Goal Setting Week 13

My first goal was to update my goal list each week.  I have to say having a post on goal setting has helped me to stay focused on what goals I want to accomplish this year. The biggest drawback is to remind myself that I have the whole year to work on accomplishing these goals. Hopefully you, my faithful readers will remember this as well and not get tired of reading about my progress! I tend to get a little stressed when I realize just how fast the year is flying by. However, I am making progress!

1. 1. 1. Find a new hosting site for my blog and make the site secure. Done!! So excited after all this time I finally have a secure website! Still working on getting a few more items updated and then I can finally move on to goal #2.
      2. Monetize my blog.  Still on my to do list. Time to put this goal on the forefront! It would be nice to have some money coming in for a change. No progress yet on this goal.
      3. Create a cookbook! One step at a time, get the blog running smoothly, increase readership and then I’ll be working on the cookbook!
      4. Be diligent about getting 10 K steps in 5 out of 7 days each week. After a really miserable week last week with freezing rain and snow, we had a beautiful, sunny weekend! Might not of gotten 5 walks in but did manage to get three walks in this week! I’ll tell you a day of sunshine makes everything so much better!
      5. As we continue to prepare for an eventual house sale, continue to de-clutter. Get rid of at least 250 items from the house this year!  More decluttering, I just focus on one area each day and it’s amazing what I can find to pass along, this week it was 15 items  to be exact, out the door! 165 items to go!
      6. Read more  25 books this year! Managed to get two books read this week! Saving Simon, all about a donkey and the lessons the actor learned on compassion. A true story and so delightful. Also read Bob Goff’s new book Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People. I love Bob Goff, his book Love Always is one of my favorite books. I enjoyed his new book so much we’re now reading it out loud every morning. Still keeping track of the books I’ve read on Good Reads, what a wonderful app. I can keep track of all the books I have read, the books I want to read and the books I am reading. I listed on the app that I want to read 25 books this year, 12 to go! Beginning to think my goal here should have been a few more books!
      7. Have a consistent meal plan each week and prepare ahead! I am enjoying just thinking ahead for the week regarding our meals. We live a good distance from the grocery story so I like to have a well stocked pantry. I’m finding that planing a week out saves on waste as I can use up everything we purchase. Enjoyed some good meals this week, our meals usually feed four which means we can enjoy a meal for diner one night and then again for lunch.
      8. Finish 4 2 knitting projects. Second project finished! I am loving this mobius infinity scarf I’m working on. Like I mentioned last week setting it up is a bit tricky but once you’ve got the first two rows done it goes very quickly. It is almost like magic as you are knitting from the outside in, if that makes any sense. To see what I’m talking about check out this YouTube video.

   9. Clean out our freezer. Such progress! Freezer is well under control now. Downstairs there is just some tomato sauce and one more container of frozen blueberries! Making progress!10. Take a few road trips and visit family and friends on the east coast that we will not see so often once we make a move to the west coast. We came up with a list of three people that we would like to visit while we’re still living on the east coast. Now to take a hard look at the calendar and plan these trips. Recently contacted our friends in North Carolina and an aunt in upstate New York. I foresee a road trip in our future! Well into planing this trip to North Carolina, it’s quite a drive so we’re trying to figure out who else we can visit and how long we should plan to be away.
   

So we’re now into April and I’m continuing to think about my goals every week. I think having them on paper and reviewing them each week is really helpful! This might be the first year I actually complete the majority, if not all, of my goals!

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