It's April. March 2025 is in the rearview. So let's check in with the monthly goals!
1. Health Goals: I resolved to continue drinking an appropriate amount of water (around 4 glasses a day), eat 3 servings of fruits and veggies a day and keep my nutrition balanced, and walk at least 10,000 steps a day plus add in an aerobic activity every other day.
2. Personal Project Goals: I resolved to keep working on getting photos sorted as the first stop on a website rebuild; resolved to work on writing three days a week and submissions when I can; resolved to relearn ukulele songs I've forgotten and learn new ones, keep creating my regular webcomic and video content, and get some small voice acting gigs.
3. Reading Goals: I resolved to read at least twice a week.
4. Relationship and Communication Goals: I resolved to document daily life stuff more, keep up with e-mails and online communication, and make time for friends and family.
5. Other Goals: Get rid of some things in my garage, paint the pillar, keep the house clean, watch some backed up TV shows, and avoid biting my nails.
Progress Update:
HEALTH GOALS:
Summary: I'm still happy with the guidelines I established and I find them easy to meet most days. I find that if I don't have a smoothie or a bowl of fruit for breakfast, I'm more likely to not get all the servings in, so I'm trying to do that pretty much all the time. I've continued with the water system that's been working, and taking vitamins with no problem. The addition of aerobic exercise every other day has been workable with no dropouts, but I did have a streak where I only did the dance game instead of aerobics with weights. This is my calendar of progress:
(Click these calendars and they will expand so you can actually read them!)
PERSONAL PROJECT GOALS:
Summary: I'm burning it up with the writing. Sometimes it seems like a little too much, but I think I need to ride it out a little more. On some of the days I am not writing new content, I'm editing or submitting queries or stories. Editing does not have a schedule. I do it when I find time. I'm going to be done with the novel soon and I'll have to figure out if the writing time will be converted entirely to editing time or what. I am still regularly pushing the writing sessions until the very last thing of the day, with only a couple of days where I didn't do that. It's messing with my sleep which is not great.
Writing Progress:
Photo album scanning goals are coming along. I actually only have one album left and then I can dig into the last shoebox of loose photos. And after THAT, I'll want to organize the photos that don't have a home and get them into albums before I finally get them all electronically organized on the photo album site. And the ukulele goal is still going very well; I've relearned the songs I forgot and have moved on to new material. I'm trying to take it slow so I don't overwhelm myself with new content and forget what I've learned, so I've only learned six new songs while making time to practice the old or difficult ones. And for voice acting, I recorded work for two episodes of a new project I got cast in and managed to get a third minor role in a student project, which I also completed. I am continuing to submit auditions and am currently shortlisted for three more than I know of! (Possibly more for the ones that don't share their shortlist.) Here's the Projects Calendar:
READING GOALS:
Summary: This goal has continued to be the one that "gives" in favor of the other goals sometimes. I got pretty close to reading twice a week this month but there were some misses, and I don't spend much time on it generally. Finished a fun TV show tie-in book and have started reading a cheeky philosophy book.
Progress:
RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION GOALS:
Summary: I love my friends but I'm glad I'm getting as much alone time as I do. I spend time with Jeaux on Wednesdays, with the friend group at Game Night on Thursdays, and random friend visits or band practice whenever they happen. I have no outstanding e-mails. The documentation goals are PISSING ME OFF because I just can't seem to get that to be something I do regularly.
Progress:
OTHER GOALS:
Summary: I still need to sand and paint the plaster pillar that is sitting outside. I need to make a doctor's appointment for a regular screening--should do it next month. I still have a TV show I want to watch. I caught up with adding some Steven Universe collection items (and hanging up new art!) and Copic Marker collection items to my inventories, but I need to catch up on photographing the updated Steven Universe collection. Next month!
