Hey everyone. With a new month comes new goals. This month I am limiting to one personal and one fitness. I think it will be easier to focus on 1 in each category.

But first, looking back on July goals. I don’t even know where the month of July went. I guess that happens when you are on vacation for a week. Vacation was wonderful and always worth it even when I come back to the most work ever at my job. That’s not so fun but at least I get paid for the overtime which is totally paying for a massage next week that I just booked. I need one so badly and can’t wait. It’s a new to me place so I hope it will be good. 

So how did I do in July?

Personal 

1. Decide on a wedding venue

Well just when we agreed on a place, I called them and found out they have renovations scheduled for a few months around the time we want so that’s a no go. I still like one of the first places I got a quote for, it’s all about convincing the boy…

      2. Have more fun

Man, it was so great to have a vacation this month. A whole week driving around, planning as we went and visiting some friends along the way. Some days I was amazed we spent 12 hours traveling, but our stops were long and worth it. Now I just need to make sure I continue to spend my time well in the evenings and on weekends to have more fun in life. 

Fitness

    1. 35 push ups in a row

       This never happened sadly. July passed in a flash and when I got back from vacation, I was working back into my workouts and super sore, I couldn’t push it with my bad shoulder. Maybe another month. 

   2. do more than 1 pull up in a row

       I pretty much have this. I mean I played around on my friend’s pull up bar when visiting her in Canada. I totally need one so I can hang around (literally) all the time and just work on holding myself and giving me a great way to practice outside of the gym. 

Plans for August….

Personal

    1. Spend time writing a few days a week

           I wanted to say write daily, but I didn’t know if I could commit to that as well. So starting smaller, writing a few times a week, basically aiming for every other day. Of course blogging helps, but even just writing in my journal, which is what I did on vacation was so relaxing. I used to journal daily in college and I miss that. Part of the reason I started this blog though was to encourage me to write more again as well and it has helped. When I write a lot even if it doesn’t make sense, it definitely helps me be creative and get even more blog ideas.

Fitness

    1. stretch for 15-20 minutes a day

             I am realizing that while I am still considered young, I don’t bounce back like I used to. It is also a challenge to work out at 5am because you haven’t moved around a lot which is why warm ups are crucial. I warm up on the treadmill or bike, but I feel like I need more. I need more stretching to get my hips more open and work on my flexibility. I am hoping that taking this month to focus on stretching will help me build a better habit of it. 

I think it will be great to have these two goals to focus on. Of course I still have some wedding planning to figure out and do hope to work on that as well. Also a side note, June’s goals were some of my greatest as the Netflix one has stuck around and I continue to try to make new recipes. Goal setting and actually following through can lead to good things 

Do you have any goals for the month?

Hey everyone!! We are about a week into a new month, so it’s time to look at some new goals. But first, looking back on June and how I did.

Personal

1. No Netflix on weekday mornings

This was probably my most successful goal. Not only did I cut out Netflix and TV on weekday mornings but also in the evening except for Friday since that evening leads into the weekend. Honestly I plan to keep this up. It has made my mornings and evenings more productive and overall I can even see an improvement on my mood because I am not wasting as much time.

2. Make one new recipe a week

This has also been a success. I am still experimenting with different breakfasts as I got a little tired of the breakfast burritos thing. Some have been more of a success than others. I was also part of the Summer Sweat Series which gave me plenty of meal ideas. I didn’t follow the plan completely since it was made for 2 people and there were just so many different recipes, but I made 1 or 2 dishes from it each week.

3. Decide on a wedding venue

This was a fail, but we are getting closer…maybe. More quotes, more places, just need to actually sit down with Brian to decide. I will be putting this on my July goals though.

Fitness

1. Attend or do a yoga class at home at least once a week

I started out the first week of June really good with this, but then I was having issues with my foot and so I stepped back. Other than teaching and a few 5-10 minute sessions I didn’t do too well on this.

2. 20 push ups a day

This one went better than the yoga goal, but towards the end of the month, I slacked on this. I can however, more easily do 20 push ups so perhaps instead of making it a daily thing, I will set a certain number of push ups in a row goal for July.

Time for some new goals

Personal

1. Decide on a wedding venue

Same as last month. I just want to put a deposit down and have that out of the way since that is the big one.

2. Have more fun

So this is pretty general, but I feel like I have been so serious lately. I need to turn on music more and dance around or something. I think having a week vacation this month will help a lot. I am really looking forward to it, even though there are hardly any plans in place with it being a road trip, but that actually somewhat excites me even more. That and I will have my phone off for a week because it doesn’t work in the middle of nowhere. Perfect to disconnect though.

Fitness

1. 35 push ups in a row

This was actually Susie’s suggestion when I commented on her July goals post last week. 20/22 push ups is getting easier, so working to 35 would be awesome!

2. Do more than 1 pull up in a row

So for a while my fitness goal was to get back to doing a full pull up. I got to 1 pull up and amazingly I tested my strength when I passed a playground at the state park over the weekend and I could still do the one. However, a second one was not in the cards, so I would definitely like to work on my pull ups more.

I think these are all pretty doable. I have a couple other fitness goals in mind, but since I will be on vacation for a week and my foot is still so-so, I don’t want to set ones this month that I won’t be able to achieve. This is a good list and one I believe I can stick to.

What are some goals you are setting this month?

Are you going on vacation soon?