June Balanced Life Goals - Month End Review

Time, once again, to review another month's balanced life goals!  This month seems to have gone by quickly! 

Spiritual:  The goal is to live a spiritually meaningful life.

- Continue with daily prayers and gratitude - Have continued to do so.

- Continue to focus on blessings, joy, and abundance - Have been trying to do so.

- Take time for meditation(doesn't have to be an extended period of time;  even 5 minutes of intentional, mindful meditation is good) - Have been trying.  It has been a bit hit or miss, though.

- Cultivate non-attachment - Finding this to be difficult to do.

- Attend the monthly prayer gathering if possible - Attended the monthly prayer meeting and gave a ride to cousin and her daughter, as well.

Environment:  The goal is a clean, tidy, uncluttered house and a well-maintained garden.

- Do some regular house cleaning in order to maintain what I have been able to achieve - implement cleaning routines to the extent possible - House is being maintained, more or less.

- Keep the dining table cleared! - Was able to do so until just this past week, when I set up the sewing machine and decided to leave it set up to do more sewing over the upcoming weekend, as well.  As a result, I still have the machine and the box of sewing notions on the table.  Sigh...and the hat I wore to the funeral on Tuesday and a handful of mail.

- Declutter -  Cultivate non-attachment to things by decluttering at least one item a day during the month of June - Didn't achieve; I decluttered a few items (mostly clothing), but not to the extent I had planned.

- Do some regular organizing - This, too, didn't get done.

- Plant the new succulents I've been given - I planted some, but not all.
- Tend to the vegetable seedlings - I have been tending them and watering them, etc.  But the bean plants were scorched by the heat, last weekend.
- Plant the grape vines and get a trellis for them -  Not done!  These might end up being container grown grape vines at this rate!
- Weed and mulch - Gardener friend has been weeding and mulching for me!

Daughter:  The goal is to continue to have a close relationship with her. 
- Daily texts, phone calls, email exchanges, and video chatting!  - On-going

- Enjoy her visit at the end of the month - Had a lovely visit, although I didn't get to see her as much as I would have liked as she was busy with her friends!

Family & Friends:  The goal is to keep in touch with various family members and friends.

- Communicate regularly - phone calls, texts, and emails - Have been doing so.

- Get together with a friend for lunch or dinner - went out to lunch with a friend; also met with other friends and family at the prayer gathering and at a funeral for a family friend.

  
Career:  The goal is to continue to do work which I enjoy (for the most part) and which enables me to support myself.
- Continue to ease into going to the office full time as health permits - Have been doing so.

Finances:  The goal is financial security.
- Continue budgeting and spending mindfully, with purpose - Have been doing so. 

 

Health & Well Being:  The goal is good health.  This will continue to be the focus, this month, as my longer than anticipated recovery continues!
- Attend the appointments with my various doctors - 3 scheduled, so far, in June, there might be at least one or two more!  - There were several medical appointments, actually, and I even forgot one because I had written it down for July, not June!  Oops! 

- Continue to go for additional screening tests, as needed - Still waiting on the referrals - that's another story!

- Continue to monitor blood pressure and sugar levels - Did; they have been stabilized, again.

- Continue to focus on a healthier diet (more vegetables!), drinking enough water, exercising regularly, and getting sufficient sleep - A work in progress!

Time Management:  The goal is having enough time to do all what I want to do!
- Organize myself and put routines into place so I have a more regular schedule - Yet another work in progress!

Leisure/Crafts/Hobbies/Me-Time:  The goal is to relax doing something I enjoy doing for the pleasure of it.
- Put together a succulents planter to take to the office - Didn't do.
- Do a few more things from the Spring Joy list/ Do a summer joy list - I did quite well with my Spring Joy list and did a Summer list, as well.

- Work on at least one Unfinished project and finish it! - I finished sewing my blouse!  YAY!

All in all, not too bad, I think.  I did well in some areas, but other areas didn't get as plumped as I would have liked.  The wheel, as a result, was a bit wobbly, but the nice thing is, I get to try again, next month!  

 

Did you make any monthly goals for June?  If so, how did you fare with them?