It's time to look back at the "Summer Bucket List" I made back at the end of May and see how I did.
~ Clean the house. By that, I mean really clean the house.
I actually did pretty well with this. Doing those posts of my house may have helped a little; I didn't want to let y'all think that I didn't take care of my house! :)
~ Clean out closets. There are a couple of closets that have been neglected; I need to pay attention to them and get them reorganized.
The hall closet was reorganized and cleaned out. That was the main one I wanted to do. I still need to do the front hall closet. We have quite a few jackets that are just hanging in there that need to be donated.
~ Look through the totes in the basement and purge them. We've been in the house for almost 10 years; it's time to seriously get in there and get rid of some stuff.
I made it through some of the totes, but I couldn't do anything else because the stuff in there isn't mine.
~ Eat right. I'm a stress eater, and this past school year was very stressful, which resulted in quite a bit of weight gain.
Yeah for this one!!! I did very well with this. My lab results for my A1C & cholesterol (as well as the numbers on the scale) confirmed this.
~ Exercise more. (See the previous explanation)
See above. I walked every weekday at 6 a.m., except for a couple of days when we were in Mobile & Huntsville, and then a couple of days after Mama passed away. I also did my arm exercises. I gave myself a break on the weekends.
~ Read. I have about a gazillion books on my Kindle app that need to be read.
I did much better in June than July, but I only have 1 more book to finish before I complete my Goodreads Book Challenge. I'm about half-way through "Killing Jesus" (Bill O'Reilly).
~ Keep the tv off during the day.
I kept the tv off most days until around 5 or 6 pm. Except when I watched "Orange is the New Black". I watched it through ChromeCast (like Apple TV) and it was easier to watch it while CH was at work so I wouldn't slow down the internet when he wanted to play
~ Limit my time on the computer during the day.
Some days were better than others. I would check emails & read blogs a little bit in the morning, then close my laptop and do things around the house.
~ Do a better job at blogging.
Looking back at the number of posts I wrote, I guess I could've done better than I did. Out of all the items on my list, this one was the least successful.
So, there you have it. If you had a summer bucket list, how did you do or how are you doing (since it's really the middle of summer!)?
I'm impressed. I think you did a very good job.
ReplyDeleteI think you have done really well!
ReplyDeleteI think you need to cut yourself a little slack on that last one. With losing your mama, I think spending a little less time blogging was quite understandable. {{hug}}
ReplyDeleteHard to believe that it's school time already ... what happened to staring school after Labor Day and finishing up by Memorial Day like we did when I was a kid. ha!
I don't do bucket lists or make new year's resolutions, because I just disappoint myself (and others) by no accomplishing what I say I will. Sigh. You did GREAT though!! Wishing you a fun year ahead, and God bless you for teaching our young people!! Teachers are THE BEST!!
ReplyDeleteI think you did great with your goals you set for yourself! Seemed like you accomplished a lot of them or made progress on some! It is incredible how fast this summer has gone, is going!
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My friends son started school today, I couldn't believe it! It seems so early. Sounds like you did a pretty good job on your bucket list....way to go!
ReplyDeleteHow are you liking the book `Killing Jesus`
ReplyDeleteI have been a bit leery of it.
You did great. I kind of gave up blogging for most of the summer. Impressed by your cleaning. I can't believe you are back to school already! Teachers go next Monday and the kids come on Thursday. I think I ma ready!
ReplyDeleteYou did really good on your bucket list! Especially with the diet and exercise - good for you! I just posted today about how we're doing on ours. (The fun bucket list. I still have to review the chores bucket list.) We still have 4 weeks left until school starts so I want to knock one or two more off.
ReplyDeleteThis is the best well-being bucket list I've ever seen! And you did a great job on checking off each one.
ReplyDeleteGood luck this school year, Mary!!