As
always, I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I
accomplished my goals.
March Goals
Personal/Connect
N Worry,
rush, and complain less, live in the present and choose joy. – With all of
this going on, uhhhh no. I’ve probably
worried more than ever and I’ve been in a serious funk for a while.
N Be
positive, confident, and kind and don’t sweat the little things. – While
I’ve been trying my very best to be positive and kind, you can probably imagine
that this has also been a major struggle these last few weeks.
N
Continue reading self-improvement book. – I put it on pause for a
few, but I’m about to pick it back up again.
Y
Do The Best Lent Ever program. – If there’s one thing I’ve been
focusing on more than ever, it’s spending time with God. I’ve literally done this course every single
day.
N
Go to confession. – Our church has canceled most events and we’ve
been social distancing, so unfortunately, this was a no-go.
Y
Attend the school spring event meeting(s). – Well, we attended the
meeting, but only to cancel the event.
Haha.
N
Send out sponsorship letters for spring event. – The event had to be
canceled so there was no need to send the letters.
Y
Have a girls dinner. – Thank goodness we had scheduled this for the
first week of March! We were able to
make it and try a new restaurant!
Y
Attend Couple’s Club for our church. – Yes, thank goodness we were
able to attend this, too! It was good
timing since we’re now all stuck at home not being social.
Y Attend
the Home & School Association meeting for March. – Yep, we had to Zoom,
but we got it done.
Y Celebrate
Mama Cass’s 91st birthday! – We couldn’t have a big party like we originally
wanted to, but we improvised with a social distancing yard party. Hopefully we can have a redo when this is all
over.
Health/Beauty
Y Meditate
most days. – I meditated every single day.
Lord knows, I need it right now more than ever.
N Download
the full version of Calm app. – Still haven’t done this, but I really
should.
Y Quiet
time most days. – I did this every single day, too. It’s so important right now more than ever.
N Drink
64 oz. water most days. – Now that the kids are home and I’m schooling them,
I’ve dropped the ball on this because I just don’t think about it while I’m
running around like a chicken with my head cut off.
Y Work
out at the gym as much as possible.- Well, I made it a couple of times, and
then that was it. It’s now closed like
the rest of the nonessential world.
Y Try
yoga. – I did try it once! It hurt my
back pretty bad, though, so I never did it again. I’d like to try again soon, though.
Y Start
taking elderberry supplements. – I did start taking this, but then I heard
it could possibly make the virus worse, so I discontinued them for now.
N Start
cooking with turmeric. – I bought some but I haven’t made anything with it
yet.
N Visit
with the dentist to check on my TMJ progress. – The appointment was canceled
like everything else.
Y Continue
visiting with therapist. – Yes, we were able to have our appointment via
Zoom!
N Find
a general practitioner. – Not even bothering with this right now because
nobody is open.
Family
Y Kids
start taking elderberry supplements. – They did start taking these, but
again, we discontinued after I read that article about it making the virus
worse. Who knows if it’s even true, but
we’re just erring on the side of caution because that’s what I do.
N Find
some less sugary snacks for the kids to eat every afternoon. – With all of
the chaos in the world right now, that’s been the last thing on my mind.
Y Use
wellness roller on all of us daily. – I have been using this a lot… not
every single day, but I’m trying to remember to do it as much as possible.
N Watch
Jacob play a whole lot of baseball. – We watched him play exactly one game
and then everything was canceled. :o(
N Take
Olivia for a thyroid check-up. – Nope, they’re closed, too, so her
appointment was moved to April… and now it’s been moved again, this time to
May.
Y Start
prepping for Easter. – I did get everything squared away for the kids’
Easter baskets, because, by golly, we’re going to try to make Easter be as
normal as possible.
N Start
looking at summer calendar – swim lessons, VBS, vacay, camp, etc. – Why
bother? Nobody can make plans right now
because we literally don’t know what anything is going to look like this
summer.
N Pack
and prepare for Disney World. – Sadly, our trip was canceled.
N GO
TO DISNEY WORLD! – Canceled. :o(
Home
Y Clean
out purse. – I finally did do this, and now I’m not even using it because
I’m not going anywhere. Oh, the irony.
N Clean
out closet under stairs. – Nope. Since
I’ve been homeschooling the kids, I haven’t had any time during the week to do
this. And on the weekend, I don’t have
the motivation.
N Start
test-driving vehicles. – Nope, everything is closed and we’re all staying
away from public areas.
N Complete
1 thing on Master To-Do list. – Nope.
Again, no motivation. Too much
craziness.
N Research
condos for beach trip, take 3. – Nope.
Don’t even know if we’ll be able to take a trip this summer.
Blog
Y Complete all posts
for Spring Break.
N Complete one post
for summer. – Nope. Now that I’m
homeschooling the kids, I barely have time for anything other than school. The blog is officially taking a back seat.
