Thursday, January 31, 2019

February Balanced Life Goals

Goals for a more balanced life in February:  

Spiritual: (10)   The goal is to live a spiritually meaningful life
- Continue with daily prayers and gratitude; focus on being positive
- Take time for meditation - spend 5 minutes meditating at night
- Cultivate non-attachment - focus on letting go of attachment to material possessions - declutter 31 items
- Attend the monthly rosary prayer gathering

House (8):  The goal is a clean, tidy, uncluttered house:
- Keep up with routine maintenance
- Declutter 31 items
- Continue to sort out the 3rd bedroom, a.k.a. The Dump!
- Complete 1 or 2 items from the master list of repairs and renovations

Garden (7):
- Maintain (water 2x per week; weed)
- Plant the winter vegetable seedlings, when they sprout
- Paint the front security door - buy paint

Daughter (10):  The goal is to continue to have a close relationship with her
- Daily texts, phone calls, and video chatting, etc.
- Look forward to her next visit home (end of February)

Family & Friends (10):  The goal is to keep in touch with various family members and friends.
- Regular phone calls and emails
- Attend aunt's funeral (2/2)
- Will be seeing several members of the family and friends at aunt's funeral and this month's prayer gathering 

Community (7):  The goal is to become more involved in my community.
- Continue to participate in the blogging community 
Weekly phone calls with neighbor T 

Finances (10):  The goal is financial security.
- Continue budgeting and spending mindfully, with purpose 

Health & Well Being (7):  The goal is good health.
- Attend this month's medical appointments 
- Continue to work on the following life style changes:
   - better diet - eat more vegetables, less carbs 
   - better hydration - drink 8 x 8oz glasses of water, daily 
   - better sleep habits - earlier bed times/get at least 7 hours of sleep 
   - more exercise - walk 30 minutes 5 days/week
- Lose 5 lbs. 

Time Management (6):  The goal is to find a good balance between what I have to do and what I want to do.
- Be mindful of my time and how I spend it 
- Plan my days/balance the "leisure" with "productivity" 
- Procrastinate less!

Leisure/Crafts/Hobbies/Me-Time (8):  The goal is to relax doing something I enjoy doing for the pleasure of it.
- Continue to participate in the winter photo scavenger hunt
- Finish embroidering the 2 T-shirts
- Work on one of my many "works in progress" knitting projects (grey sweater)

Anyone else making goals for a more balanced life in February?

4 comments:

  1. Good luck with your February goals. Have you decided on the colour of the paint for the front security door yet? - that'll be a step in the right direction!

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    1. Thank you, Eileen. It is currently painted white - I was thinking of keeping it the same color. Maybe I should paint it a dark red - that way, the rust stains won't be as noticeable! :D

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  2. Good luck in February. I see some very specific goals for this coming month. I love those kind of specific "either you do them, or you don't" kind of goals.

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    1. Thank you, Susan. Yes, those specific "do or don't" goals are very clear cut, aren't they? It's the "on-going" things that are harder to accomplish. Maybe I need to break them down to more achievable bits.

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