Overall I’m doing well and have almost made it through February and still working on my goals. Since most goals/resolutions are forgotten by Valentine’s Day, the fact that I am still working toward them even if I’m not fully meeting some of them is an accomplishment in itself.
Max 10 hours per week of TV – Made it.
At least 2 books per month -January’s goal met, on track for February.
Minimum 3 blog postings per week – I wrote 2 posts but did not get them polished up and published. I’m considering modifying this goal, not because I’m having trouble meeting the goal, but because I don’t think the goal is meeting the intent. I’ve been thinking “I need to hurry up and get this out” or “I need to find something to write about” when I’d rather be thinking “This would be something great to write about” or “I’m going to hold off a couple days on posting this to make sure it is polished.” I don’t know how I am going to change it yet, but I don’t want to eliminate it altogether.
100 lbs (2 lbs/week) – Up 4 pounds this week, Yikes! I was not careful over my birthday weekend but I did not go overboard either. 0.09 pounds down on the averaged trend. At this point I have to assume it is water weight, so next week’s weigh-in should be great. Even though I may not have hit my weekly goal I have to remember I’m still down 10 lbs from the start of the year, which is still progress towards this goal, and there is plenty of time.
Budget – Our tax refund did not arrive yet and it was supposed to be here last Friday. This changed our planned budget but it is not going to break us.