This year is flying by! Only four more months left in the year (past August).....
@Serendip - I feel the same, a bit untethered and I lost some of my drive and discipline.
I realized in June that I needed to re-prioritize. Funny how getting sick has a way of cutting through the BS.
It took me all of July to come to terms with myself and my goals.
FINANCES - GOAL - Save min $1907 mo
1. Saved an extra $1,100 this month.
2. Plus did the paperwork for an $800 reimbursement - added to savings
TOTAL saved $3807 - DONE!The ultimate goal for the rest of the year is to maintain a firm grip on my finances.
1. Cancel media subscription - $6.80 mo
2. Change bank accounts to free again (don't ask:) - $5 mo/$5-Mr. R.
3. Cash in on $25 at Swagbucks (GC Amazon - since SW allows only one 12-15% discount card per month) - DONE w only 2200 pts:)
4. I'll keep an eye on SW offers - sometimes I forget to check and use them for my online purchases.
5. Check on my Health insurance carriers perks - for free money (reimbursements or rewards for shots etc) - discounts/GC
6. Look for opportunities to optimize and save ... ongoing
HEALTH1. Order a used Meditteranean Diet cookbook and integrate it into my daily cooking for us
2. Fix min four dishes from the Anti-Inflammatory Diet & Action Plans book - preferably two dishes a week, but I'll start with one dish a week
3. Fix one dish from the A Vegetarian Ecstacy cookbook
4. Fix one seafood dish a week
5. No food past seven in the evening
6. Kill the new ice cream habit!
READING - EDUCATION1. Study Medicinal Herb Book(s) - Ongoing...
2. Take an online class in Medicinal Herbs and pursue certification.
Started a course on How to make a Herbal First Aid Kit.
3. Check bookclub, tech class ... at local library
4. Compose a beneficial, specific to me, herbal tea mixture from the medicinal herbs in my garden.
Working on it5.... and the highly annoying boomer issue, ha ha ha - I got a new Galaxy Fold 3 and need to set it up better - youtube and DIL to the rescue.
I love tech - so I wanted the newest and coolest and now I'm ticked off because I can't figure out the simple two-year-old kid stuff - GRRR
CREATIVE
Baking/cooking - once a week
1. Find and try recipes for: passionfruit - avocado - elderberries - lime.....
Making Key Lime Pie today
2. Bake an old-fashioned German Streuselkuchen - I'm thrilled to have found the authentic German recipe in an old German baking book.
It is baked on a large rectangle deep baking sheet - then you divide it up if you like - to make four versions of Kuchen at once.
One part Plumkuchen-my fav (they are a small tart Italian (prune?) variety, one part Applekuchen, one part Streusel only and one part Butterkuchen.
SOCIAL
Stay in touch with family and friends - at least one visit and phone call a week.
GARDEN
1. Keep alive - water - weed - plant new plantlings.
2. No plant purchases or garden purchases in AUG - no exceptions!
3. Bought soaker hoses at Aldi - now we just have to install them - perhaps this weekend...
DE-CLUTTER - ongoing
It is a slower progress than I would like, but there is progress.
SO FAR THIS MONTHKITCHEN - cleaned and de-cluttered one huge upper cabinet. Trashed an entire big kitchen trash bag.
Cleaned and de-cluttered under the sink.
PAPER and STUDY - tackled all recent hospital and doctor bills. Reviewed all medical accounts and claims online for accuracy.
E-MAIL - cleared all promotional and social
COUNTER - 70% cleared/decluttered now - was 100%. Always a tough one since this is where a lot of the sorting, herb drying, and projects take place.
