Today I’m recapping my July goals and listing my August goals. As always, I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I accomplished my goals.
Personal Health / Wellness / Fitness / Beauty
Y Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, prayer journal, and affirmations every day.
Y Close
all rings on my Apple Watch 13 days. – I closed them 20 times!
Y Aim
to average 7,000/steps per day. – I averaged 7,538. Most days, I hit 10,000, but days when I had
adjustments, I would barely hit 3,000, so that sunk my average.
Y Visit
with my therapist.
Y Continue
seeing the upper cervical chiropractor for adjustments and get new scans.
Y Go
to my orthodontist for what I hope is one of my final checkups.
Appointments / Meetings
/ Other Requirements
Y Jacob start working on tasks for Confirmation later this year.
Y Lindsay volunteer
at the ice cream social for new families joining our school this year.
Y Jacob
attend freshman orientation at school.
Y Lindsay attend high school new parent orientation at school.
Y Kids
finish summer homework.
Home / Organization / Planning
Y Plan and shop for Jacob’s birthday.
Y Finish
purchasing everything the kids need for school.
Y Finish
updating my medical and health spreadsheet.
Y Back
up recent photos/videos on external hard drives and Amazon Drive.
Y Clean
out the dining room.
Y Start
cleaning out the closet under the stairs. – I did the whole thing!
Y Hang
a hook in the garage to store our large cooler.
Y Clean
out the garage.
Y Plant
new basil.
N Finish
styling my new record player stand. – I worked on it a little, but didn’t
finish.
Y List
more items to sell. – I listed and sold a ton of stuff.
Y Drop
donations at outreach.
Blog / Social Media
Y Share some Amazon Prime Day Deals on Instagram.
Y Continue catching
up on end-of-year blog post. – I caught up on four whole months!
Y Continue catching
up on posting links to blog pages. – I caught up on a couple of months.
N Start working on
backlog of old Reels I never posted. – Not me neglecting my Reels yet again. Hahahaha.
Fun Stuff!
Y Go see the live action How to Train Your Dragon at the movie theater.
Y Celebrate
4th of July.
Y Go
bowling with friends.
Y Volunteer
at our church’s Outreach center.
Y Have
sleepovers with friends.
Y Jacob
attend the Velocity luau/pool party.
Y Go
on a date with B.
Y Go
to dinner with my girlfriends.
Y Celebrate
Jacob’s birthday!
Y Have
a poker night with friends.
Y Visit
the kids’ old art teacher’s new bakery.
Y Try
the new French bakery in town.
Y Finish
our puzzle.
Y Read
3 books. – Yep, I read three.
Summary
39 tasks accomplished
2 tasks not
accomplished
Books Read: 3
15 Summers Later by RaeAnne Thayne
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams
Meditation Days: 31
Rings
Closed on Apple Watch:
Move Ring: 20
Exercise Ring: 22
Stand Ring: 31
Workouts
Completed: 24
Barre: 0
Core Training: 0
Dance: 0
High
Intensity Interval Training: 0
Hiking: 0
Mixed Cardio: 0
Outdoor Run: 0 (0 miles)
Outdoor Walk: 20 (48.38 miles)
Pilates: 0
Pool Swim: 0 (0 yards)
Stair Stepper: 2
Strength Training: 0
Yoga:
2
Time Spent Working Out: 14:36:49 (hours:minutes:seconds)
Calories Burned During Workouts: 3,444
Total Steps This Month: 233,685 (Average: 7,538 / day)
Pictures of My
Successes
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| Seeing How to Train Your Dragon at the movies |
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| One of my many UCC appointments |
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| 4th of July with our friends |
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| Some of the clothes I listed and sold |
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| Bowling with friends |
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| Working at our church's outreach center |
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| Sleepover! |
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| Velocity luau |
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| One of Jacob's many birthday celebrations |
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| One of the three books I read in July |
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| New French bakery in town |
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| Got the closet under the stairs completely cleaned out and organized |
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| Brian got the garage cleaned out |
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| Shopping for back-to-school stuff! |
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| Jacob's actual birthday |
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| Freshman orientation |
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| Date night! |
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| Poker night |
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| We finished our puzzle |
August Goals
Personal Health / Wellness / Fitness / Beauty
Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, prayer journal, and affirmations every day.
Start Bible
studies again (I had to take a break because of my neck)
Close all rings
on my Apple Watch 18 days.
Aim to average 8,000/steps
per day… slowly increasing since adjustments are helping with my dizziness.
Visit with my
therapist.
Continue seeing
the upper cervical chiropractor for adjustments.
See my eye
doctor for my annual checkup.
Create manageable
daily to-do lists to allow margin in my day for these busy months.
Appointments / Meetings
/ Other Requirements
Jacob attend High School Drop-In.
Lindsay attend Parent
Orientation for middle school.
Olivia attend
Middle School Orientation.
Olivia and I
attend Middle School Open House.
Kids start high
school and middle school. Wow.
Lindsay attend the
first Home and School Advisory Board meeting of the school year.
Olivia start her
8th year of dance.
Jacob and
Olivia both go to their orthodontist checkups.
Jacob and I
attend his pre-retreat meeting for Teen Advisors.
Olivia see the
ENT doctor for her semi-annual thyroid checkup.
Lindsay attend High School
Parent Night.
Jacob attend
his fall retreat.
Jacob continue
working on tasks for Confirmation later this year.
Home / Organization / Planning
Get mudroom bulletin board ready for the new school year.
Finish cleaning
out and organizing my List Master app.
Start transferring
perpetual monthly to-do lists to List Master.
Unsubscribe to
all unnecessary email lists to cut down on junk.
Start planning ahead
for the next four months and all the holidays.
Clean out primary
bathroom cabinets.
Finish styling
my new record player stand.
Decorate the
whole house for fall!!!!
List more items
to sell.
Blog / Social Media
Continue catching up on end-of-year blog post.
Continue catching up on posting links to
blog pages.
Start getting ahead on blog posts a bit
after a summer of blogging the day before.
Start working on backlog of old Reels I
never posted.
Fun Stuff!
See Teddy Swims in concert!
Attend the Back
to School social.
Go on a date
with B.
Go to dinner
with my girlfriends (assuming the school doesn’t plan anything that night).
Have a poker
night with friends.
Start watching
college football!!!!
Finish watching
all Harry Potter movies to be ready for Universal this fall.
Volunteer at
our church’s Outreach center.
Read 3 books.
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Holy moly you did amazing! I sell tons on Poshmark. Love that Lego wrapping paper!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a great month planned ahead.
ReplyDeleteWoah! That's a lot. Goes a lot of planning and organising. Well, small achievements bring big happiness. One step at a time! :) Thank you for sharing. Have a fantastic weekend. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteWell done with completing so much throughout July and fab photos!! Good luck with your August goals!
ReplyDeleteWow you did great with your goals!
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