Every of the times. | Day 71 of 90

 Checking in on my 2025 goals and recapping how they are going as of April!

PERSONAL FITNESS

1. Go to the Sauna in the morning or on cold days when I don't have pickleball.

I bought an infrared sauna for my home and I love it!! It went on sale for $212 and it's heavenly. I forgot to use my sauna yesterday when it was cold so I want to see if I can add it into my routine.  

2. Play pickleball once a week with friends and with Frank.

I've been playing pickleball like mad and haven't been doing much else. Weekly classes have been great and I've been playing with friends! Brought Hazel to the drill courts for the first time and she did alright! So hoping to bring her to drills in the future and go 2-3 times a week. I've been going twice a week for drills and lessons!

3. Finish CG 5 day weightlifting program. 

Adding in weightlifting workouts this week and planning to go to hot yoga on the cloudy days.

4. Intermittent Fast for 6 months

I have added an alarm on my phone to remember but my plan is hot tea until 10am (12pm if possible), and then coffee and my last meal finished by 6pm (if possible).

5. Complete 3 Stepbets (8-10k steps a day)

6. Complete 3 more Stepbets (8-10k steps a day)

WRITING and reading

7. Finish 1 book a month

I’m currently reading:

"Outlive” by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford
"ADHD is Awesome" by Penn Holderness
"Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring" by JRR Tolkien
"Trusting God" by Jerry Bridges
"Everyone Fights" by Kim and Penn Holderness
"The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin
"The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod

Books read in 2025 include:

1. Scythe and Sparrow
2. The Unhoneymooners
3. Dream Girl Drama
4. Deep End
5. The True Love Experiment
6. From Blood and Ash
7. The Ex Vows
8. You With a View
9. A Risk Worth Taking
10. How to Keep House While Drowning
11. Fan Service
12. Kulti

Something that has been working for me is going to Silent Book Club so I am going to keep going to at least one or two a month! Only two books left to get to my goal for this year!

8. Write a blog post everyday so I get in the habit of writing.

Starting a new 75 day journey, since I had taken a few weeks off from writing.

9. Finish the New Testament

Bible Study is starting back up again in September!

HOME

10. Clean and declutter for 15 minutes a day

The goal:

1. Consign and donate clothes in donate bin
1. Step one is done!! 
2. Donate anything no longer wanted
1. Step 2 is done!! Meredith helped me drop stuff off at Goodwil!
3. Store things we're keeping in an organized and logical manner
1. Guest room is done and Garage is next!

This is going to be a project that I tackle during Mercury Retrograde!

11. Pan 2 lipsticks

Making lots of progress except for the fact that I have misplaced one of the lipsticks I am panning so I need to find that. Meanwhile, I have been working on using my lip gloss daily.

12. Pan a blush

FINALLY HIT PAN!!! WOOHOOO!!

13. Pan a perfume

Lots of usage here as well, took a short break but I am back to putting on Vanillary everyday when I sit down at my desk, so I am hoping to finish it up by next month.

14. Finish up 3 containers of tea before Summer

Started on container #2 and I only have 1 bag left of my decaf tea! I've been drinking tea pretty diligently, especially on colder days and have been really enjoying that.

FAMILY/FRIENDS

15. Plan our 2025 trips

Just found out that my sister is pregnant! So we are planning a trip to the Bay Area this year to visit her.

16. Cook a new recipe once a week (and write about it)

Frank is doing gluten free for a month so we have been eating lots of potatoes instead this month!

17. Take a Glass fusing class

No update on the collab yet

18. Do the splits

Stretching every week and hot yoga has been helping me to get deeper into my splits which is awesome!

19. Finish my first pair of socks!

Done!!! Almost done with Frank's socks, finished my first tunisian crochet shawl, and planning on starting a sweater!

20. Make my first garment

Taking a dress making class after I bought my first sewing machine! Planning on using my wedding dress fabric to make a tunic dress I can wear everyday!

21. Make a baby quilt for Sera

Taking a beginners quilting class and this is my first project! Also planning on making a quilted jacket.

22. Organize all of my random notes (270 of them) into 1 system

Still in progress and I need to spend some time organizing my brain dumps on a daily and weekly basis.

23. Post my progress regarding these resolutions on this blog on the first day of every month.  

I ended up editing some of my goals that I just wanted interested in pursuing with the intention of trying my best to reach all of my goals this year! 10/23 is really great and I'm feeling motivated for the next update!