And here we are at the end of the third quarter. An update on what has happened, or is happening, or not happening:
- Build the habit of putting down my phone when I am with people. I think I’ve maintained my improvement in this area. Hard to quantify, but overall this year I’ve been more conscious of this.
- Put friends and family birthdays into my calendar so I remember birthdays. I would count this as a win. I mostly focused on family, but maybe next year I can add in friends.
- Do Storyworth with my grandmother. I need to pull together what we did together and create the book.
- Call friends (at least) twice a month. I think it’s been happening. I am not tracking it, though.
- Give attention to relationship weak areas: saying no, apologizing, forgiving. Not a well-constructed goal, but this Yom Kippur I spent time working on letting some things go that I have carried for a long time.
- Donate blood. Have not done.
- Don’t sign up for any extra courses. I haven’t signed up for anything outside of work.
- Do 10 minutes of strength training on my WFH days. I completely and totally am not doing this. I feel bad. I just hate exercise.
- Get sunglasses. Done.
- Average 5,800 daily step count for the year. My average is currently 6,000.
- Learn more about my birth chart. Have not done and essentially dropped.
- Read the halacha section of Reclaiming Dignity. Done.
- Learn Sefer Yehoshua & Shoftim. Still haven’t started. But maybe I will.
- Review CPR book on a biweekly basis. I am not thrilled to share that I still haven’t done this at all.
- Read through A Poem for Every Night of the Year. I stopped this around April.
- Learn some Latin. Have not done.
- Watch season 6 of ACGAS, AND re-watch previous seasons. I haven’t watched since my mother and I finished season 3 but I’m determined to finish it this year!
- Thoroughly visit the Bronx Zoo. Yes!
- Go to at least one Yankees game. Yes!
- Walk up Broadway (Manhattan). Not yet. Really hoping October is the month.
- Visit the south of France for my birthday. YES!
- Set up my journaling business website. I have a website, but I’m not working on growing a business now.
- Reach (surpass?) 100+ email subscribers. Dropped this (see above).
- Publish one article. I replaced this with a conference presentation, which is done.
- Make a praise file. Did not do.
- Defend dissertation proposal. Well, not yet. But this will be”H be done by 12/31! That’s the goal.
Admittedly…I’m already itching to move on to 27 for 2027. There are probably better ways to construct a goals list and if you have suggestions, I am open to them. LV sets quarterly goals for relationships, work, and self — maybe? This list format is fun but then I end up with items that I lose interest in, or can’t get myself to do…it can be improved upon. Please feel free to share your ideas.
Have a great day!
