Destiny, she comes for us all, that RELENTLESS BITCH

Since I set my 2025 goals on my birthday last year, I am going to be doing the same thing where we are starting our 2026 goals in December after my birthday so I have a full year!

PERSONAL FITNESS

1. Keep track of how many times I have used the Sauna in 2026 

I want to write about this, just like I've been writing a post every time I have been going to the gym.

7 times so far in Nov!

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

I was not very regular with this after my new business started so this is something I'll have to work on. Went with Frank to drills this month when he had the day off and also went indoors to play! 

Since PAC did Free Open Play in November, I was able to do some pick up games in the mornings, which was nice. I think adding in more cardio will help me drop some weight this month.

3. Redo The Great Clock In - 6 Week Weightlifting Program with Frank on the weekends

Really enjoyed this program and would like to do redo it and drag Frank to the gym with me on the weekends and have my rest days be during the week.

So far, I have worked out with Frank 7 times in November! I was able to complete 13 of the workouts (including the rest days and cardio days). 

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

I want to see how far I get with my goal to be 134 lbs in December, and want to continue to make progress on that goal, with the ultimate goal for next year to be losing about 2 lbs a month or so. I also want to continue to do my InBody Scans every month or so to keep track of my progress and also drink way more water.

As of Nov I am at 146 lbs.

5. Take a fitness class weekly (increase to 2x a week)

I was really trying to go on daily walks with Frank and the dogs but was having a hard time finding the time. I might have to restart Stepbet in order to do this as a forcing function, but for now, I've decided to make a commitment to do cardio classes several times a week in Moorpark and Newbury Park.

I'm also trying to figure out how to do more Zone 2 training in a week in a fun way.

WRITING and reading

6. Finish 2 books a month

I would like to finish up a lot of the books that I started and didn't finish this year and would like to read more than 24 books this year.

I’m currently reading:

"Outlive” by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford
"ADHD is Awesome" by Penn Holderness
"The Hobbit" by JRR Tolkien
"Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring" by JRR Tolkien
"Trusting God" by Jerry Bridges
"Unfuck Your Habitat" by Rachel Hoffman
"Lazy Genius" by Kendra Adachi
"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 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
23. Bride
24. Mate
25. Hot For Slayer
26. Pitcher Perfect
27. The Love Interest
28. Hot for Slayer
29. Bound

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

8. Continue the Bible Reading Plan at Calvary and read the Psalms that I didn't read in 2025

HOME

9. Clean and declutter for 20 minutes a day using Forest with Frank

I want to do this more consistently as a part of our daily routine.

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

I want to figure out a trigger for this like after dinner? Before we go to bed? When is a good time?

11. Pan 2 lipsticks

I was able to do it last year so I'm going to attempt it this year as well and will think of a way to add progress every month

12. Pan an eyeshadow

13. Pan a perfume

14. Finish up 3 containers of tea before Summer

FAMILY/FRIENDS

15. Plan our 2025 trips

Figure out a way to take trips while having my new business. Maybe we'll go to Yosemite or make a trip out of San Diego when I have to go in April or Florida when I have to go in May, especially now that we have the Disney gift card.

16. Do the splits

17. Finish my second pair of socks!

Did not have a chance to do this at the airport but oh well, will focus on reading rather than knitting on my November plane trip.

18. Finish my first garment

19. Finish a baby quilt for Sera

Almost done with my first quilt!!

20. Finish organizing all of my random notes (270 of them) into 1 system

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