July 5 2018

2nd Quarter Goal Checkin

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Here is the list of my 2018 Goals.

FAMILY/FRIENDS
Spring Break Cabin Trip (March 23-30) (Read More Here)
College Avenue Stitchers (1st Saturdays) (5/12)
FlyFests (2nd Saturdays) (6/12)
Knit & Crochet It Forward (2nd Saturdays) (6/12)
YarnSlingers (3rd Tuesdays) (6/12)

HEALTH/FITNESS
Sleep (6 hours/night) (71/91 this Qtr) 78.0% (much better than last Qtr)
Water (6 cups/day) (82/91 this Qtr) 90.1% (better than last Qtr)
Cardio (21/91 this Qtr) 23.0% (no excuse, really)
Strength (3/91 this Qtr) 3.2% (improvement!)

HOUSE
Finish Cleaning Office (no progress yet this year)
Backup Floppy Disks to Iomega Drive (ALL 434 DONE! as of 4/24)
Paint Table for Porch (DONE! as of  4/29) (See proof here)
Master Bedroom (work on it) (no progress YET this year, plans are in the works!)

We have decided to Reclaim Our Home, one room or area at a time.
We turned the bedroom our daughter used into our Reading Room.
We decluttered and cleaned the Landing, Garage and the Basement!

FINANCES
Pay Off Car Loan (making monthly payments) (6/12)
Pay Off TAN (making monthly payments) (6/12)
Pay ALL Bills on Time (so far, so good) (6/12)
Save $6,000 for London Trip (not quite 10%)

We cut the cable and will save over $200/month!

GIVING
Donate 36 Crocheted Hats (21 done so far)
Donate $ to NaNoWriMo (November) (no progress yet this year)
Gift Wrap for DAR (December) (no progress yet this year)

I have also added crochet edging to 5 baby blankets (30″x30″) this year and taught a great group of ladies how to do this as well. All blankets will be gifted to family or charity. I made 10 soap sacks too!

FUN/HOBBIES
Get Family Tree Maker (upgrade from 2006 version) (no progress yet this year)
Update My Genealogy Websites (ALL DONE! as of 4/16, see Karen’s Kin)
Setup a Way to Sell my Crochet Online (got Etsy Store up and posted 30 listings/49 pcs total)

Got a My Heritage DNA test kit for my birthday (review to come)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Read 100 Books (55/100) (see GoodReads for specifics)
Complete Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge (4/12)
Read 3 Personal Development Books (21/3)
Update Resume (DONE and currently job hunting)

BLOG
1 New Blog Post/Week (Thursdays) (27 +1 book review) 
Continue Five Minute Friday Posts (24)

YOUTUBE
Continue to Add Content (13 video clips posted this Qtr) 
Try to Film Bullet Journal Flip Through (I filmed it!)
Try Being On Camera with Someone for a Virtual Write-In (still thinking about it)

I did test Google Hangouts with my adult son who lives in another city
I took a free class (5/11-15) to learn how to edit videos and have posted a few to my IG feed

WRITING
Complete NaNoWriMo (November) (no progress yet this year)
Read 3 Writing Craft Books (DONE 4/3)
Take 3 Writing Classes (1/3)
Submit 3 Guest Blog Posts or Magazine Articles for Publication (DONE)
Write 3 Contest Entries (DONE) I won for the state on a DAR essay contest I entered but didn’t make it past that level.
Thursday Night Writing Group (23/52) LOVE this group!

Word counts are steady but not as much as I’d like. Pretty much just writing blog posts, resumes, and cover letters these days.

How are you doing on your goals so far this year? Is there anything we can help you with? Let us know in the comments or email me through the contact form.
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Posted July 5, 2018 by Karen Beidelman in category "Goals