Friday, September 3, 2021

Five on Friday - September Goals

Y’all, my favorite four months of the whole year are HEEEERE!!  I’m so excited I can’t even stand it and I’m ready for all the pumpkins, leaves, sweaters, scarves, and boots. 

Today I’m recapping my August goals and listing my September goals.  As always, I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I accomplished my goals. 


August Goals

Relationships/Connect/Be the Light

N  Go to lunch with an old coworker. – Never got around to doing this because we’ve started backing off of going out too much because of Covid cases being through the roof here.

Y  Go to dinner with girlfriends.

Y Send some happy mail. – We ended up sending out happy mail to two different people!

                                                                                     

Personal/Health/Wellness/Fitness/Beauty

Y  Meditate, quiet time, and affirmations every day.

Y  Drink 64 oz. most days. 

Y  Close all rings on my Apple Watch 20 days.

Y  Focus on toning abs and arms.

Y  Dentist appointment.

Y  Visit with my therapist.

Y  Donate blood. – Yep!  My fourth time!

Y  Read 1 non-fiction book. – This month I read You are a Badass by Jen Sincero and I LOVED it.

Y  Read 1 fiction book. – I read Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren and it was cute!  Kind of predictable but still cute.


Family/Fun

Y  Book our dining for Disney in October. – We did do this, but the way things are going, it’s looking like we may have to cancel again.

Y  Attend steering committee meeting for new project at the kids’ school.

Y  Take the kids for a special treat before they go back to school.

Y  Attend Meet the Teacher Day at school.

Y  Start the new school year!

Y  Attend parent night at the school.

Y  Attend the first Home and School meeting.

Y  Start dance.

Y  Start baseball.

Y  Attend the welcome back school outdoor event.

Y  Take Jacob to the pediatrician for his annual well visit.

Y  Hang with my brother and sister-in-law when they visit!!

Y  Invent a new cocktail. – I was going to share it on the blog, but it was NOT good, y’all.  Hahahaha.  We’ll have to try again sometime.

Y  Record a video every single day of the month and upload to my One Second a Day app.

 

Home/Organization/Planning

Y  Get the whole house clean and tidy before the kids go back to school.

N  List more summer clothes on Poshmark.

N  Start listing fall clothes on Poshmark.

N  Schedule someone to install laundry room countertop. – Since we bought a new washer and dryer, we have to wait on this.

Y  Balance the washing machine. – We didn’t exactly do this because instead, we just decided to buy a new washer and dryer.  So I’m giving myself a check for this since we fixed the situation!

N  Complete 1 thing on Master To-Do list.

 

Blog/Social Media

Y  Start posting at least 4 times per week once the kids go back to school.

N  Update all blog pages with links.

Y  Implement new Instagram Stories routine when kids go back to school.

Y  Plan editorial calendar for the rest of the year.

 

Summary

 

30 items accomplished

6 items not accomplished

 

Monthly Stats


Books Read: 2

    Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

    You are a Badass by Jen Sincero     

Meditation Days: 31

Rings Closed on Apple Watch:

    Move Ring: 20

    Exercise Ring: 20

    Stand Ring: 31

Workouts Completed: 28

    Core Training: 5 

    Dance: 0

    High Intensity Interval Training: 0

    Mixed Cardio: 8

    Outdoor Run: 3 (7.21 miles)

    Outdoor Walk: 4 (5.64 miles)

    Pilates: 0

    Pool Swim: 1 (1,340 yards)

    Stair Stepper: 2

    Strength Training: 5

    Yoga: 0

Time Spent Working Out: 17:49:19 (hours:minutes:seconds)

Calories Burned During Workouts: 4,424

Pictures of My Successes


Apple Watch Rings

Meditation

First day of school!

Baseball is back!

Back-to-School social

Coffee date!

 


Donating blood

First day of dance

Spending time with my brother's family


Now for the September goals…

September Goals

Relationships/Connect/Be the Light

Go to dinner with girlfriends.

Coffee date with girlfriends.

                                                                                      

Personal/Health/Wellness/Fitness/Beauty

Meditate, quiet time, and affirmations every day.

Drink 64 oz. most days. 

Close all rings on my Apple Watch 20 days.

Keep focusing on toning abs and arms.

Visit with my therapist.

Annual skin check at the dermatologist.

Get my hair cut and highlighted.

Read 2 fiction books.

 

Family/Fun

Get a PSL (or two) from Starbucks!

Try a Pumpkin Cream cold brew.

Try the new fall donuts from Krispy Kreme.

Watch a whole bunch of college football!

Visit the Halloween store and start looking at costumes.

Go to the new pumpkin lights display with friends.

Decide what to do about Disney – go or postpone the trip again?

Watch Jacob play fall baseball.

Take Olivia to her follow-up appointment for her elbow.

Record a video every single day of the month and upload to my One Second a Day app.

 

Home/Organization/Planning

Decorate the whole house for fall

Start listing fall clothes on Poshmark.

Back up files on external hard drives.

Complete 1 thing on Master To-Do list.

 

Blog/Social Media

Post 4 times per week.

Photograph whole house and share fall home tour.

Update all blog pages with links.

 

Friday Funnies






On the Blog This Week

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7 comments:

  1. My 4 favorite months ahead too. Crushing those goals and your September is going to be fun! Have a sweet holiday weekend.

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  2. I love when all my rings are closed on my watch! Just curious - what are you setting your goals for each ring at?

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  3. Great job on the goals. I want to try the fall donuts from Krispie Kreme too!

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  4. Love these blog posts, Lindsay! They’re always so encouraging. These memes, too! Sooo funny - NSYNC - oy. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂😂

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  5. 6 out of 36 isn’t bad. How did I not know about these donuts? Now it’s on my list for Fall! Have a great weekend. I

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  6. You did so great on your August goals, and as always, I love reading what you want to tackle in September. Yay for the fall months!!! Hope you guys can go on your trip! 🤞🏻🙏🏻

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  7. It's hard to believe we are already through almost half of the month - how did that happen?

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