Monthly Recap – Story of My Life

End of the month review: June

June 30, 2025KelliLeave a comment

I feel like I blinked, the first of June, and now it is already the 30th. This past month has been challenging, but also fun too. Between working in the cafe and working in the garden, I have been so exhausted. Despite that, I had time to read, watch tv and have fun! Below is more on that.

Favorite book I read:

Give Me More by Sara Cate

This book is S P I C Y, and I LOVED IT. Personally, I would never want to be in a poly relationship, but I did love reading about it. This is the third book of this series, and Sara Cate has written another good one. She makes you love the characters. I am ready for the next one.

Other books I read:

Some Things I Still Can’t Tell You: Poems by Misha Collins
Falling By T.J. Newman
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who’s Been There by Tara Schuster
The Tenant by Freida McFadden
Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley

All of these were so good!

Some other favorites I had this month:

Favorite new place I ate: A1 Pizza
Favorite TV show: Love Island (USA)
Favorite purchase: Sandels
Favorite past time: Reading & gaming
Favorite song: Vienna by Billy Joel
Favorite YouTube Channel: Carly Incontro

Favorite photos I took this month:

End of the month goal check in:

Plan a hangout with friends ✅
Post 2 Youtube videos ✅
Post 2 blogs ❌
Read 5 books ✅
Get to 75 followers on Tik Tok ❌
Work on book ✅
Paint ❌
Eat somewhere new ✅
Start using wheel of books ✅
Go on a hike ❌

I am excited to see what I can get into this next month. There are several things I hope to do this summer… We shall see.

Until next time.

September goals RECAP

October 13, 2024Kelli1 Comment

Ironically I was weeks late posting my September goals, and now I am weeks late at posting the recap for it. I completely forgot about it. Better late than never, right?

Personal goals

~~Read 6 books~~ — I only read 4 books.

The Coworker by Freida McFadden | 5 ⭐️

The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 5 ⭐️

When Your Best Isn’t Good Enough: The Secret of Measuring Up by Kevin Leman | 4 ⭐️

The one by John Marrs | 4 ⭐️

~~Meditate 3 times a week~~ — I slacked on this one.
Create a space I love — I am happy with the way my room is!

Self-care goals

Journal daily — Yes!
Practice affirmations — I have been doing them most days, but not every day.
Do skin care routine — I had a rough spot on my skin, but it is a lot better now because I have been making sure my face is clean and moisturized.

Health / Wellness goals

Move body everyday — Yes! I am working out again.
Eat more fruits & veggies — Better than I was.. Not yet where I want to be.
~~Have 10k steps a day~~ —7/30 times this month. I was usually between 5K and 9K.
~~Drink 40 oz of water daily~~ — I did not do too good on water intake this month.
Stretch daily — Yes!

Social media goals

~~Gain 5 subscribers/followers on main platforms I use~~ — I only gained any on YouTube and my personal instagram. On YouTube and my personal instagram , I gained 3 subscribers in both of them.

Book goals

The Coworker by Freida McFadden
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
When Your Best Isn’t Good Enough by Kevin Leman
The One by John Marrs
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
~~All the Light We Cannot See~~ ~~by Anthony Doerr~~

I am trying to finish Gone With the Wind by the end of October. I will have to wait till All the Light We Cannot See is available on Libby again.

Overall, I have met most of my goals for the month, and I am happy about that. Setting goals lets me be able to have something to work toward.

July Recap

August 1, 2024KelliLeave a comment

I thought it would be a really neat idea to make a blog each month that reflects on my goals, books I read and talk about my favorite things from the month like tv show, video game, pictures I took. It is a great opportunity to connect with you and to be able to look at this later to see what was going on in my life this month. With that being said, let me get started!

GOAL RECAP

Career goals

Bring home $350 in tips weekly — I did!
Job search — I did not… however, soon I will be starting a new waitressing job (long story), and I will be searching for a new job then. One I can use my degree with.

