Something that is becoming a bit of a pain point is PLANNING. I am starting to miss one-off Zoom meetings ( this frustrates me to no end, especially when I am just, like, SITTING IN MY OFFICE), and I have missed yoga a few times (LOTS OF TIME YOU GUYS). One of the items on my list was to develop an evening ritual that included my planner, and this is FOR SURE something I was to make sure I do every night in February.
I also want to hit my yoga goal, especially on the WEEKENDS, and I want to work in more writing time. These are really related-- I do a bad job of working most kinds of self care into my weekend because my routine gets thrown off, and we get busy. I am going to reflect on this problem in February and try to figure it out. Choosing a yoga video (Adriene all the way!) and making sure my mat is ready to go would go a really long way.
We had one day of ludicrous spending with many new non-necessary items (not all the kid stuff I complained about-- that was obvi all necessary, even the sequined Valentine skirt), and you know what? I TRACKED THEM ALL-- go me!!
I also can already check off my blogger meet up! (But I want more of these in 2025).
I fell short of my pomodoro goal, but I did use them to do some writing and also some work stuff that I hope I can tell you about later. I have set up a simple tracker going forward to make sure I get them all in.
January Kindle books: Ward D by Freida McFadden. I mean. You guys know I liked this one. The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery: this was for Engie's CBBC, so I will save my notes for those comments.
January new release: What Happened to the McCrays by Tracey Lange
January Albums: DeBi TiRAR MaS FOToS by Bad Bunny: This was GREAT cooking dinner/getting dressed music. (Also the title translates to I should have taken more photos, which,YES, I feel that). My favorite track is "El Club." I also listened to Lower by Benjamin Booker-- good writing music. I also think SZA's SOS Deluxe: LANA should count since it came out the last week in December, My favorite is 30 for 30.
January Cookies: Browned butter chocolate chip-- these were delish. Brownie cookies- YES PLEASE.
January word games: I randomly spaced out on completing Wordle (left with 2 guesses on the table and never came back!!), so instead of declaring the whole year a lost cause (first instinct, natch), I am going to track per month. 30/31 Wordle for Jan; perfect score on Connections; 28/31 Geniuses on Spelling Bee (forgot to play a few).
January date: We went out to breakfast, which was lovely. We will definitely do that again-- a great use of preschool time and rare morning lull.
January restaurant: Old Glory in Clarksville, TN on our way home from Hilton Head.
January yoga tally: 18/25. I could not remember to practice on the weekends.
1/25 bags of donations are at the thrift store! Go me!
I BOUGHT PLANE TICKETS!! You guys!!! To go to Portland in April!!! More about this soon.
Minnie is FEELING her new clothes, and I love it so much
You did great on your goals, Sarah!
ReplyDeleteHa ha, Minnie.. she looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job. I mean there's always room for improvement- January was a hard month for me- I just couldn't seem to get it together. I say, February is the new January! We will start fresh on February 1st. Or, right now.
You're going on a plane!!! Woot, woot!! So proud of you.
ReplyDeleteAnd 18/25 seems like a lot of yoga to me. I think that's awesome!
I was looking forward to seeing how you'd manage all those repetitive type goals! Those can be a struggle for me, but I always set them anyway, lol!! I think if you have a lot of "daily" or "repeat" goals, there's no feasible way you're going to hit them ALL the time, so I think just aiming for a "majority" of the time is still a major win, IMO. Looks like overall you're doing awesome!
ReplyDeleteMinnie looks so grown up! The Lands End coats arrived yesterday. I got a 4T/5T and the bigger size and thought of you when Paul tried on the 4T/5T one AND IT WAS TOO BIG!! I have the smallest children. But it's fine - it will fit next year and then when he's like 10 the size small will fit. Ha.
ReplyDeleteJan was a tale of 2 months. The first 12 days were great, then I had surgery on the 13th and things really went downhill from there. But I have made plans to cross some things off my 25 in 25 list. So that's something.
Wait...there's still TWO days in January, right? I can't even begin to evaluate my January success because I can obviously cram everything in to today and tomorrow. RIGHT!! (That is not how this works.)
ReplyDeleteI have missed a few zoom meeting with Reg's neurologist and that is NO BUENO. I hate that so much. One issue was that my old stupid phone was not giving me the reminders. What was up with that? I got a reminder about his annual EEG the other day and I sent a screen shot to him and to Coach, so I think we are ON it. Shoot, I want you to work writing into your me time. How? You are so busy. I want to know what you are writing. Wanna trade chapters every so often? Would that make you accountable? Force you to find the time? My guess is I'm not scary enough, like what would I do if you didn't send me a chapter? ;)
ReplyDeleteMini is so cute in her new threads. I'm reading Go As A River right now. I can't put it down. Loving it.
I sometimes wish I'd wheeled the stationary bike into place for my morning ride the night before, because then I'd have more time on the bike. Duh. Why don't I do this?
SO MANY wins, Sarah!! Inspiring!
ReplyDelete(I share some of your goals, although I didn't bother to write them down, so it was a nice check-in for me too :) )
Portland is a great destination!!!
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