Friday, October 3, 2025

Five on Friday - October Goals

Happy The Life of a Showgirl album release day to all who celebrate!!  EEEEK!  If y’all are looking for me today, I’ll be listening to the album on repeat, analyzing each of the songs, and memorizing all the lyrics!  ;o)

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


September 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 18 days. – I closed them all 24 times!

Y  Aim to average 8,000/steps per day. – I averaged 8,922.

Y  Visit with my therapist.

Y  Go to my semi-annual dental checkup.

Y  Go to my orthodontist checkup… and hopefully get a date to get these things off.

Y  Go to my annual dermatologist appointment.

Y  Do my fasting labs for my annual checkup with my primary doctor.

Y  Order new contacts.

Y  Create manageable daily to-do lists to allow margin in my day for these busy months.

 

Appointments / Meetings / Other Requirements

Y  Jacob go to the dermatologist for the dry skin around his eye.

Y  I attend the Home & School Advisory Board meeting.

Y  I chair Grandparents Day at the school.

Y  Jacob go to his semi-annual dental checkup.

Y  Olivia go to her semi-annual dental checkup.

Y  Jacob go to annual checkup with his pediatrician.

Y  Olivia go to annual checkup with her pediatrician.

Y  Get flu shots.

Y  Jacob continue working on tasks for Confirmation later this year.

 

Home / Organization / Planning

Y  Finish planning and prepping for Grandparents Day.

N  Finish cleaning out and organizing my List Master app.

N  Start transferring perpetual monthly to-do lists to List Master.

Y  Continue planning ahead for the next four months and all the holidays. – I started Christmas shopping already and I purchased everyone’s yearly ornament.

Y  Clean out primary bathroom drawers.

Y  Decorate the front porch for fall.

N  List 2 big items to sell.

 

Blog / Social Media

Y  Continue catching up on end-of-year blog post. – I caught up on a month.

Y  Continue catching up on posting links to blog pages. – I caught up on 7 months.

Y  Try to get ahead on blog posts. – Slightly.

N  Start working on backlog of old Reels I never posted. – Nope.  Sigh.

 

Fun Stuff!

Y  Attend the school tailgate and football game.

Y  Go to the Georgia vs. Alabama game in Athens!

N  Go on a date with B.

Y  Go to dinner with my girlfriends.

Y  Have a poker night (or do Pumpkins at Callaway?) with friends. – Poker night!

Y  Go to Spirit Halloween and pick out costumes. – Went to Spirit Halloween for a visit, but the kids haven’t decided what to be just yet.

Y  Get a pumpkin spice latte.

Y  Try a pumpkin cream cold brew.

Y  Get some pumpkin spice donuts.

Y  Start working on our new fall puzzle.

Y  Watch a whole lot of college football.

N  Volunteer at our church’s Outreach center.

Y  Read 2 books. – I read SEVEN.  I think this is my personal best in my entire adult life.

 

Summary

 

37 tasks accomplished

6 tasks not accomplished

 

Monthly Stats


Books Read: 7

    Never Lie by Frieda McFadden

    The Teacher by Frieda McFadden

    The Boyfriend by Frieda McFadden

    The Crash by Frieda McFadden

    The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden

    The Small and the Mighty… by Sharon McMahon

    The Tenant by Frieda McFadden                   

Meditation Days: 30

Rings Closed on Apple Watch:

    Move Ring: 25

    Exercise Ring: 24

    Stand Ring: 30

Workouts Completed: 26

    Barre: 0

    Core Training: 0

    Dance: 0

    High Intensity Interval Training: 0

    Hiking: 0

    Mixed Cardio: 0

    Outdoor Run: 0 (0.00 miles)

    Outdoor Walk: 20 (43.02 miles)

    Pilates: 0

    Pool Swim: 0 (0 yards)

    Stair Stepper: 2

    Strength Training: 3

    Yoga: 1

Time Spent Working Out: 14:35:51 (hours:minutes:seconds)

Calories Burned During Workouts: 3,145

Total Steps This Month: 267,673 (Average: 8,922 / day)

 

Pictures of My Successes

Apple Watch rings

Meditation
One of the many books I read this month

School tailgate

The house all decorated for fall



Spirit Halloween

Grandparent's Day

Watching aaaallll the football

Poker night

Dermatologist appointment

Organizing drawers in the primary bathroom

Georgia vs. Alabama game





Now for the October goals… 

October Goals

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 9,000/steps per day.

Go see the upper cervical chiropractor for a checkup.

Go to my annual well checkup.

Visit with my therapist.

Go to my semi-annual checkup with my ENT doctor for my vertigo.

Create manageable daily to-do lists to allow margin in my day for these busy months.

 

Appointments / Meetings / Other Requirements

Attend the Home & School Advisory Board meeting.

Kids go to orthodontist checkups.

Jacob go to dermatologist for a followup.

Help with Trunk or Treat at the kids’ school.

Jacob continue working on tasks for Confirmation later this year.

 

Home / Organization / Planning

Prep for Halloween.

Decorate house for Halloween.

Clean off back porch.

Work on cleaning out and organizing my List Master app.

Start transferring perpetual monthly to-do lists to List Master.

Work on updating album artwork in iTunes (I never finished this last year).

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.

Complete all blog posts for fall break.

Start working on backlog of old Reels I never posted, take 84.  Haha.

 

Fun Stuff!

Listen to The Life of a Showgirl on repeat.

Go to Pumpkins at Callaway with friends.

Go see The Life of a Showgirl movie with friends.

Go to Universal Studios with friends for fall break!

Attend the alumni social and football game for Homecoming.

Attend my 25th high school reunion.

Attend a family member’s wedding.

Buy costumes for kids.

Listen to our Halloween playlist.

Carve pumpkins.

Have our annual Halloween dinner.

Go trick-or-treating.

Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown + other festive movies.

Watch Is It Cake? Halloween.

Go on a date with B.

Continue working on our new fall puzzle.

Watch a whole lot of college football.

Read 2 books.

 

Friday Funnies









On the Blog This Week

 Top Ten... Things I Love About Fall (2025 Version)

Our Week – The One with the Georgia vs. Alabama Football Game and a Whole Lot of Other Stuff

Fall Home Tour 2025


Previous Monthly Goals Posts


Happy Friday, y’all!

*Linking up with A Little Bit of Everything for Friday Favorites.


3 comments:

  1. Wow; you did great on your September goals!

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  2. Look at all those Ys! And books read! Great job. Hmm, I'm an eldest daughter. Do I need to become a Taylor fan now?

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  3. I hope you are having fun with the new Taylor Swift album.
    Good job with all of your goals, you did really well! Fab photos!
    I love all the fun stuff you have planned for October!

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