Personal goals

Publish 2-4 blog posts — Posting this reflection will make it my fourth blog post this month! I am so proud of myself.
Post on YouTube 2 times — I have only posted one video this month.

https://youtube.com/@ykelli?si=VmJVj5sGQb_eG2W8

Save enough money for PC gaming set up — I did!! I am so excited to be able to get it once I finally get my own place.
Keep up with finances and budget — Yes, I did!
Pay bills — most of them. Will do the rest ASAP.
Catch up on emails — Hundreds of emails later… Yes, I did.
Take care of mom’s dogs – give lots of love! — Always!

Health goals

Meditate at least 4 times a week — I know I definitely slacked on this, but I know I did do it every week… Maybe just not 4 times.
Walk 10,000 steps a day — I walked at least 10,000 steps 18 days out of 31… On my days off I definitely lacked steps.
Cardio 3 times a week — I did not.
No food after 7 — The people I live with wasn’t wanting to eat till 8 pm some nights.
Drink 40 oz of water minimum — I am so bad at this.

Adventure goals

Go to pool — I really wanted to do this for my boyfriend because he wanted to swim in a pool. While I did not go, he did end up going to a pool.
Go hiking — Sadly I haven’t made time to go hiking.
Do something for Cody’s birthday — We didn’t do anything too crazy, but I think he still had a good time.

Meet up with friends — We did! It was so good to see them again.

Social media goals

Get to 180 subscribers on blog — I didn’t. I hope of I continue to be active on posting, I will get more people to follow my blog journey.
Get to 317 subscribers on YouTube — Nope! I also didn’t post like I meant to.
Get to 30 followers on twitch — I meant to start streaming again, but I did not.
Be active on Facebook, twitter and instagram — Mostly! I was more active — just not as much as I wanted to be.
Organize my Pinterest — Not yet…

BOOKS I READ IN JULY

This book was given to me by one of my friends. She highly recommended it, and I did get some good things from it. For how on when I read self-improvement books, I am going to start writing notes from them… I have forgotten most of what I have read to be honest LOL.

This was the third and final book of the Dreamland Billionaire series. I loved this series and going through the journey with each brother. I love the grumpy- sunshine trope.

*The Book of Cold Cases* by Simone St. James

This was such a good book! It’s a mystery with a side of supernatural. It had me guessing, and then when I did know what had happened, it was cool for it to show you how things came to be. Some things are different than they seemed to be.

FAVORITE PICTURES I TOOK

I also have favorite pictures with some kiddos, but I don’t want to put them online!

FAVORITE TV SHOW

I haven’t watched much tv this month.. The only things I’ve really watched is Hoarders and Family Guy.

FAVORITE VIDEO GAME

I recently just got into playing Dreamlight Valley! I love it. I love playing a quest-type game. Getting to play with all our favorite Disney characters is so neat! At some point, I’ll be able to play with my friend too.

May Recap 2022

May 31, 2022KelliLeave a comment

Hello readers, I hope you have been doing well. I’m slowly trying get that way. Since the beginning of this year — since I got covid in January— I have been having so much trouble with my sinuses/allergies.

I went to the doctor for the 4th (and hopefully last) time this year last week.

But anyway, readers, even though I felt like crap most of this month with an ear infection, I still worked quite a bit and did some fun things too — while accomplishing some of my goals.

I worked a lot in my Pa’s garden this month. We got about 500 plants planted. We also hooked up the water hose as well, which was a lot harder than you would think. I did plenty of squats and didn’t have to worry about doing more at the gym. It was a lot of hard work, but I enjoyed it for the most part until my ear infection flared up. We will have tomatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers and squash in a couple of months.

At the beginning of this month, I was actually social for the first time in forever. A couple of years ago, I was introduced to the strawberry festival. The strawberry festival is in a small town, and they have food trucks, a fair, and some on some nights – music. I went two nights and had lots of fun. Below are some pictures of my time there. I sadly did not get to experience the music this year, but I still had fun and ate good food nonetheless.

On Memorial Day, my dad’s side of the family had a family reunion. We actually still have these pretty much every year. We have been having them at a state park, and it was more fun than I thought it would be this year. We hiked a little bit (I couldn’t a lot because of my ear infection), and we went on the paddle boats. I got plenty of sun (too much probably, lol). I am really glad I went because I almost didn’t.