Category: Monthly Goals

Last month was another disappointing month as I did not reach my goals yet again. Maybe I am setting my goals way too high, which is why I continue to fail meeting them over and over again. I am hoping that this month I can reach my goals, we’ll see.

1. Post 5 times on my blog *This is one thing I accomplished

2. Run at least 32 miles to celebrate my bday and my daughter’s bday. *I only ran 6 miles in the entire month of January

3. Run 3 times a week. *I only ran 3 or 4 times in the month.

4. Take lunch to work *I rarely worked long enough to take a lunch and the couple times I did, I bought lunch

5. Workout once a week * I still haven’t started working out again

6. No buying fast food * I only bought fast food once, which isn’t too bad considering in December I spent $100

7. Read 5 books *I read 4 books

1. No Spend Month- no spending any money except on groceries, bills, and gas

2. Run 20 miles

3. Use phone less than 6 hours a day

4. No eating fast food

5. Read 3 books

6. Get 10,000 steps a day

7. Post 2 YouTube Videos

8. Post 5 times on my blog

9. Get a haircut

10. Watch YouTube only three times a week

I won’t be setting any specific goals for November and December. We are still in a pandemic and honestly, 2020 has been such a tough year for most people, myself included. I do plan to read books, run, and write in this blog, but I won’t add any unnecessary pressure on myself to read a certain number of books or run a certain number of miles. I have ran once this month so far and it felt great! I have also been reading regularly and have enjoyed the books I have read. I do hope to improve more on writing in this blog. I haven’t been doing that consistently. I have no excuse, I have just been a bit lazy. I have been working on Athena Rose, which is the bath, body, and skincare line I founded last year. I am hoping that by the end of 2021, I can provide for my family with just that business.

Here is my recap of my goals for the month of September.

1. Run 30 miles No, ran 0 miles
2. Post 2 videos on YouTube No, didn’t post a single video
3. Sell 25 items on my website or Etsy No, only sold 5 items
4. Publish 5 blog posts No, but was very close. I published 4 blog posts
5. Run virtual Santa Monica 10k No, didn’t run this
6. Read 3 books YES I think I read 4 or 5 books
7. Take lunch to work Yes, I took lunch to work about 80% of the time
8. No fast food or takeout Yes, I didn’t eat fast food or takeout for the whole month
9. Less than 42 hours of phone usage a week No, this was a major fail
10. Run 3 times a week No, didn’t run at all

For the month of October I don’t plan to set any goals. I just feel like I keep setting myself up for failure and disappointment. But I will try to run more, walk more, sell more, write more etc.