Ahh, September goals. As you might expect, things didn’t go as planned this month. I injured my big toe at the beginning of the month, prompting a few days of convalescence. And then Hurricane Ian upended my routine during the last week of the month (but thankfully, that’s all it upended!) In the end, I think I only completed one goal and nearly completed a couple more. But that’s life! That’s why I don’t put too much pressure on myself when it comes to my monthly goals. I love setting them and trying to accomplish them, but I’m also not going to beat myself up when goals don’t get done. Life is unpredictable, and these goals are just a fun way to push myself.
September Goals
1) Do a 30-minute workout three times a week. Not complete. The toe injury kept me from working out and I found it really hard to get into a routine this month. I think I only did, like, 4 or 5 workouts this month. Oopsy.
2) Update all of my blog posts from 2009 and 2010. Not complete. I got through 2009 and the first quarter of 2010, but I didn’t get much farther than that.
3) Drink water every day. Ugh, no.
4) Establish a better nighttime routine with lights out at 10:30 p.m. I am still really struggling with this goal, but for a week or two in September, I felt like I was getting into a better routine. And then the hurricane happened. So… semi-complete.
5) Pay off my credit card. Lol, no, considering I had to put a three-night Airbnb stay on my credit card this month. Sigh.
6) Find a reasonably priced course on growing a podcast following. Not complete.
7) Organize my iPhone photos from 2021. Complete! Woohoo – got something done this month at least.
8) Make a doctor’s appointment. Not complete. I just kept letting this fall off my to-do list.
9) Brush the cats once a week. Semi-complete. I did this a few times in September, but not weekly.
10) Make myself dinner three nights a week. Mostly complete. I fell off during the last week of the month since we were in Ft Lauderdale, but I was very good about this the other weeks of the month!
October Goals
1) Do a 30-minute workout three times a week. Let’s try this again! Please no injuries or hurricane scares this month.
2) Update all of my blog posts from 2010. An easier goal for this month. I think recategorizing one year of blog posts every month is about what I can accomplish right now.
3) Drink water every day. Rollover goal.
4) Establish a better nighttime routine with lights out at 10:30 p.m. Rollover goal.
5) Pay off my credit card. Would be nice to mark this complete in October. We’ll see!
6) Recycle some old electronics/cable cords + do a Goodwill drop. I have an old iPad, an old Chromebook, and some cable cords that need to be recycled, which I can do at Best Buy. I just need to make the trek! I also need to do a Goodwill drop. I have a garbage bag filled with items to donate and I want to donate an old cat tower, too.
7) Organize my iPhone photos from the first half of 2022. More photo organization! It’s so nice to see my Photos app look a lot less cluttered. Of course, I failed to realize that having all of my photos on Google Photos would mean I would quickly start running out of space on Google Workspace, which includes Gmail and Google Docs. I’m now paying $2 a month to have 100GB of space on Google Workspace.
8) Make a doctor’s appointment. Rollover goal.
9) Redecorate my bathroom. One of my 2022 annual goals is to redecorate my bathroom, which is really just a simple refresh: a new shower curtain, new towels, new bath mats, etc. I have everything I need but the bath mats, and I am forcing myself to order those this week so I can finally mark this goal complete. Yay!
10) Continue making myself dinner three nights a week. I’m going to keep this goal going in October. It’s a fun one for me to accomplish, but I don’t think it’s quite a habit just yet.