When I looked at my calendar this week I saw a note.
“Review annual goals (May and August)” Here is the original list from December of 2023.
The obliger that I am, here is the May update.
family/personal life
- Monthly dates with T: Jan ❌ Feb ✅ ✅ Mar ✅ Apr ❌ May ✅ June ✅ (booked)
- Family travel (one, possibly two, trips) Paris ✅ Italy 🔜 Upstate New York camping trip 🔜
- Cont. family traditions ✅ Examples: St Patrick’s day, March 8th – Women’s day, spring break, hikes, going to our favorite diner as a family
- Cont. taking pictures ✅ (I have slowed down with the pictures a bit since the phone is taking away from being present)
- 2023 photo book ✅
- NOT ON THE LIST but was accomplished anyway: “In Case of Death” binder ✅ will, power of attorney, etc [waiting to hear back from lawyer]
- NOT ON THE LIST but was accomplished anyway: one on one dates with the kids. Examples: L and Irish dancing performance; R and Panera, etc ✅
- NOT ON THE LIST: piano lessons for L! ✅
career/finance
- Attend one professional conference ✅
- Prof. books ❌ + workshops (NECTFL) ✅
- Cont. being involved in school community (parent-teacher monthly meetings+other district meetings) Only attended three since January. Plus we participated in the book fair and spirit week- and that takes energy! So ✅
- Cont. Club Advisor ✅
- Cont. retirement savings ✅ automated
- Cont. w. personal nest egg ✅ automated
- Cont. w. joint nest egg ✅ automated
- NOT ON THE LIST: a raise+new salary step ✅
- NOT ON THE LIST: solid and complementary summative professional feedback (think end of year evaluation, except for teachers in happens in March). I was rated highly effective ✅
- NOT ON THE LIST: student teacher+ being a mentor ✅
friends/community
- Friends’ birthdays & get togethers ✅ The three sister friends that I have are my life line. Also, got a few lunch dates in with former colleagues who are also friends. Plus the two Russian friends and the babas: baba Tanya and Lyuba ✅
- Be involved in our local town community ❌
- MLK day of service – ❌
- NOT ON THE LIST: calling dad in Russia- giving myself a ❌ – I did call but rarely. I need to make it a weekly occurrence
hobbies/creativity
- Blogging ✅
- Mom’s weekend away – 2 times (February ✅ and August)
- Hiking ✅
- Movies ✅
- Do one fun thing per month: Jan ✅Feb ✅March ❌ April ✅May ✅
health/fitness
- Walks: 20 minutes 5 times a week ❌
- Yoga: once a week ❌
- Korean sauna visits; once a month ❌ Goal modified to once every three months ✅
- Eat less ❌
- Eat more quality foods ✅
- Water + vitamins ✅
- One coffee per day ❌ This one was stupid.
- NOT ON THE LIST: medical check ups, physical, mammogram, dentist every 6 months ✅
- NOT ON THE LIST: warm water with lemon before I have my morning coffee ✅
mental health
- Golden Hour morning practice ❌ fell off the wagon, got lazy
- Meditation ✅
- Alone time ✅
- Writing/journaling ✅
- Reading: not happy AT ALL with this one. Been on my Steven King book since March. MARCH. ❌ I blame Feedly.
- NOT ON THE LIST but positively contribute to my mental health: Podcasts! ✅
- NOT ON THE LIST but positively contribute to my mental health: signing up for online therapy ✅
Should I modify the goals? Am I forcing myself to love yoga, because everyone loves yoga? What should I do with reading? Should I lock up my phone so I won’t be able to access Feedly? Delete it off my phone?… Banish my phone from the bedroom? Start getting paper books only?
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