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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.

August goals recap

September 9, 2024Kelli2 Comments

I have been slacking on the blog posts this past month! I am going to make a recap of what I’ve been doing in August then I will make a September goals post.

Career goals

Give a 2 week notice to my current job —I gave my 2 week notice on August 4, and they ended up firing me on August 8. It ended up better for me because I was already working somewhere else so that freed up my schedule to work.
Job search — I meant this to be for me to job search for myself because I don’t need to be a waitress all my life. I looked some for me, but I was really looking for one of my friends a new job.

Social media goals

~~Publish 3 blogs + monthly goals & recap~~ — The only thing I got posted was the goals. I slacked on posting ANYTHING else.
~~Post on YouTube 2 times~~ — I didn’t post a single YouTube video in August. Oops.
~~Get to 185 subscribers on blog~~ — I haven’t gained or lost any subscribers. I have stayed at 179. I was hoping to post more and gain some.
~~Get to 317 subscribers on Youtube~~ — I have 314 subscribers… Sub to me on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@Ykelli
~~Organize my Pinterest~~ — Why do I keep putting this off?

Personal goals

Do one self-care act a day — I know I did at least one most days. I forgot to keep up with it.
Drink 50 oz of water a day — Some days I did 50 oz. Some days I did 20 oz.
Plan 2 dates with Cody outside the house — If we did I didn’t get pictures of it, and my memory is bad LOL. I know we at least had one date outside the house, and we had went out shopping and had lunch.
~~Practice mediating~~ — I did NOT do this like I wanted to.
~~Journal daily~~ — I was doing good with journaling daily until I wasn’t.
~~Walk 3-4 times a week~~ — I have been slacking.
Schedule a day to hang out with each friend — I did really good with this. I hung out with all but two.

Books goals

~~Gone with the Wind~~ ~~by Margaret Mitchell~~ — I am hopefully finishing this in September! I’m currently 64% into the audiobook. If I have to go get the physically copy from the library I will finish it this month!
~~When Your Best Isn’t Good Enough~~ ~~by Dr. Kevin Leman~~ — I am literally finishing this book on the day I am posting this (September 9 lol).
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson — I enjoyed the first book of this series!
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes — LOVE this book series! I’m already almost done with the next one.
Winning the War in Your Mind by Craig Groeschel — A good little self-improvement book. Not my favorite, but not bad.

I had such a good month even though I did not do all the social media things I wanted to do! I’m already doing better in September so go me! Here are some pictures that capture some of the reasons my month of August was so great.

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.

Last, but not least, I just wanted to share some of the pictures I took of my animals this month.

How was your month of May, readers? Tell me about it in the comments.

December recap

December 29, 2021KelliLeave a comment

My December started out with my Spotify wrap. Apparently parents by YUNGBLUD was my top song of the year, which is honestly a mood. I thought that my Spotify wrap was pretty accurate, although I became obsessed with some songs in November and December that were not on my top 100 and they probably should have been.

I AM WOMAN by Emmy Meli has probably been my favorite powerful song here lately. This is the first song I put on when I have a singing/dance session. It definitely helps lift my spirits when I feel down.

I have gotten into the routine where I go to this coffee shop at least once a week to try and get a start on some work that I want to do. I think the employees expect me now actually. My favorite thing I drank this month (and am drinking in the picture) was a Christmas cookie latte – hot.

Anyway, this is my favorite spot to come to. I come in and either caught up on some social media stuff, or try to write for my book. Sometimes I will even just journal too.

My friend, Tawnie, and I ended up going to eat Mexican at our favorite place where I ordered a strawberry margarita. A strawberry margarita which had very few strawberries and a whole lot of tequila. Not going to lie, I got pretty tipsy, and I did not even finish my drink. It was a super fun night though. We took a couple pictures like the one above. We then went to this house that had those Christmas lights where you turn your radio station to a certain one and it plays in tune with the lights. That was pretty cool.

My babies have been super cuddly. It is rare for me to not have one in my lap unless I just don’t let them.

Khole and I spent quite a bit of time at my Pa’s house. Khole loves to go up there, and I think my Pa loves it too.

Yes, I took a picture with Santa. Regrets? None. He was actually a pretty funny dude.

This drink is called a patio punch, and these are dangerous. These have three different kinds of alcohol in them and you can’t taste a single one. They are super good though. This night I went to see a friend play some live music at this pizza bar. It was a really good night.

My cat, Leo, lays like this all the time. He is so cute half the time. The other half he is the devil. But he sure loves his Mama.

Gym update: I still go. Often. This month I even got one of my coworkers to start going with me as well.

Spring bucket list RECAP

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021Kelli1 Comment

Spring is now over! Here is a recap of my Spring bucket list.

~~Try a new coffee shop~~

I did try a new coffee shop during this time, and I loved it! It was called the Coffee Place, and I do plan on going there again. I didn’t drink coffee that day, but their London fog tea was delicious.

~~Try Dunkin Donuts~~

I finally tried Dunkin and I loved it! I’ve been four times in the last month. I haven’t tried but one of their coffee, but their ice matcha latte is the best thing ever. If you have any favorite coffee orders from dunkin please comment on this post.

~~Renew my car tags~~

I did do this.

~~Go hiking~~

I did go hiking a few times with my best friend, Ricky. We went to this wonderful nature park that I had been to before, but he had not. It’s a park that is made up of bridges to older people have easy access. There are also a few large cages that contain eagles and owls. We also went to a place even I hadn’t been to before.

~~Go to strawberry festival~~

The strawberry festival is this awesome festival that has fair rides, live music, food trucks, and strawberry shortcake!

~~Try a new restaurant~~

I did try Longhorn Steakhouse for the first time. I went with my family. I’m not a big fan of steak so I just got their Caesar salad, potato soup, and steamed asparagus. Those were so good I might actually go again sometime just to get that meal again.

Start doing meditations and affirmations more regularly

I did a couple meditations, but other than that I have not done them regularly. I am going to keep trying.

~~Go on a trip~~

I had planned to go on a vacation to the beach, but ended up not going. One of my friends did come down though and for three days we went around to some hiking places nearby. It was really fun.

Grow flowers

I tried. I failed.

~~Work on book~~

I have slowly been working on a book I’ve been wanting to write for forever. My big problem with writing this is that I hate writing rough drafts. In school, when I was writing a paper I would never have a rough draft, only a final draft. I am having to remind myself that I need to write a rough draft and then I can go back and keep improving it instead of trying to make it perfect the first go around.

~~Buy something for myself~~

I feel like I had something in mind when I put this on my list, but I don’t remember what it was. I have spent a lot of money on myself this season though.

~~Finish reading 4 books~~

I have actually read 7 books this season, not counting all the fan fiction and other non formally published works. Here is what I read:

Without Warning by David Rosenfelt
To and Fro: Kelsey’s Journey by LT Ladino Bryson
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) by Sarah J. Maas
Coming Up Roses (Southern Roots, #1) by L.K. Farlow
An Uphill Battle (Southern Roots, #2) by L.K. Farlow
Weather the Storm (Southern Roots, #3) by L.K. Farlow
Shielding His Baby (Deuces Wild, #3) by Taryn Quinn