N Continue working on
2020 Recap. – Nope.
Summary
17
items accomplished
22
items not accomplished
Monthly
Stats
Books Read: 1
Open Book – Jessica Simpson
Meditation Days: 31
Pictures of My Successes
Now for the April goals… and these will
be mighty odd considering the circumstances.
I’m focusing a lot more on family-oriented fun stuff and less on other things. Although, I do want to set a few goals for
the blog and our house just to keep my focus on things I can control and less
on the things that I can’t.
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| Meditation |
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| Girls Night! |
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| Couples Club! |
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| Jacob's one and only baseball game... my gosh, I hate that we're being robbed of his last season of coach pitch. |
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| Gym time |
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| Quiet time |
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| Home and School meeting |
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| Celebrating Mama Cass six feet away |
April Goals
Personal/Connect
Embrace
quarantine, try to focus on the positive things, and make the most of it.
Attend bible
study via Zoom!!
Arrange a Zoom
girls’ night.
Celebrate my
quarantine birthday.
Continue
reading self improvement book.
Health/Beauty
Meditate every
day.
Quiet time
every day.
Drink 64 oz.
water most days.
Start running.
Continue
visiting with my therapist on Zoom, of course.
Start taking
Vitamin D.
Work on my
tan. :o)
Family
Continue online/homeschool
and keep the kids on track.
Keep the kids
feeling safe and happy despite conditions in the world around us.
Have a “Disney”
day at home since our Disney trip was canceled.
Sidewalk chalk
our driveway.
Play in the
blow-up pool.
Bake cookies.
Play Cornhole.
Send happy mail
to friends.
Give Maui a
bath.
Teach the kids
how to wash a car.
Teach the kids
how to fold and put away laundry.
Teach the kids
to ride bikes without training wheels.
Teach the kids
how to meditate.
Life skills refreshers
for the kids – how to wash hands, brush teeth, tie shoes properly.
Read daily
devotional with kids.
Prepare for
Easter.
Celebrate
Easter (dress up for family pic, church online, and egg hunt in our back yard)
Book fast
passes for Disney in June in case we are miraculously able to go.
Think about
summer camp, swim lessons, VBS, beach, and mountains just in case things
start to get back to normal.
Home
Hang American
flag.
List summer
clothes on Poshmark.
Complete 3
things on Master To-Do list.
Blog
Try to post 3 times per week.
Complete one post for summer.
Continue working on 2020 recap.
Do a Day in the Life on Instagram
stories.
Do a time-lapse video on Instagram
stories.
Use Instagram oils account more. I love my oils and really want to focus on
them again!
Friday Funnies
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| Yes, exactly! |
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| Oh my goodness, what I wouldn't do for some cheese dip and a margarita right now! |
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| We may have to see if we can get some take-out tonight. |
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| Me on Sunday. :o( |
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| We're gonna have to have a redo when all of this is over! |
Happy Friday, y’all!
*Linking up with A Little Bit of Everything for Friday Favorites and Della Devoted for High Five for Friday.
This was definitely a hard month to accomplish goals and everything we had planned was a wash - but i like your goal of trying to embrace the positive of this time. It's certainly not easy and every day i wake up I could be happy or sad - it just depends. I do need to drink more water though...xo, Biana -BlovedBoston
ReplyDeleteI think you did the best with what you could! Such a strange month with things changing in the middle. I like your April goals. With spring break and my kids not being occupied by school I'm going to need to find ways to entertain them!
ReplyDeleteI think with everything going on you still did a great jobs. Many of our goals have been put on the back burner for things and each day seems to be different depending on how the kids are. I love that you also have some goals for them. I need to get mine on board with learning to fold laundry.
ReplyDeleteHappy early birthday sweet girl I am here to tell you that my birthday yesterday was one of the best I ever had, I barely even realized we were in quarantine and for that I am so grateful. I can only wish the same for you! Goals are just taking on a little bit of a different route right now as our celebrations but we can do this and I wish you every happiness and joy there is! xo
ReplyDeleteYou still accomplished a lot more than I would have. Happy Early Birthday!!!
ReplyDeleteSorry yoga hurt your back, need to engage those abs and it will not hurt, I promise! You accomplished so much in these weird times. I hope you have a happy birthday weekend!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job of readjusting your goals for this crazy quarantine! My fave is "work on tan." :)
ReplyDeleteWe read so many conflicting things about Elderberry too that I had no idea if we should keep taking it or not and then we ran out of our supply and couldn't find them anywhere anyway. I felt the same way about my March goals and trying to set April goals. I think we all get a pass though.
ReplyDeleteI just don't know what to do about that and I'm sure there's probably not even enough research done on the subject yet anyway!
Deleteit's good that you got some things done even if the changing world made it hard to complete everything! I'm definitely trying to give myself grace, it's a big change for everyone and we can only do what we can!
ReplyDeleteHope that you had a lovely weekend :) We all stayed home and stayed safe, hope you did too.
Away From Blue
We sure did! Thank you!
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