It was a solid month for my goals! I completed three out of five, and one of them is mostly complete. I did much better than March, that’s for sure! Let’s review:
April Goals
1) Schedule an eye appointment. Complete! I had my eye appointment last week, and discovered I no longer have 20/20 vision. Egads! It’s not terrible, as my prescription is -0.75 in both eyes (before I got LASIK, that script was more than -6!). Mostly, I notice the difference when I’m trying to watch something on TV, especially if the TV isn’t close. This could be due to PsA, but my rheumatologist isn’t convinced, so who really knows? The goal is to recheck in 6 months to see if things are getting worse. If so, we can discuss an enhancement. If not, I guess I take a wait-and-see approach (and maybe buy some cheapo glasses for those times when it’s annoying to squint at a TV).
2) Reorganize the cabinet under my sink. Complete! It felt so good to reorganize this cabinet. It probably didn’t look out of control to normal people, but I am not normal when it comes to my organizational requirements.
3) Offload some prescriptions. Half-complete? I went to a pharmacy to hand off these prescriptions, but they didn’t accept them. However, the pharmacist gave me a big envelope already addressed, so I can just drop the bottles in and mail them to a place that takes unused meds. Yay! I just need to… do that.
4) Read at least four books during my solo reading retreat. Complete! And I read five books, which still feels crazy to me.
5) Figure out my 401K situation. Ugh, no. Well, I completed the first step, which is to fill out some paperwork from my current 401k company. The next step is to contact my old 401k company.
May Goals
1) Figure out what to do about the gym. I am really sad about this, but it might be time to break up with the gym. Things just haven’t been the same since they fired my favorite HIIT coach, and I really don’t like any of the other HIIT coaches. Plus, I can’t even do HIIT right now until my psoriatic arthritis symptoms are under control, and who knows when that will happen?! (My rheumatologist has only given clearance for walks, the stationary bike, and swimming.) It feels silly to pay $35 a month to go to a gym where all I can do is bike (even sillier when my apartment has a gym, so I could just go there when needed). I’m still not sure what I want to do, but I’m going to take the month of May to figure it out.
2) Reorganize my junk drawer. The key to keeping an organized home is that you have to keep maintaining your drawers and cabinets and shelves! In May, I want to go through my junk drawer in my kitchen because it’s becoming a little unwieldy.
3) Buy an Oura ring. I think I’m going to join the Oura family! I enjoy my Apple Watch, but I only really like it for things like tracking sleep and other health metrics. I find it rather annoying to get a buzz every time a text or alert comes through. And I keep getting skin irritation from the watch band (I’ve tried multiple styles, and they all irritate my skin). I still have some money left in my HSA from last year that I’m going to put toward the Oura ring, yay!
4) Time track for one week. I’ve been inspired by SHU and Kae to do a week of time tracking. I’ve done it before and find it remarkably tedious, but I’m going to use the Toggl app to keep track, which will hopefully make things a lot less onerous. If you don’t see a time tracking report from me at some time in May, then I’ve completely failed at this goal!
5) Figure out my 401K situation. Rollover goal.
Do you have any goals this month?
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