Hello Mustachian accountability partners!
As I type, with just a few hours to go in March, it is YOU that I'm thinking of while pouring over my tax return and refusing to procrastinate on it any longer.
Let's take a look back at the goals, shall we?
1. Connect 1-on-1 with someone I haven't seen in awhile but have been missing. This has been mondo frustrating. Either my friends are flakes, I am unlucky or both. I haven't managed to pull this off in either February or March, though not for lack of trying.
2. Study 30 hours for the CFA I didn't track really well because I got off to a fast start but I admit I tailed off towards the end. I probably got there though but I don't have numbers to back it up.
3. Track expenses relentlessly Yup, did well here. In the interest of not overwhelming myself all at once, I am trying to just measure accurately in hopes of making spending changes later on. I used to be a big time tracker and much more frugal than I am now. I have gotten lazy and soft on a bigger paycheck - both in spending habits and not bothering to track. I'm hoping to be more disciplined in the future. There is a school of thought that says the very act of tracking helps people control their spending a little bit more, and I think there is something to this theory.
4. File my taxes I am extremely close on this one. This has been a bigger time suck than I'd hoped. Hoping to wrap up tonight barring a spousal revolt.
5. Keep up regular running 3x/week - and sign up for a marathon!!!! Congratulations to me: total success. I really worked hard and got my mile time down under 7 minutes, plus took the plunge and signed up for a marathon!
6. Read a book for pleasure Total success! Not one, but
two books read for pleasure. Ready Player One and Hillbilly Elegy. Really enjoyed both, but I have to agree with the forum consensus that
@WhiteTrashCash is a better writer than Hillbilly Elegy's J.D. Vance.
7. Abstain from alcohol in a life-boosting, weight-shedding cleanse. Yes! I didn't lose much weight, but felt like my energy levels were a lot higher and I generally felt more positive. This goal really dovetailed nicely with the running/exercise goal.