January 14: Progress {Week 2/52}
Week two returned me to work full time (and potential changes) + graduate school + fulltime classes for my kiddos… but, I do appreciate this list in keeping my goals in focus!
01: Get 6 – 7 Hours of Sleep Each Night {13/14}
What a great week of evening routines resulted in great sleep! I have settled in with entertaining, pleasure books, allowing myself to drift into a natural bedtime. This week, I implemented a new nutrition plan – and, while this was a huge challenge, it impacted my sleep in a positive way. In kicking my caffeine habit, I am waking up in advance of my alarm clock – making getting out of bed much easier!
02: Learn Calligraphy
No growth here this week…. but, I have an extra day off next week! All eyes are on this!
03: Purge 1000 items {188/1000}
WOW! My inbox is so much easier to manage! But, I’m still deleting…
Digital Clutter: Unsubscribed from 44 more email lists
I also have a huge pile to itemize and take to our local donation center.
04: Organize the Attic
My oldest is busy packing to return to college – and, this level of packing creates more clutter than I like to see in common spaces. I did not add to it by dragging boxes from the attic!
05: Read 100 Books, including ALL of the DBC books. {5/100}
There is something so soothing about drifting to sleep with some pleasure reads!
In Progress
(1) Radical Candor | Scott {Professional Growth}
Complete:
Pleasure Reading: 5 books.
06: Try 52 New Recipes {2/52}
Our most recent cold snap meant that we all craved huge, piping hot bowls of rich, filling stew! My dear hubby whipped up a variation of Brunswick Stew, and, wow, was it delicious! Served with oyster crackers and a Netflix marathon, we braved the cold!
07: Get in Shape
Week 2 and still going. I have a 14-day food logging streak on Lose It, and I am connected to several friends who hold me accountable through sharing successes, cheering me on when I feel defeated, and swapping recipes. This week, I also overhauled my nutritional plan, following the Fast Metabolism Diet. I planned and tracked every single meal, and finally, on Wednesday, the needle on the scale started to move in the downward direction.
Here are some specific action steps that I took this week:
I continued the Running Challenge {Run for America, 1/1/21 – 3/14/21} This week, I have accumulated 81.0km of my 100km goal. Given this milestone, I am really considering increasing my goal to 250 km. What do you think?
I do love my Apple Watch as I am strangely motivated by badges. January 2021 was no different! This one felt tough – but, it’s done!
Third, I closed the Activity Ring every. single. day. Something about seeing those little rings close every day motivates me!
08: #OneMonthGoals with Michael Matera
This month’s goal is to run daily. Nailed it!
January 2020: Run daily.
January 1 – 14: Ran daily and logged 81.0km. See above.
09: Write/Send 52 notes/cards {4/52}
I really need to write a few this week! Maybe I’ll send a care package to Girl #1 in college!
10: Maintain a weekly blog {2/52}
Here I am!
11: Simplify my life
I took a critical look at my calendar and the tasks that go in it. I intentionally batched tasks based on their cognitive requirement. This practice resulted in insane productivity – and, I was able to “eat the frog” on several projects. It turns out, they only looked more monumental than they really were. One of these huge projects is 1/3 of the way complete!
I’m open to other ideas on how to simplify my life… send them my way.
12: Organize my mother’s photographs
I was able to scan, organize, and label 1.5 shoeboxes of photos. That’s a start, right?
Secret Goals!
- Secret Goal #1: This one is starting to take shape…
- Secret Goal #2: Parts of this one were assembled this week…
- Secret Goal #3: I have sketched out a paper/pencil plan for this…
- Secret Goal #4
How are you 2021 goals going?
Do you have a WOY2021?
Cheers, Holly