This week has been a good one – not overly hectic, productive on the blog and home front, and not stressful at all. We have a pretty slow weekend on tap, too, and I’m not mad about that either. I have an adjustment with my upper cervical chiropractor this morning which means I’ll have to take it easy this weekend, and I cannot wait to be lazy tonight and aaaallll day tomorrow.
We do have somewhere to be this evening, but it should be quick, and then I’m hoping we’ll have time to watch a Christmas movie. Then, tomorrow, we get to watch Georgia play in the SEC Championship game, which means we won’t be leaving the house. It’s supposed to be bitter cold and rainy all day, so it’ll be the perfect day to hole up at home, turn on all the Christmas lights, stay in pjs all day, and order takeout. Amen.
Today I’m recapping my November goals and listing my December goals. As always, I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I accomplished my goals.
November Goals
Personal Health / Wellness / Fitness / Beauty
Y Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, and prayer journal as much as possible.
Y Close
all rings on my Apple Watch 10 days. – I closed all of them 12 times.
Y Aim
to average 5,000 steps per day. – I averaged 6,977.
Y Go
see the upper cervical chiropractor for a checkup.
Y Go
to my second to last orthodontist appointment.
Y Visit
with my therapist.
Appointments / Meetings
/ Other Requirements
Y Jacob continue working on tasks for Confirmation later this year.
Y Go
to jury duty. Boooo.
Y Jacob
follow up with the dermatologist.
Y Take
my car for maintenance.
Home / Organization / Planning
Y Put away all fall and Halloween decorations.
Y Decorate
house for Christmas.
Y Order
Christmas cards.
Y Address
and stamp Christmas cards to have ready to be mailed on 12/1.
Y Get
a lot of Christmas shopping done.
N Clean
off back porch.
Y Get
my 2026 planner prepped and ready.
N Pay
HOA dues for 2026.
Y Work
on cleaning out and organizing my List Master app.
N Work
on updating album artwork in iTunes.
Y List
more items to sell. – I sold my old DSLR camera + all of Olivia’s Barbie
stuff.
Blog / Social Media
Y Continue catching up on end-of-year blog post. – I caught up on three months.
Y Continue catching
up on posting links to blog pages. – I caught up on 2.5 months.
Y Share all gift
guides for 2025.
N Start working on
2026 editorial calendar.
N Start working on
backlog of old Reels I never posted, take one million.
Fun Stuff!
Y Have a girls soup night.
Y Attend
the school fall carnival.
Y Olivia
attend her first middle school dance, dinner, and after party.
Y Go
to the Georgia vs. Texas college football game!
Y Have
a poker night with friends.
Y Enjoy
a nice, long Thanksgiving break.
Y Celebrate
Thanksgiving with family.
Y Watch
the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Y Go
to the Georgia vs. Georgia Tech college football game.
Y Watch
lots of Christmas movies. – We watched Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Meet Me Next
Christmas, and Christmas Vacation.
Y Listen
to lots of Christmas music.
Y Continue
working on our fall puzzle. – We finished it!
Y Enjoy
a peppermint mocha.
N Go
on a date with B.
Y Watch
a whole lot of college football.
Y Read
2 books.
Summary
36 tasks
accomplished
6 tasks not
accomplished
Books
Read: 2
The Coffee Bean: A Simple Lesson to Create
Positive Change by Jon Gordon
The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden
Meditation Days: 29
Rings
Closed on Apple Watch:
Move Ring: 12
Exercise Ring: 15
Stand Ring: 30
Workouts
Completed: 17
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: 14 (23.84 miles)
Pilates: 0
Pool Swim: 0 (0 yards)
Stair Stepper: 3
Strength Training: 0
Yoga: 0
Time Spent Working Out: 8:21:58 (hours:minutes:seconds)
Calories Burned During Workouts: 1,743
Total Steps This Month: 209,297 (Average: 6,977 / day)
Pictures of My
Successes
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| Apple Watch rings |
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| Missed one day meditating this month because of my withdrawals from my vertigo meds |
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| Girls soup tasting |
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| Decorating for Christmas |
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| Olivia's first middle school dance, dinner, and after party |
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| Georgia vs. Texas game... didn't have sideline passes on my list for this month, but here we are! |
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| Didn't have meeting Matthew McConaughey on my list either, but I checked that off, too! |
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| Georgia vs. Texas game with my people |
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| Jury duty... ugh. |
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| Working on getting those Christmas cards done |
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| My first Peppermint Mocha of the season! |
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| Watching Christmas movies! |
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| A slow, relaxing Thanksgiving week was truly a gift. |
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| The best Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ever! |
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| We finished our fall/Halloween puzzle |
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| Thanksgiving with family |
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| The Georgia vs. Georgia Tech game |
Now for the December goals…
December Goals
Personal Health / Wellness / Fitness / Beauty
Meditate and quiet time every day.
Close all rings
on my Apple Watch 20 days.
Aim to average 8,000 steps
per day.
Walk at least 25
days, even if it’s only 1/2 mile.
Appointments / Meetings
/ Other Requirements
Go see the upper cervical chiropractor for a checkup.
Visit with my
therapist.
Kids go to
orthodontist checkups.
Assist with the
Reindeer Run at the kids’ school.
Home / Organization / Planning
Put out treats for our delivery drivers every day.
Mail Christmas
cards.
Finish
Christmas shopping.
Wrap all gifts.
Clean off back
porch.
Pay HOA dues
for 2026.
Work on
cleaning out and organizing my List Master app.
Work on
updating album artwork in iTunes.
List more items
to sell.
Put away all
Christmas decorations before New Year’s Eve.
Deep clean the
whole house.
Put out our new
rug in the living room.
Redo tape under
rug in primary bedroom.
Blog / Social Media
Finish end-of-year blog post.
Finish catching up on posting links to
blog pages.
Get 2026 editorial calendar done.
Start planning 2026 word of the year and
goals.
Start working on backlog of old Reels I
never posted, take one billion.
Fun Stuff!
Watch Georgia play in the SEC Championship Game on TV.
See Teddy Swims
in concert!!
See Frozen – The Broadway Musical at
the theater.
Watch Olivia
play in her guitar recital (unless she backs out – haha).
Have a poker
night with friends.
Have a girls
Christmas dinner and ornament exchange.
Enjoy a nice,
long Christmas break.
Celebrate Christmas
with family.
Watch lots of
Christmas movies.
Listen to lots
of Christmas music.
Plan a trip to
Fantasy in Lights.
Drive around
and look at Christmas lights.
Start our
Christmas puzzle.
Make gingerbread
houses.
Visit Santa (if
the kids will still agree to it).
Host our New Year’s
Eve get together as we always do.
Enjoy another
peppermint mocha.
Go on a day date
with B.
Read 2 books.
Friday Funnies
On the Blog This Week
What I Ordered from Amazon in November 2025
Our Week – The One with All the Thanksgivings and the Georgia vs. Georgia Tech Game
Previous Monthly Goals Posts
Look at all those yeses! You did a great job with your goals.
ReplyDeleteYou did great!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have a lovely weekend planned! Have a good one!
ReplyDeleteGood job with your goals, you did really well and fab photos!
Great job on your goals last month!!
ReplyDeleteYou knocked out so many goals, friend!! Every time I see your Apple rings I'm reminded that I need to really start making sure I'm hitting those goals. And by the way, just to give you a laugh, I literally just realized as I'm typing this comment that I've been wearing my watch all morning and I never actually turned it on. Ugh haha, I'm the worst!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so so happy you were having a relaxing week Lindsay! You deserve it and then some!
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