Friday, December 6, 2024

Five on Friday - December Goals

Today I’m recapping my November goals and listing my December goals.  As always, I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I accomplished my goals. 


November Goals

Relationships

N  Go on a date with Brian.

Y  Have a poker night with friends.

Y  Go to dinner with my girlfriends.

 

Personal/Health/Wellness/Fitness/Beauty

Y  Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, and affirmations every day.

N  Close all rings on my Apple Watch 18 days. – I let myself be lazy during Thanksgiving break, and therefore, I only closed them all 14 times last month.

N  Aim to average 8,000/steps per day. – Again, I let myself be lazy, and I only averaged 6,986 steps per day last month.

Y  Visit with my therapist.

Y  Research this new potential cause of my vertigo/dizziness.

Y  Complete 25 days of The Bible Recap.

Y  Read 1 book. – I read a book of poetry.

 

Family/School/Fun

Y  Attend the Home and School Advisory meeting for November.

Y  Attend the soft opening for my friend, Khristina’s, new bookstore.

Y  Get Maui groomed.

Y  Take Maui for her annual checkup at the vet.

Y  Volunteer at the middle school dance.

Y  Attend the Georgia vs. Tennessee game in Athens!

X  Attend the Home and School open meeting for November. – I had another meeting come up, so I had to skip this one.

Y  Take Olivia to her annual eye appointment checkup.

Y  Olivia have baby teeth extracted.

Y  Celebrate Thanksgiving.

Y  Watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Y  Have our annual North Pole breakfast.

Y  Take family photos for Christmas cards.

Y  Watch a lot of college football.

Y  Continue working on our fall puzzle.

Y  Start watching all of our favorite Christmas movies. – We watched Home Alone and Home Alone 2, and I watched Serendipity and The Holiday numerous times.

 

Home/Organization/Planning

Y  Decorate the whole house for Christmas.

Y  Plan outfits for family photos for Christmas cards.

Y  Prep and plan for our North Pole breakfast.

Y  Prep and plan for Thanksgiving.

Y  Start prepping and planning for Christmas.

Y  Knock out a lot of our Christmas shopping.

Y  Order Christmas cards.

N  Update album artwork for at least 25 albums in iTunes.

Y  Back up the last few months of pictures and videos.

N  List more stuff to sell.

N  Work on at least 1 task on Master To Do List.

 

Blog/Social Media

Y  Try to get ahead on blog posts. – I got ahead by 10 days this month!  I lost a little bit of ground over Thanksgiving break, but I’m still ahead a good bit!

Y  Share all holiday gift guides on the blog.

Y  Post at least 1 Reel.


Summary

32 tasks accomplished

7 tasks not accomplished

1 task that was canceled

 

Monthly Stats


Books Read: 1

    Heal.  Grow. Love: Words to Help You Become by Alex Pierre Jeanty

Meditation Days: 30

Rings Closed on Apple Watch:

    Move Ring: 14

    Exercise Ring: 18

    Stand Ring: 30

Workouts Completed: 21

    Barre: 0

    Core Training: 0

    Dance: 0

    High Intensity Interval Training: 0

    Hiking: 0

    Mixed Cardio: 6

    Outdoor Run: 2 (4.25 miles)

    Outdoor Walk: 3 (3.97 miles)

    Pilates: 0

    Pool Swim: 0 (0 yards)

    Stair Stepper: 4

    Strength Training: 3

    Yoga: 3

Time Spent Working Out: 12:02:40 (hours:minutes:seconds)

Calories Burned During Workouts: 2,703

Total Steps This Month: 209,590 (Average: 6,986 / day)

 

Pictures of My Successes

Apple Watch rings fail

Meditation success

Soft opening for my friend's book store

Poker night with these faves

We got the house decorated

Georgia vs. Tennessee

Georgia vs. Tennessee
Assisting with the middle school dance

More Christmas decor... our living room is just magical this time of year

Fantasy in Lights with my whole family

Not only did we work on the puzzle... we finished it!  Mostly thanks to Brian

North Pole Breakfast

Thanksgiving




Now for the December goals…

December Goals

Relationships

Go on a day date with Brian to celebrate our anniversary.

Have a poker night with friends.

Have a Christmas brunch/ornament exchange with my girlfriends.

 

Personal/Health/Wellness/Fitness/Beauty

Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, and affirmations every day.

Close all rings on my Apple Watch 15 days.  

Aim to average 8,000/steps per day.  

Visit with my therapist.

Finish reading the entire Bible and my Bible Recap!!!!

Start my new Bible recap program for 2025.

Read 1 book.

 

Family/School/Fun

Take Maui for her follow-up at the vet.

Celebrate Maui’s 15th birthday!

Take the kids to see Pentatonix in concert!

Watch Georgia play in the SEC Championship game (from home).

See my friend’s kids’ play.

See Usher in concert!

Take Jacob for his orthodontist consult.

Jacob attend his Velocity Christmas party.

Assist with the Reindeer Run at the kids’ school.

Throw a Christmas party for Olivia’s class.

Celebrate Christmas!

Take the kids to see Straight No Chaser in concert!

Host a New Year’s Eve gathering for family.

Watch all of our favorite Christmas movies.

Drive around and look at Christmas lights.

Visit with Santa.

 

Home/Organization/Planning

Take my car to be serviced.

Address, stamp, and mail Christmas cards.

Prep and plan for the Reindeer Run at the kids’ school.

Prep and plan for Olivia’s class party.

Prep and plan for Christmas.

Finish Christmas shopping.

Wrap all gifts.

Update album artwork for at least 25 albums in iTunes.

Work on alumni relations spreadsheet for the school.

Follow-up on annual goals and see what’s left to be done.

Take down all Christmas decorations and put away by January 1.

Deep clean the entire house by January 1.

List more stuff to sell.

Work on at least 1 task on Master To Do List.

 

Blog/Social Media

Try to get ahead on blog posts.

Finish Ode to 2024 blog post.

Prep Ode to 2025 blog post for next year.

Set up editorial calendar for 2025.

Choose my word for 2025 and start working on goals.

Post at least 1 Reel.

 

Friday Funnies




On the Blog This Week

 Seventeen Years.

What I Ordered from Amazon in November 2024

What I Wore – November 2024

Our Week – The One with Wicked, Teeth Extractions, Play Dates, Fantasy in Lights, the Black Friday Taylor Swift Drop, a North Pole Breakfast, and Three Thanksgivings

 



Previous Monthly Goals Posts


Happy Friday, y’all!

*Linking up with A Little Bit of Everything for Friday Favorites.


8 comments:

  1. I have been doing so bad with getting my steps in now that our weather has turned so cold! I was thrilled to hit 5,000 before bed last night. I am just not motivated to get outside and while I am working out 30 minutes a day it's just not the same.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I couldn't agree more! It's SO hard to get out when it's cold outside and the daylight is so little!

      Delete
  2. I haven’t been as active either. Still get my 10,000 but that’s not hear what I normally get but I imagine I’ve done slot of hustle and bustle, lol. Love these photos! Happy Weekend!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It's so hard to stay active this time of year when all I want to do is be cozy. Haha.

      Delete
  3. You will surely have a happy month ahead. The decor is just wow. Have a great day!
    Rampdiary

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to comment... I read and respond to each and every one! However, if you are a no-reply blogger (meaning that your email address is not connected to your Blogger account), I will not be able to reply to you directly via email... you will have to check back on the blog post for a response!