Today I’m recapping my April goals and listing my May goals. As always, I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I accomplished my goals.
Relationships
Y Go on a date with B. – We went to the Judah & the Lion concert.
Y Have
dinner with my girlfriends. – We tried a new restaurant.
Y Have
a poker night with friends.
Y Spend
one on one time with each of the kids. –Puzzle time, piano time, and a walk
with my Boo and manyChick-Fil-A milkshake dates with Olivia.
Personal/Health/Wellness/Fitness/Beauty
Y Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, prayer journal, and affirmations every day.
Y Leave
margin in each day for downtime and be present. – I was able to do this some
days, but we’re reaching the season where some days it’s not possible to have
down time other than the daily time I give myself in the evening when B and I
watch TV.
Y Close
all rings on my Apple Watch 12 days. – I closed all of mine 13 times.
N Aim
to average 8,000/steps per day. – Nope, I averaged 7,603.
Y Visit
with my therapist.
Y Read
1 book.
Family/School/Fun
Y Enjoy our trip to Nashville and Pigeon Forge.
Y Celebrate
Mama Cass’s 96th birthday, take two.
Y Celebrate
my birthday.
Y Take
Olivia to the orthodontist and possibly schedule her braces appointment.
Y Attend
the alumni relations meeting at the school.
Y Attend
the Home and School Advisory Board meeting.
Y Watch
Olivia perform in Live Stations of the Cross at school.
Y Go
to the Judah & the Lion concert!
Y Celebrate
Easter and enjoy our four-day weekend!
Y Attend
Jacob’s 8th grade pinning ceremony.
Y Select
Jacob’s classes for his first year of high school. Oh my.
Y Jacob
go on his 8th grade trip to Six Flags.
Y Jacob
wrap up his spring golf season.
Y Attend
Arts in the Park here in town.
Y Work
on our puzzle.
Home/Organization/Planning
Y Buy everything for Easter baskets and put together.
Y Buy
everything for Easter egg hunt and stuff eggs.
Y Put
together new record player stand.
Y Set
up record player.
Y Style
my new record player stand. – It’s not done yet, but it’s close!
Y Buy
all outdoor plants.
Y Plant
herbs.
N Refresh
all plants indoors.
Y Clean
off back porch.
Y Put
out spring outdoor mats.
Y Order
new rug for primary bedroom.
N Clean
out living room.
Y Continue
cleaning out kitchen.
Y Transfer
800 students to new alumni database – I did more than 800!
Blog/Social Media
Y Complete one blog post for summer break.
Y Share more static
posts on Instagram.
N Post 2 Reels on Instagram.
– I only shared one.
N Start working on
backlog of old Reels I never posted.
Summary
38 tasks
accomplished
5 tasks not
accomplished
Books Read: 1
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Meditation
Days: 30
Rings Closed on Apple Watch:
Move Ring: 13
Exercise Ring: 20
Stand Ring: 30
Workouts Completed: 24
Barre: 0
Core Training: 0
Dance: 0
High
Intensity Interval Training: 0
Hiking: 0
Mixed
Cardio: 1
Outdoor
Run: 1 (2.02 miles)
Outdoor
Walk: 11 (24.16 miles)
Pilates: 0
Pool Swim: 0 (0 yards)
Stair
Stepper: 1
Strength
Training: 7
Yoga:
3
Time Spent Working Out: 12:04:46 (hours:minutes:seconds)
Calories Burned During Workouts: 2,297
Total Steps This Month: 228,092 (Average: 7,603 / day)
Pictures of My
Successes
 |
| Apple Watch rings success |
 |
| Meditation |
 |
| Nashville trip |
 |
| Celebrating Mama Cass |
 |
| Girls dinner |
 |
| Poker Night |
 |
| Celebrating my birthday |
 |
| Live Stations of the Cross |
 |
| Judah & the Lion concert |
 |
| Cleaned off the porch |
 |
| Planted all of my herbs and flowers outside |
 |
| Started decorating my new record player stand |
 |
| Easter! |
 |
| Cleaning out the kitchen |
 |
| Jacob's pinning ceremony |
 |
| Jacob's 8th grade Six Flags Trip |
 |
| Wrapping up golf with Jacob's city golf tournament |
 |
| Arts in the Park |
May Goals
Relationships
Go on a date with B.
Have dinner
with my girlfriends.
Have a poker
night with friends.
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 10,000/steps
per day.
Visit with my
therapist.
Go to my
orthodontist checkup.
Go to my
allergist checkup.
Get hair cut
and highlighted before the beach.
Read 1 book.
Family/School/Fun
Jacob attend his last middle school field trip.
Assist with
Teacher Appreciation Week.
Assist with
Field Day (assuming it doesn’t rain).
See Shakey
Graves in concert!
Jacob wrap up
Velocity for the school year.
Olivia attend a
birthday sleepover.
See Abe Parker
in concert!!!!
Attend the last
Home & School Advisory Board meeting of the school year.
Attend Olivia’s
recital rehearsal.
Attend Olivia’s
5th Grade Walk.
Jacob attend
his 8th grade dance.
Attend Olivia’s
recital dress rehearsal.
Attend Olivia’s
recital productions x 2.
Olivia attend
her last elementary school field trip.
Attend Jacob’s
8th Grade Graduation Mass and Awards Ceremony.
Attend Olivia’s
end-of-year class party.
Celebrate the
last day of school!
RELAX and
BREATHE when it’s all done.
Leave for the
beach!!!!
Make a summer
bucket list with the kids.
Work on our
puzzle.
Home/Organization/Planning
Deep clean the whole house before the kids get out of school.
Purchase and
wrap teacher appreciation gifts.
Prep for
Mother’s Day.
Get kids’ Oh
the Places You’ll Go books signed.
Prep and pack
for Olivia’s rehearsals and recitals.
Prep and plan
Olivia’s end-of-year class party.
Finish
transferring all students to new alumni database.
Prep and pack
for our beach trip.
Finish styling
my new record player stand.
Refresh all
plants indoors, take two.
Get new rug in
place in primary bedroom.
Clean out
living room, take two.
Finish cleaning
out kitchen.
Clean out
Jacob’s bedroom.
Clean out
Olivia’s bedroom.
Clean out the
play room… again.
Wash kids’
backpacks.
Photograph art
from the school year and file keepsakes in boxes.
See what the
kids need for summer (clothes, swimsuits, shoes, etc.) and purchase.
Blog/Social Media
Get blog posts done for beach week.
Complete two blog posts for summer
break.
Share more static posts on Instagram.
Post 1 Reel on Instagram.
Start working on backlog of old Reels I
never posted.
Friday Funnies
On the Blog This Week
Our 2025 Nashville Trip – Days 4, 5, & 6
Dustin and I saw Judah and the Lion many years ago when they opened for Ben Rector! That was our first time hearing them and we really loved them! I love how much y'all love live music too--we'll be seeing The Avett Brothers again this month because they are coming to The Orion :)
ReplyDeleteAlways love reading your goals and seeing these precious photos of your sweet family! I hope you have a beautiful weekend!
ReplyDeleteYou did great and I know May will be great too!
ReplyDeleteWell done with your goals! You achieved so much in April! What wonderful photos!
ReplyDeleteYou always rock your goals! May the odds be ever in your favor as we enter May <3
ReplyDelete