August Goals Recap

 Wow, what a month! Back to online school, a heat wave, wildfires, and... the pandemic. I'm not sad to see the end of August. Here's how I did on my monthly goals.

Financial:

• Stick to the budget - we were over in groceries & dining out, under elsewhere in our monthly spend. We've continued to spend in our yearly budget (our larger irregular expenses) for house projects. 
• Pay down our mortgage to the next milestone - Yes!
• No clothing/shoes purchases for me - I bought two pair of running shoes, as mine are very warn down. Running shoes are an exemption to this, as long as I need them. I also listed a bunch of things I don't wear on eBay & donated others, so still making progress on cleaning things out. 
• Make $750 in side hustle - crushed this, with $1390
• Work through freezer/pantry clean out (10 random items out) - freezer clean out is basically done, thanks to not having a kitchen
• Call to set up will/guardianship appointment - no, and forgot about this! I should maybe look at my goals more often. ;-) I'll carryover to next month.

Family:

• Take the boys to one socially distanced activity per day - yes, done
• Off the computer by 7:30 each evening (not counting reading) - mostly, yes.
• Have a weekly half hour alone with M - this fell apart during the remodel, and we need it back!
• Schedule a call with M's family - no, and I need to make this happen
• Two hours of practicing Spanish or Farsi - I've done daily Spanish practice
• Make revised summer plans - done
• Compliment M every day - doing okay on this
• Build a plan for the new school year, successful start to online learning - considering as much as a success as I can hope for
• Complete one project/day (taking advantage of WFH) - most days, yes

Fitness/Health

• Lose 2 lbs - maintained my weight, no loss
• Work out every day - missed one day, but had a few double days, ending with 34 workouts
• Track calories & aim for 1440/day. - I brought my calories down ~70/day from last month, but still in the 1600 range
• Complete 1400 minutes of cardio, 10 strength & 5 stretching workouts - 1345, 4 & 5, respectively
• Meditate 20 times - 12 times
• Run 15 times - 11 times

Personal/creative

• Do something social at least 2x/month (virtually is okay) - yes, I'm getting in more of this thanks to socially distanced hikes
• Volunteer - yes, I volunteered at the school for book packaging & distribution
• Journal 25 times - every day, so 31 times
• Improve myself:
• Judge less - trying
• Listen more often - working on it
• Reduce/eliminate swearing - a little improvement
• One kind deed a day - reasonably consistent
• Reduce use of phrase "guys" at work - improvement
• Read one non-fiction book - nope 

Overall, I would deem it a fairly successful month. I set high goals in order to push myself, so my expectation is not that I'm achieving them. If I'm consistently achieving all of my goals, it's a good time to set the bar higher! 

How about you? Did you set goals for August? How did you do?