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
Personal Health / Wellness / Fitness / Beauty
Y Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, prayer journal, and affirmations every day.
Y Start
Bible studies again (I had to take a break because of my neck)
Y Close
all rings on my Apple Watch 18 days. – I closed them 18 times.
N Aim
to average 8,000/steps per day. – I averaged 7,746.
Y Visit
with my therapist.
Y Continue
seeing the upper cervical chiropractor for adjustments.
Y See
my eye doctor for my annual checkup.
Y Create
manageable daily to-do lists to allow margin in my day for these busy months.
Appointments / Meetings
/ Other Requirements
Y Jacob attend High School Drop-In.
Y I
attend Parent Orientation for middle school.
Y Olivia
attend Middle School Orientation.
Y Olivia
and I attend Middle School Open House.
Y Kids
start high school and middle school.
Wow.
Y I
attend the first Home and School Advisory Board meeting of the school year.
Y Olivia
start her 8th year of dance.
Y Jacob
and Olivia both go to their orthodontist checkups.
Y Jacob
and I attend his pre-retreat meeting for Teen Advisors.
Y Olivia
see the ENT doctor for her semi-annual thyroid checkup.
Y I
attend High School Parent Night.
Y Jacob
attend his fall retreat.
N Jacob
continue working on tasks for Confirmation later this year.
Home / Organization / Planning
Y Get mudroom bulletin board ready for the new school year.
N Finish
cleaning out/organizing my List Master app. – I worked on it but didn’t
finish it.
N Start
transferring perpetual monthly to-do lists to List Master.
Y Unsubscribe
to all unnecessary email lists. – I unsubscribed to 12 so far.
Y Start
planning ahead for the next four months and all the holidays.
Y Clean
out primary bathroom cabinets. – I still need to clean out the drawers,
though.
Y Finish
styling my new record player stand.
Y Decorate
the whole house for fall!!!!
Y List
more items to sell.
Blog / Social Media
Y Continue catching up on end-of-year blog post. – I’m caught up through early June.
N Continue catching
up on posting links to blog pages.
N Start getting ahead
on blog posts a bit after a summer of blogging the day before.
N Start working on
backlog of old Reels I never posted. – Bless.
Fun Stuff!
Y See Teddy Swims in concert!
Y Attend
the Back to School social.
Y Go
on a date with B.
Y Go
to dinner with my girlfriends.
Y Have
a poker night with friends.
Y Start
watching college football!!!!
Y Finish
watching all Harry Potter movies to be ready for Universal this fall.
N Volunteer
at our church’s Outreach center.
N Read
3 books. – I read 2.5, so I didn’t quite get there.
Summary
34 tasks accomplished
9 tasks not
accomplished
Books Read: 2
Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
Scars of August by Ashley Pierce
Meditation
Days: 31
Rings Closed on Apple Watch:
Move Ring: 18
Exercise Ring: 20
Stand Ring: 31
Workouts Completed: 23
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: 17 (35.72 miles)
Pilates: 0
Pool Swim: 0 (0 yards)
Stair Stepper: 1
Strength Training: 2
Yoga:
1
Time Spent Working Out: 11:22:55 (hours:minutes:seconds)
Calories Burned During Workouts: 2,679
Total Steps This Month: 240,137 (Average: 7,746 / day)
Pictures of My
Successes
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| Apple Watch rings |
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| Meditation |
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| High school and middle school orientation |
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| First day of school |
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| My favorite book that I read this month |
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| Olivia started dance |
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| Teddy Swims concert |
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| Started my Bible studies back up after a short hiatus |
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| Back to school social |
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| Cleaning out cabinets |
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| Jacob's pre-retreat meeting |
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| Olivia's ENT appointment |
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| High school parent night |
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| Girls dinner |
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| Poker night |
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| Jacob leaving for his retreat |
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| COLLEGE FOOTBALL! |
September Goals
Personal Health / Wellness / Fitness / Beauty
Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, prayer journal, and affirmations every day.
Close all rings
on my Apple Watch 18 days.
Aim to average 8,000/steps
per day.
Visit with my
therapist.
Go to my
semi-annual dental checkup.
Go to my
orthodontist checkup… and hopefully get a date to get these things off.
Go to my annual
dermatologist appointment.
Do my fasting
labs for my annual checkup with my primary doctor.
Order new contacts.
Create
manageable daily to-do lists to allow margin in my day for these busy months.
Appointments / Meetings
/ Other Requirements
Jacob go to the dermatologist for the dry skin around his eye.
I attend the
Home & School Advisory Board meeting.
I chair
Grandparents Day at the school.
Jacob go to his
semi-annual dental checkup.
Olivia go to
her semi-annual dental checkup.
Jacob go to
annual checkup with his pediatrician.
Olivia go to
annual checkup with her pediatrician.
Get flu shots.
Jacob continue
working on tasks for Confirmation later this year.
Home / Organization / Planning
Finish planning and prepping for Grandparents Day.
Finish cleaning
out and organizing my List Master app.
Start
transferring perpetual monthly to-do lists to List Master.
Continue planning
ahead for the next four months and all the holidays.
Clean out primary
bathroom drawers.
Decorate the
front porch for fall.
List 2 big
items to sell.
Blog / Social Media
Continue catching up on end-of-year blog post.
Continue catching up on posting links to
blog pages.
Try to get ahead on blog posts.
Start working on backlog of old Reels I
never posted.
Fun Stuff!
Attend the school tailgate and football game.
Go to the
Georgia vs. Alabama game in Athens!
Go on a date
with B.
Go to dinner
with my girlfriends.
Have a poker
night (or do Pumpkins at Callaway?) with friends.
Go to Spirit Halloween
and pick out costumes.
Get a pumpkin
spice latte.
Try a pumpkin
cream cold brew.
Get some
pumpkin spice donuts.
Start working
on our new fall puzzle.
Watch a whole
lot of college football.
Volunteer at
our church’s Outreach center.
Read 2 books.
Friday Funnies
On the Blog This Week
What I Ordered from Amazon in August 2025
Good luck this month!
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