Have my ring resized.- Create an altered book.I said I would give up if I didn’t get this done by the end of fall . . . but I changed my mind! It’s still in progress.
Practice discardia.- Write a letter to Cindy Sheehan. Gave up.
- Reflect on my first year in Chicago. Gave up.
Challenge myself this fall!
Things to make specific progress on (10):
- Read 43 books about my city Read 3 more. Didn’t happen.
- Explore 43 new places in my city Add 6. I’ve explored several more places, but with this challenge I intended to post about at least 6 of them. I didn’t do that part.
- Get the medical care I need Get this MRI bullshit figured the hell out! Also, begin bodywork/massage therapy. Partial – got the MRI stuff resolved, and started investigating massage therapists, but haven’t got anything definitive yet.
- Stick to my FlyLady routines like glue. Build an evening routine which I can live with, and stick to it. Gave up.
- Volunteer Post about most recent experience; decide whether to start a new volunteership or take a break. Didn’t post or make a decision about this, but I decided I don’t need to post about it.
Not have a headache. Get a follow up CT scan and discuss with doc.Done! This is my favorite!Have a better relationship with my brother Get through the current horrific family crisis without causing any further damage to an already strained relationship.Done. Sigh.- Find alternatives to Google products. At least post about the alternatives I’m already using. This was yet another posting goal, which I had waaaaay to many of, and didn’t do any of.
Get strong Keep riding the bike as late in the year as possible.Be a better friend Remain close to caught up on returning emails and phone messages.Got better about calling/writing back . . . but began to question whether that’s really what constitutes being a good friend.
Ongoing things to do (3):
JournalNot as much as I wanted to, but I enjoyed what I did.- Stick to a budgetDISMAL failure.
- Accomplish 3 things every dayYeah. Not so much.
Final tally:
Accomplished 3 Things, and 4 specific steps, and maintained 1 ongoing Thing.
Partially accomplished 1 specific step.
Didn’t accomplish 1 Thing and 4 specific steps, and didn’t maintain 2 ongoing Things.
Gave up on 3 Things
3 of the 4 specific steps which I didn’t accomplish, and 1 of the Things which I gave up on, had to do with specific posts which I wanted to create. I think the moral of the story is that those aren’t good goals for me. I’m clearly not really motivated by them.
In the end, I got 8 out of the 19 things on my challenge list done, which isn’t so great. But I think it was made up for by what I’ve learned about how to set goals for myself, so I’m ok with it. Now . . . on to the next challenge!
