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September goals RECAP

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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.

September goals

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I’m a couple weeks late posting my September goals, but better late than never, right?

Personal goals

  • Read 6 books (which ones are down below)
  • Meditate 3 times a week
  • Create a space I love

Self-care goals

  • Journal daily (starting now)
  • Practice affirmations
  • Do skin care routine

Health / Wellness goals

  • Move body every day
  • Eat more fruits & veggies
  • Have 10k steps a day
  • Drink 40oz of water daily
  • Stretch daily

Social media goals

  • Gain 5 subscribers/followers on main platforms I use (YouTube, WordPress, Twitter, Tumblr)

Book goals

  • The Coworker by Freida McFadden
  • The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3) 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
  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Weekend Wrap-Up #3

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This past week was quite rough overall.

  • I burned myself at work on Tuesday. I was picking up a pan of corn when the juices sloshed over and burned my hand. It is 5 days later and I still have a mark on my wrist. After using petroleum jelly it does not sting anymore, but today it has been itching. I don’t think it will scar any, but not 100% positive it won’t leave a little something.
  • On Wednesday, my Pa had to go to the hospital. Scared me to death. He’s doing ok now. Also, I still hate hospitals. And elevators.
  • On Friday, I started my re-read of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I can’t tell you how many times I have read the books 1-4. After just re-reading the first part of this book, I can already tell you that I do not agree with Dumbledore having Harry stay with the Dursley’s after knowing how they abuse him. I know staying there was supposed to keep him safe, but he should have found another way instead of letting them starve him and bully him.
  • I’ve made a cleaning list that I want to try to do daily. I am going to try to implement this list this coming up week. I came up with this after my friend and I were talking about how we have to clean on our days off and it is almost a whole day ordeal. With having a cleaning list, it’s a clean after yourself everyday kind of thing.
  • Saturday I woke up and went to my Pa’s house to eat chocolate gravy and drink coffee with several members of family. My Pa insisted on still making my plate and fixing my coffee. I let him because he wasn’t having to lift anything over 3 pounds.
  • Today (Sunday) at work was so crazy busy. Sunday is our busiest day, but we haven’t been this busy since pre-covid. Pre-covid, we used to be as busy as we were today every Sunday. At that time, we also had a couple more workers. We made it though.

I think this coming up week is going to be a little nerve-wracking as Tennessee is supposed to be getting some tornadoes. Storms make me extremely anxious.

Weekend Wrap-Up #1

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I have seen several weekend wrap-ups on WordPress, and I thought I would try it out as well. This would help my memory, and it would give me more blog content as well. No promises that my life will be interesting though.

  • On Monday, my family and I got a really late start (4:30 pm) on leaving for vacation. We went to visit some family for a few days. We got there about 9:30 pm. I didn’t take a lot of pictures, but I got a few.

  • This week I have started reading 4th of July by James Patterson. I’m slowly trying to read through this series and I really love it.
  • One thing that never happens to me at home is getting stuck waiting on a train, but on Tuesday I got stuck waiting for a coal train while on vacation. Those coal trains are super long!
  • On Tuesday, I also realized that the house across from me has a headless mummy outside on their porch. *cue Scooby Doo theme song*
  • Since I had covid in January, I’ve been having drainage down my throat and ears almost every day. Having it hurt on vacation was not fun, but I am taking medicine to hopefully dry everything up. I’m soo tired of feeling sick to my stomach and sometimes dizzy.
  • I work on the weekends, and this one seemed so long after having been on vacation for the week. I didn’t think it was ever going to end. I am already excited that I am off tomorrow.