Fact - I am older. I am wiser. Do not mess with me.

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

PERSONAL FITNESS

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

It's been hot this summer so I haven't used it yet on the hot days, but we've had a few chilly days mixed in where I've reached for the sauna!

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

Going twice a week and hoping to increase the days I go with friends!

3. Finish CG 5 day weightlifting program. 

Resuming after doing a Classpass trial!

4. Walk 5 miles a day, starting with Stepbet

Did Stepbet and have been walking and cleaning everyday for the past 6 weeks!

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 Happiness Advantage" by Shaun Achor
"The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss

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
13. The Miracle Morning
14. The Miracle Equation
15. Go for No
16. Overruled
17. The Faking Game
18. Counting by 7s
19. Nothing But the Truth
20. Between the Lines
21. Caught Up
22. How People Grow

Was able to read so much on the plane and planning on finishing up some of my currently reading books next month when I am on the plane.

8. Write a blog post everyday so I get in the habit of 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 Goodwill!
3. Tackle each room in the house
1. Guest room is done 
2. Pantry is done
3. Master Bedroom is next!
4. Living Room
5. Garage 

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

11. Pan 2 lipsticks

Panned one by tossing a lip gloss because I think it was breaking me out and I found my other lipstick that I am trying to use up!

12. Pan a blush

FINALLY HIT PAN!!! WOOHOOO!!

13. Pan a perfume

Done!!!!

14. Finish up 3 containers of tea before Summer

Done!!!

FAMILY/FRIENDS

15. Plan our 2025 trips

First trip of the year to Disneyland was a success! Going back for training and then planning a trip to the Bay Area to see Sera and maybe visit Ellice as well!

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

Took a little break from cooking but getting back into it!

17. Take a Glass fusing class

No update on the collab yet

18. Do the splits

On Pause for now.

19. Finish my first pair of socks!

Finished my second Tunisian crochet shawl which was a gift to my mother in law and working on my finishing up my sweater!

20. Make my first garment

Taking a shirt making class after I bought my first sewing machine! Almost done!!

21. Make a baby quilt for Sera

Almost done with my first quilt!!

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.  

15/23 is really great and I'm feeling motivated for the next update!