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May was a month full of adventure!
Here’s the link to my May Goals post:
Ready?
Here we go!
- Drastically curb my spending habits. — Accomplished!
- See Solo: A Star Wars Story. — Accomplished!
- Finish prepping the Lady Lounge for the new standing desk. — Did not accomplish.
- Schedule the replacement of our ductwork and HVAC system. — Did not accomplish.
- Finish the book I’m currently reading, plus write the Book Review. — Accomplished!
- Work on a goals list with Al for the remainder of 2018. — Did not accomplish.
- Update the Household Bills spreadsheet. — Did not accomplish.
- Visit the farm! — Did not accomplish.
- Prepare for P.E.O. State Convention. — Accomplished!
- See the Virginia Symphony Orchestra perform the music to Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets live. — Accomplished!
- Publish my first “Down The TBR Hole” post. — Accomplished!
- Continue progress on my 2012 NaNoWriMo endeavor. — Did not accomplish.
Here’s the breakdown:
Drastically curb my spending habits. — Accomplished!
- I’m so incredibly proud of myself. I actually did it!
- The power of writing down a goal really works.
- I saw the difference in my bank account and credit card statements.
- I also FELT the difference, which I think is the most important thing. More money in the bank means more money to go toward the things we NEED.
- My stated goals were: (a) not buy any more new clothes [both for Laura Beth, and Laura Beth’s American Girl dolls], and, (b) not eat out as much for my lunches.
- I felt successful with both goals, and I’m very happy.
See Solo: A Star Wars Story. — Accomplished!
- We saw Solo on Thursday, May 24th.
- Is is the best Star Wars movie ever? No. Absolutely not.
- However, it is fun, entertaining, action-packed, and a good story. The cast is AMAZING!
- Give this movie some love and go see it.
Finish prepping the Lady Lounge for the new standing desk. — Did not accomplish.
- We had other priorities this month. The standing desk is lower on the list!
Schedule the replacement of our ductwork and HVAC system. — Did not accomplish.
- We had to get our electrical panel upgraded first, and we’re just waiting for the city inspector to sign off on the work.
Finish the book I’m currently reading, plus write the Book Review. — Accomplished!
- Done! Yay!
- Here’s the link to that Book Review post: Book Review #58: “Prez: A Story of Love”
- I’m also proud of myself that I read FOUR books this month! Yay!!
Work on a goals list with Al for the remainder of 2018. — Did not accomplish.
- This just didn’t happen. Looking forward to doing this in June.
Update the Household Bills spreadsheet. — Did not accomplish.
- See above comment. I’m determined to do this by the end of June!
Visit the farm! — Did not accomplish.
- I didn’t visit the farm this time, since I was in Florida with my family.
- Here’s the link to my Adventure Time post: Adventure Time: Florida Edition (Round 3 – Richard Madan’s Celebration of Life & Family Trip)
- Thank you to everyone for their kind words! We miss him, but we’re happy he’s no longer suffering.
Prepare for P.E.O. State Convention. — Accomplished!
- It’s almost time! I’m so excited to be a delegate with Darcy this year!
See the Virginia Symphony Orchestra perform the music to Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets live. — Accomplished!
- Al and I went to Chrysler Hall on Friday, May 4th.
- It was such an awesome concert!
- Plus, we got to eat California Pizza Kitchen AND cotton candy during the movie!
Publish my first “Down The TBR Hole” post. — Accomplished!
- This was such a fun post. I’m planning to model this for my future TBR posts!
- Here’s the link to the post: Getting Personal #122: My Take on “Down The TBR Hole”
Continue progress on my 2012 NaNoWriMo endeavor. — Did not accomplish.
- I had all the intentions of working on it during my trip to Florida, but it just didn’t happen.
- However, with my self-imposed deadline of December 31, 2018 on the fast-track, I best be cracking for the rest of the year!
Final Thoughts
- I was able to put Accomplished next to six out of 12 goals! I’ll take it!
- The six goals that I did not accomplish: I forgot what happens when you take a week off of work and travel extensively for that week! On to June!
What about you? Did you have any goals for the month of May?
Come back tomorrow to see my June Goals!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
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Considering what you did this past month & your Uncle passing, you deserve to feel really proud of the goals you accomplished! Even if you weren’t able to put “accomplished” next to a single goal, you deserve to feel proud of your strength & the light you brought to your loved ones during this dark time. ❤
Your words always bring a smile to my face. Thank you! I do feel proud. I’m so happy that I was able to be there and play a small part in helping them, and myself.
Aw! You’re so welcome! 🙂