September Goals
August was a rough month, both personally and professionally, but mostly professionally. August was the fifth full month of work from home and the longer this goes on, the more I feel the loneliness seep into my bones past the point of return.
I did go up to visit my parents this weekend, and my brother, but my two youngest siblings are off at college (for now) so even visiting home felt a little weird. It didn’t feel the same. My siblings weren’t home and I ended up spending the weekend sleeping in my brother’s room and bed (which were actually handme downs from me – it was my bedroom when my parents first bought the house and my bed as a part of a bunk bed).
At work, I pride myself on being able to put up with the never ending changes. In my personal life, I dread them.
About halfway through the month, my lead and I had a good heart to hear about how I was feeling drained and unmotivated both in my work and in my life. He gave me a good kick in the pants to get me going at work and that extra motivation at work finally kicked into my personal life.
personal goals
Get my sister’s birthday presentregister to vote for the general election- lose five pounds
- register my car
- cook 5x a week
- exercise 4x a week
Organize Notion- blood work
therapy appointment
work and money goals
- Save $700
- Save Stimulus Check
- Hit 100% at work
- Budget Planner
Set up 401K
writing and reading goals
- Finish Hit List
- 50 people on my mailing list
- outline short story
Writing Resources- Social Media – specifically IG stories
Website updatesFinish The Dark Corners of the NightRead The Right SwipeRead Finding Freedom
If there is one goal I continue to at least hit this year, it’s reading. I love being able to curl up on the couch or in bed and read for a few hours. I know I’ve talked about it before, but one of the things that has gotten me through this year is being able to escape into a fictional world. I’m feeling ambitious with my reading this month though.
Another thing I think I’m finally ready to get back into is writing. After that weird finger injury and the fact I didn’t know how the book was going to end. Finally while I was on vacation at my parents’ house, I got the outline for Hit List finally finished. 23 pages and I can’t wait to finally have this first draft done.
personal goals
- lose five pounds
- register your car
- donate some clothes
- blood work
- Notion Areas
work and money
- hit 100% at work
- save money
- Review subscriptions
- budget planner
writing and reading goals
- add 5 people to my mailing list
- finish Hit List
- short story outline
- Giveaway maybe
- finalize Q4 content plan
- read One to Watch
- read The Royal We
- read The Heir Affair
- read Majesty
- read Shadows in Death
Read all the books is kind of my life motto lately. I may not do much but I’m really hoping when it gets a little cooler (because it’s been 100+ bazillion degrees in August and I seriously can’t stop sweating), I’ll be able to go back on my patio where I’ve done so much creative work this year. It’s just so damn hot right now.
