Goals update, end of February
A few days late, but oh well. February wasn't quite as productive, across the board, but it never is - it's a hella busy month at work, the winter doldrums set in, and we had some bouts of illness, blah blah.
HOUSE
- have no started-but-not-finished projects by Thanksgiving 2011
On the way!
- maintain a list of todo's, and work on at least one every week (forward progress, not necessarily finished). Track via googledocs
Showed forward progress on six different things. Finished: painting the den closet door, the pillows for the den couch, made all four curtain panels for the den and hung, art/print for the kitchen "chimney" wall. In process: got 2 art prints for the den (need 1-2 more), shopping for extra chair for den.
- remove two units of "extra stuff" from the house each month (where unit roughly equates to a 13 gal trash bag/bankers box/equivalent). Track for entire year.
Not nearly as productive as January on this one, hah. Took out one garbage bag worth of scraps/misc trash-type stuff from my sewing room, and one bag of household misc to donate. Already have ideas on what is next to go, just need to do it.
HOBBIES
- Sew enough clothes that 1/3 of wardrobe is self-made (or significantly altered)
Finished a pair of pants, haven't worn them yet. ... was that really it? wow.
- Start golfing consistently at/below 45/side
Yeah, not touching this one for a couple of months.
MISC
- Replace Jason's car, with no loan
Savings continue on track, more or less. He's still vaguely window-shopping to get an idea of what he wants.
- Add one good habit/month. Track with daily calendar/stars. February's habit: add 10 minutes of deliberate movement to every day (walking, something), and keep up January's.
ehhhh, did not do a great job of the daily 5 minute pickup, and the house showed it. Did add in more activity most days, so, yay me. March habit is going to be drinking two glass of water while at work - I already do one, so this is just adding a second. Suspect partial failure on this one was due to not tracking it with a daily calendar; can't underestimate the impact of the inner toddler!
HOUSE
- have no started-but-not-finished projects by Thanksgiving 2011
On the way!
- maintain a list of todo's, and work on at least one every week (forward progress, not necessarily finished). Track via googledocs
Showed forward progress on six different things. Finished: painting the den closet door, the pillows for the den couch, made all four curtain panels for the den and hung, art/print for the kitchen "chimney" wall. In process: got 2 art prints for the den (need 1-2 more), shopping for extra chair for den.
- remove two units of "extra stuff" from the house each month (where unit roughly equates to a 13 gal trash bag/bankers box/equivalent). Track for entire year.
Not nearly as productive as January on this one, hah. Took out one garbage bag worth of scraps/misc trash-type stuff from my sewing room, and one bag of household misc to donate. Already have ideas on what is next to go, just need to do it.
HOBBIES
- Sew enough clothes that 1/3 of wardrobe is self-made (or significantly altered)
Finished a pair of pants, haven't worn them yet. ... was that really it? wow.
- Start golfing consistently at/below 45/side
Yeah, not touching this one for a couple of months.
MISC
- Replace Jason's car, with no loan
Savings continue on track, more or less. He's still vaguely window-shopping to get an idea of what he wants.
- Add one good habit/month. Track with daily calendar/stars. February's habit: add 10 minutes of deliberate movement to every day (walking, something), and keep up January's.
ehhhh, did not do a great job of the daily 5 minute pickup, and the house showed it. Did add in more activity most days, so, yay me. March habit is going to be drinking two glass of water while at work - I already do one, so this is just adding a second. Suspect partial failure on this one was due to not tracking it with a daily calendar; can't underestimate the impact of the inner toddler!