Spiritual: The goal is to live a spiritually meaningful life.
- Continue with daily prayers and gratitude
- Continue to focus on blessings, joy, and abundance
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Take time for meditation(doesn't have to be an extended period of
time; even 5 minutes of intentional, mindful meditation is good)
- Cultivate non-attachment and patience!
- Attend the monthly prayer gathering if possible
- Visit the temple; hold a prayer service in thanksgiving for answered prayers
Environment: The goal is a clean, tidy, uncluttered house and a well-maintained garden.
House:
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Do some regular house cleaning - implement cleaning routines to the extent possible
- Declutter - Cultivate non-attachment to things by decluttering at least one item a day during the month ofSeptember
- Do some organizing
Garden:
- Water and try to keep the plants alive as we continue with our hottest time of the year
- Continue to weed and mulch
Daughter: The goal is to continue to have a close relationship with her.
- Enjoy her current visit over the long weekend
- Daily texts, phone calls, emails , and video chatting!
- Daily texts, phone calls, emails , and video chatting!
Family & Friends: The goal is to keep in touch with various family members and friends.
- Communicate regularly - phone calls, texts, and emails
- Go out to lunch with sister (scheduled for 1st Sunday of September)
- Go to lunch at a friend's house (scheduled for 1st Saturday of September)
- Invite aunt and cousin to dinner
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 do my assignments on time
- Work from the office each day this month
Finances: The goal is financial security.
- Continue budgeting and spending mindfully, with purpose - I am intending to make some major purchases, this month, but everything is an anticipated expense and has been budgeted for, so the spending will be done mindfully and with purpose.
- Continue budgeting and spending mindfully, with purpose - I am intending to make some major purchases, this month, but everything is an anticipated expense and has been budgeted for, so the spending will be done mindfully and with purpose.
Health & Well Being: The goal is good health. This will continue to be the focus, this month, as well, even though the mammogram results read "Normal". The recovery continues!
- Attend the appointments with my various medical doctors and dentists - 3 scheduled, so far, in September: the primary care physician assistant (routine follow-up), the ophthalmologist (annual check-up), and the dentist (for an extraction)
- Continue to go for additional screening tests, as needed
- Continue to monitor blood pressure, sugar levels, and weight (now that my taste buds and appetite have returned!)
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Continue to focus on a healthier diet (more vegetables!), drinking
enough water, exercising regularly, and getting sufficient sleep
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.
Leisure/Crafts/Hobbies/Me-Time: The goal is to relax doing something I enjoy doing for the pleasure of it.
- Do a few additional things from the Summer Joy list
- Finish the two quilts in progress
- Organize myself and put routines into place so I have a more regular schedule.
Leisure/Crafts/Hobbies/Me-Time: The goal is to relax doing something I enjoy doing for the pleasure of it.
- Do a few additional things from the Summer Joy list
- Finish the two quilts in progress
From what I see, you're doing well accomplishing your goals. How do feel about them?
ReplyDeleteLive and Learn, I feel I am doing quite well on some of my goals, such as the spiritual, financial, daughter, family & friends, etc.
DeleteOthers, such as the environment, time management, health and well-being, and even leisure, I feel I am not where I would like to be. I struggle to meet those goals, month in and month out! Maybe I need to change those goals, but surely a clean and tidy house, a well-maintained garden, time to craft, etc. are worthy goals to strive for? But, I struggle with managing my time and energy. If I work on a craft, I can't garden. If I garden, I don't have time to do housework. If I do housework, then, the crafting doesn't get done. I need a longer day with more hours in it! LOL.
There are a couple of areas I used to have, too, such as "community" (volunteering at the temple, being involved with the neighborhood watch, etc.), which I took off because it became too much. Eventually, I'd like to add them back, when I feel stronger, have more time, etc.
It is hard to do everything and do it perfectly which is why I don't. Maybe you can have your aims be overall aims and not daily goals, because time only goes so far.
ReplyDeleteAnne, in my opinion, the main goals (a spiritually meaningful life, a clean and tidy house, a well-maintained garden, etc.) are the overall goals that I am striving to attain. The things I list under each goal are meant to be the steps I take towards attaining the big goals. It's a matter of, what do I want to achieve (e.g. a clean and tidy house) and how am I going to achieve it (having a regular cleaning schedule/routine, decluttering, organizing, etc.)
DeleteIt maybe that I have too many things I want to achieve. I already reviewed my goals and made some adjustments, earlier this year. I will do another overall review at the end of the year and see if further changes are needed.
Good goals and doable.. Have a great September.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Judy. Maybe this will be the month when things will get accomplished!
DeleteNo, I haven't listed monthly goals now for several months. I sort of, kind of, list a few plans for the week in my Daybook Monday. But now that it is September, I could definitely use some help in organizing my time. Hopefully this week I can write down a few goals to act upon.
ReplyDeleteSusan, you've been busy with other things and you've been getting a lot accomplished with your garden. But, you've been mentioning preparing for Christmas a few times, lately. Finishing up the garden and preparing for Christmas might be good goals to start with.
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