0
Mixed Cardio: 0
Outdoor Run: 0 (0 miles)
Outdoor Walk: 14 (30.41 miles)
Pilates: 0
Pool Swim: 0 (0 yards)
Stair Stepper: 0
Strength Training: 2
Yoga:
3
Time Spent Working Out: 10:42:38 (hours:minutes:seconds)
Calories Burned During Workouts: 2,238
Total Steps This Month: 223,929 (Average: 7,224 / day)
Pictures of My
Successes
Now for the June goals… and this month I am revamping my categories a little bit. Having a “Relationships” category and a “Family” category has a lot of overlap, and many things could fall into either category. In addition to that, I’ve been wanting to have a category just for “Fun” stuff, so I’m changing a few things to make the categories more concise.
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| Apple Watch Rings |
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| Meditation |
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| Teacher Appreciation Week |
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| Field Day |
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| Date night #1 |
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| Shakey Graves |
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| Date night #2 |
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| Abe Parker |
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| My trimmed up plants with fresh soil |
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| Recital weekend! |
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| Recital weekend! |
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| Recital weekend! |
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| Jacob's 8th grade graduation |
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| Jacob's 8th grade graduation |
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| Olivia's room before the cleanout |
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| The play room before the cleanout |
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| Olivia's room after the cleanout |
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| The play room after the cleanout |
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| Packing for the beach |
Personal Health / Wellness / Fitness / Beauty
Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, prayer journal, and affirmations every day.
Close all rings
on my Apple Watch 15 days.
Aim to average 8,000/steps
per day.
Visit with my
therapist.
See the upper
cervical chiropractor for my testing and scans.
See the upper cervical
chiropractor for my first adjustment.
Appointments / Meetings
/ Other Requirements
Olivia get braces.
Jacob go to his
orthodontist checkup.
Kids start
music lessons again after a four-week break.
Attend Jacob’s
Confirmation meeting at church.
Kids start
summer homework.
Home / Organization / Planning
Plan and shop for Father’s Day.
Purchase new
water bottles for the kids for school.
Start
purchasing new uniforms for back-to-school (this must be done early).
Get my car
washed and vacuumed after our beach trip.
Work on styling
my new record player stand.
Clean out
living room, take three.
Clean out
kitchen cabinets, take three.
Clean out bar
cart.
Clean out side
table in kitchen.
Clean out coat
closet.
List items to
sell.
Drop donations
at outreach.
Blog / Social Media
Share our beach trip on the blog.
Blog three times per week instead of
four for most of the month.
Start catching up on end-of-year blog
post.
Start catching up on posting links to
blog pages.
Share more static posts on Instagram.
Post 1 Reel on Instagram.
Start working on backlog of old Reels I
never posted.
Fun Stuff!
Go to the beeeeach and RELAX.
Go on a coffee
date with Father Manny while he’s in town!
Celebrate
Father’s Day.
See Dave
Matthews Band in concert!!!!
Attend a local
movie premiere with Jeannine.
Go on a date
with B.
Go to dinner
with my girlfriends.
Host a poker
night with friends.
Hang with
friends (pool/bowling/something else?).
Watch The Wild
Robot.
Watch Snow
White (the new live action one).
Work on our
puzzle.
Read 5 books.
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