I take dumps standing up, I'm a man!

Checking in on my 2026 goals and recapping how I did in April!

 PERSONAL FITNESS

1. Use the Sauna 100 times in 2026

Started using the sauna again in April until I buy a dry sauna! Planning on joining Gold's Gym after I come back from Orlando or maybe for Memorial Day and trying to convince Julie to join with me! Planning on tracking how many times I use the Sauna going forward.

2. Get to a VO2 Max of 34

In April, I focused a lot on zone 2, so in May, I am going to focus on running more miles! Planning on buying some running shoes, now that I have some recommendations! 

3. The Great Clock In Cut Program restarting on May 12!

4. Decrease Body Fat Percentage to 25% and decrease weight to 130 lbs

I haven't done my Inbody in a while so have to do that again, but the last month I checked, I was at 53.8 lbs of muscle, 144.5 lb weigh in, and 32.7% body fat. 

Compared to Feb, I was 143.2 lbs, 54.7 lbs of muscle and 30.9% body fat.

Aiming for 56 lbs of muscle in May!! Planning on getting down to 142 this month before I do my next scan.

5. Rebounding for 10 minutes a day until it becomes a habit

Zone 2 training for 45 minutes once a week has been going well! I've definitely been focusing more on doing zone 2 this month, even if it's just a few minutes in a day. I have decided to change this goal to rebounding for 10 minutes a day instead to mix it up and make it more fun!

WRITING and reading

6. Finish 2 books a month

Been regularly going to Silent Book club and working on finishing up some books from last year. Next year, I am planning on trying to read 3-4 books 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 Happiness Advantage" by Shaun Achor
"The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss
"Die With Zero" by Bill Perkins

Books read in 2026 include:

1. How People Grow
2. Resistance Training
3. Catch Her if You Can
4. Wild Card
5. The Mating Game
6. Pretty Prey
7. Come Back to Bed
8. Troublemaker
9. Problematic Summer Romance
10. Dangerous Notes
11. Beautiful Torment
12. The Marriage Bet
13. Hate Me Like You Mean it
14. He Sees You When You're Sleeping
15. He Knows When You're Awake
16. Black Sheep
17. Room For Two
18. Two Can Play
19. Once Smitten, Twice Shy
20. Hawaii Can Suck It
21. Italy Can Bite Me
22. Mexico Can Choke On It
23. The Love Start Up
24. Tourist Season
25. How to Unf*ck Your Habitat
26. Kiss Me Like I Didn't Kill You
27. Kiss Me Like I Didn't Break You
28. First
29. Marrow
30. The Deal
31. Cursed with Benefits
32. Suddenly Yours
33. All Wrapped Up in You
34. Game On
35. A Shadow in the Reaping
36. A Heart of Bitter Poison
37. Just For the Cameras
38. Can't Hurt Me
39. Just for the Summer
40. Til Summer Do Us Part
41. Happy Ending

7. Continue with regularly writing my blog posts to document my work out journey

I've been super consistent with documenting my exercise days in my blog posts!

8. Continue the 365 Bible Reading Plan at Calvary

Super behind on this as well but planning on catching up this week.

HOME

9. Declutter my clothing Project until I wear everything I own

Progress: Donations to Goodwill and wearing cotton the majority of the time! 

10. Clean off surfaces in the house and have a place to store everything and put them back

Progress: Spent time decluttering some of my drawers and donating some of my extra stuff to the food pantry this month!

11. Pan 2 lipsticks

Found my red lipstick again so will be continuing to work on that!

12. Pan an eyeshadow

Done!!

13. Pan a perfume

Calling this done! I only have a little left to fit into a different container!

14. Finish up 3 containers of tea before Summer

Done! Finished up my dandelion tea and purchased some more.

FAMILY/FRIENDS

15. Plan our 2025 trips

San Diego was a really great vacation and reset and looking forward to Florida. Hoping to plan  a trip to New Orleans next year!

16. Do the splits

This is going to be a priority for me in June. I want to hold my stretches for 1.5-2 minutes at a time!

17. Finish my second pair of socks!

FINISHED!!! My first goal of the year!!

18. Finish my first knitted garment 

19. Finish a baby quilt for Sera

Almost done with my first quilt and I am aiming to finish this before Sera comes in June!

20. Meditate for 10 minutes a day for 90 days

Adding in a new goal of trying to meditate for 90 days and planning on tracking my progress here!

21. Finish organizing all of my random notes (270 of them) into 1 system using a Second Brain or Todoist

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

7/22 so far in May and we are getting to the halfway point of the year soon! Hoping to make progress on 1-2 of my goals next month.