Today I’m recapping my December goals and listing my January goals. As always, I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I accomplished my goals.
December Goals
Personal Health / Wellness / Fitness / Beauty
N Meditate and quiet time every day. – I missed two days of meditation.
N Close
all rings on my Apple Watch 20 days. – I only closed them 17 times.
N Aim
to average 8,000 steps per day. – I averaged 7,541.
N Walk
at least 25 days, even if it’s only 1/2 mile. – I only walked 17 times.
Appointments / Meetings
/ Other Requirements
Y Go see the upper cervical chiropractor for a checkup. – My atlas stayed in place!
Y Visit
with my therapist.
Y Kids
go to orthodontist checkups.
Y Assist
with the Reindeer Run at the kids’ school.
Home / Organization / Planning
Y Put out treats for our delivery drivers every day.
Y Mail
Christmas cards.
Y Finish
Christmas shopping.
Y Wrap
all gifts.
Y Clean
off back porch.
Y 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.
Y Put
away all Christmas decorations before New Year’s Eve.
Y Clean
the whole house.
N Put
out our new rug in the living room.
N Redo
tape under rug in primary bedroom.
Blog / Social Media
Y Finish end-of-year blog post.
N Finish catching up
on posting links to blog pages.
Y Get 2026 editorial
calendar done.
Y Start planning 2026
word of the year and goals.
Y Start working on
backlog of old Reels I never posted, take one billion. – Technically, I did
actually start working on a couple of them, so even though I haven’t posted
them, I’m still getting credit since I started them. Hahahaha.
Fun Stuff!
Y Watch Georgia play in the SEC Championship Game on TV.
Y See
Teddy Swims in concert!!
Y See
Frozen – The Broadway Musical at the theater.
Y Watch
Olivia play in her guitar recital.
Y Have
a poker night with friends.
Y Have
a girls Christmas dinner and ornament exchange.
Y Enjoy
a nice, long Christmas break. – We truly had the most wonderful break.
Y Celebrate
Christmas with family.
Y Watch
lots of Christmas movies. – We knocked this out of the park! This month, we watched the Disney TV
Christmas special, A Very Jonas Christmas, Home Alone 2, Love Actually, Elf,
The Family Stone, The Holiday, Serendipity, Red one, The Santa Clause 2, Die
Hard, Oh. What. Fun., The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and The Family Man. This might be the most we’ve ever watched at
Christmas!
Y Listen
to lots of Christmas music.
Y Plan
a trip to Fantasy in Lights. – We opted for the Botanical Gardens this year
instead, so I’m counting this as a win!
Y Drive
around and look at Christmas lights.
Y Start
our Christmas puzzle. – We didn’t get very far on it, but we got it started.
Y Make
gingerbread houses.
N Visit
Santa (if the kids will still agree to it). – They decided they didn’t want
to. Waaaahhhh.
Y Host
our New Year’s Eve get together as we always do.
Y Enjoy
another peppermint mocha.
Y Go
on a day date with B.
Y Read
2 books. – I read 8!! Hence, the
reason I failed at so many other goals this month. Hahahaha.
It was worth it.
Summary
36 tasks accomplished
9 tasks not
accomplished
Books Read: 8
Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks
It’s Different This Time by Joss Richard
The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
The Intruder by Freida McFadden
What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
Ward D by Freida McFadden
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Everyday Gospel: A Daily Devotional… by
Paul David Tripp
Meditation Days: 29
Rings Closed on Apple Watch:
Move Ring: 17
Exercise Ring: 17
Stand Ring: 31
Workouts Completed: 22
Barre: 0
Core Training: 0
Dance: 0
High Intensity Interval Training: 0
Hiking: 0
Mixed Cardio: 2
Outdoor Run: 0 (0.00 miles)
Outdoor Walk: 17 (27.33 miles)
Pilates: 0
Pool Swim: 0 (0 yards)
Stair Stepper: 1
Strength Training: 2
Yoga: 0
Time Spent Working Out: 8:52:39 (hours:minutes:seconds)
Calories Burned During Workouts: 1,984
Total Steps This Month: 233,784 (Average: 7,541 / day)
Pictures of My
Successes
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| Apple Watch rings fail |
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| Meditation fail |
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| Delivery driver goodies |
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| UCC appointment data |
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| North Pole breakfast |
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| Gingerbread houses AKA Target shopping carts. Lol. |
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| Date night |
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| Teddy Swims with the whole family |
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| Frozen The Broadway Musical |
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| Olivia's guitar recital |
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| Poker night! |
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| Reindeer Run! |
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| Girls dinner |
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| Elf! One of the many Christmas movies we watched |
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| Lights at the Botanical Gardens |
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| Celebrating Christmas |
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| Celebrating Christmas |
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| Celebrating Christmas |
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| Driving around looking at Christmas lights |
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| Annual viewing of Love Actually |
January Goals
Personal Health / Wellness / Fitness / Beauty
Be intentional about creating joy every day.
Meditate and read
my devotional every day.
Start doing a new
kind of meditation – EMDR.
Start Bible
study again after putting it on hiatus for an Advent study.
Visit with
upper cervical chiropractor.
Visit with therapist.
Visit with
orthodontist to get retainers made.
Get my braces
off!!!!
Visit with
primary doc for a vertigo medicine tapering checkup.
Taper my
vertigo medicine from 1/2 pill per day to 1/4 pill per day.
Go to annual
mammogram and ultrasound appointment.
Start using gua
sha tool on my jaw to help with nighttime teeth clenching.
Get hair cut
and highlighted.
Walk 41 miles.
Appointments / Meetings
/ Other Requirements
Get back on our regular schedule after 17.5 days off.
Jacob start spring
golf season.
Attend monthly
Home and School Advisory Board meeting.
Jacob visit
allergist.
Olivia visit
eye doctor.
Start planning Daddy/Daughter
and Mother/Son dances.
Home / Organization / Planning
Clean out my closet.
Clean out my dresser.
Clean out my nightstand.
Clean out
playroom.
Clean out pantry.
Clean out fridge.
Clean out freezer.
Clean out games
cabinet.
Deep clean
microwave.
Deep clean
kitchen sink.
Deep clean
blinds in primary bedroom.
Revamp charging
station to accommodate Olivia’s new items.
Start reorganizing
List Master app.
Update 50 album
artwork in iTunes.
Put down new
rug in living room.
Redo tape under
rug in primary bedroom.
Finish One Second
a Day video for 2025.
Blog / Social Media
Start working on Ode to 2026.
Work on catching up on blog page links.
Work on backlog of Reels.
Fun Stuff!
Have a poker night with friends.
Go on a date
with B.
Have dinner
with my girls.
Get outside
with the kids.
Work on our puzzle.
Read 4 books.
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