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I’m pretty sure that I say this every month – That it flew by! I looked at the calendar today, and was stunned. February starts tomorrow!
Here’s the link to my my January Goals post:
Ready?
Here we go!
- See The Post. — Accomplished!
- Attend the Annual Riverside Service Awards Dinner. — Accomplished!
- Dust the house more often. — Semi-Achieved.
- Get better at weekly meal prep. — Semi-Achieved.
- Commit to regular journaling. — Did not accomplish.
- Continue to make progress with my 2012 NaNoWriMo endeavor. — Did not accomplish.
- Read at least three books. — Did not accomplish.
- Put away the laundry as soon as it’s clean and dry. — Semi-Achieved.
- Celebrate Al’s birthday! — Accomplished!
- Update my TBR. — Accomplished!
- Announce my new blogging challenge for 2018. — Did not accomplish.
Here’s the breakdown:
See The Post. — Accomplished!
- We went to see the movie this past Sunday. It was really good. I’m a sucker for historical dramas, and this one absolutely did not disappoint. I highly recommend it! I look forward to seeing it again.
Attend the Annual Riverside Service Awards Dinner. — Accomplished!
- Al and I attended the dinner at the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton, Virginia. I was one of over 800 employees honored for milestone anniversaries – Five years, up through 40 years. It was a really nice experience!
Dust the house more often. — Semi-Achieved.
- I want to keep improving upon this goal, but I pulled out the vacuum, Swiffer, and broom a bit more often this month.
Get better at weekly meal prep. — Semi-Achieved.
- Like the above goal, I want to keep improving. I did successfully make this Goddess Curry Chicken Salad, and it was delicious!
Commit to regular journaling. — Did not accomplish.
- I didn’t write a single word! Womp, womp.
Continue to make progress with my 2012 NaNoWriMo endeavor. — Did not accomplish.
- This was the farthest thing from my mind this month.
Read at least three books. — Did not accomplish.
- I finished two!
- Here’s the link to the first Book Review: Book Review #51: “Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond”
- Look for that second Book Review, coming to the blog very soon!
Put away the laundry as soon as it’s clean and dry. — Semi-Achieved.
- I was really good at this at the beginning of the month, but faltered a bit in the middle. Oh well, there’s always next month!
Celebrate Al’s birthday! — Accomplished!
- He picked out New York strip steak, which I marinated in Peppercorn and Garlic mix overnight. It was delicious!
- We also feasted on shrimp cocktail, Red Lobster Rosemary Garlic Parmesan Biscuits, and cookie cake!
- Al’s parents also came to visit this past weekend to celebrate. His mom made amazing lasagna!
Update my TBR. — Accomplished!
- Here’s the link to my TBR post: Getting Personal #100: Fifth TBR Recap
Announce my new blogging challenge for 2018. — Did not accomplish.
- I went back and forth over this all month long. I couldn’t find anything that was particularly interesting or inspiring.
Final Thoughts:
- I was able to put Accomplished next to four out of 11 goals: I’ll take it!
- The three goals that were Semi-Achieved: There’s always room for improvement.
- The four goals that I did not accomplish: Most of these were based on time and effort. I’m looking forward to continued progress in February.
What about you? Did you have goals for the month of January?
Come back tomorrow to see my February Goals!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
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Wow, you accomplished quite a bit. Keep it up while you have the momentum. Have a good day.
Thank you so much! I appreciate your support. I hope you have a good day, too.
Thanks