Here we are for our first check-in of this journey of betterment during the last three-ish months of 2024! In mid-September, I set six goals for myself for the following 31 days. I have not been knocking it out of the park, but I am still making some progress, and that’s what this is all about. My goals for the last half of September and the first half of October were:
Intentional movement four times per week
Ten minutes of tidying my room before bed
Wake up at six am every weekday
Brush my teeth and wash my face every night before bed
Three servings of fruits and vegetables each day
One hour of blog work on weekdays and two hours each weekend day
Head back to the original post for a refresh on the pillars guiding these goals and actions.
I have done pretty terribly at most of these goals; I woke up around 6:10 one day to go to the bathroom and stayed awake for the morning, but I have made no progress on my sleep routine besides that. Others I have done sporadically. I had a lot of negative things going on at the beginning of this journey, but many of them cleared up by last week, so I was able to make some better progress toward the end of this 31-day period, specifically in terms of blog work and movement. On the 9th, I registered for the Thanksgiving 5k in my town, so training for that has been a great way for me to get my movement in.
I do believe I ate all my fruits and vegetables and worked on the blog a few more days, but I was a little lazy with tracking at times.
The one habit that I have been able to sustain almost every single night for this first phase has been brushing my teeth and washing my face. I’m very happy with this small victory. It makes me feel more put together and helps signal to my brain that it’s time to start winding down. It doesn’t bother me at all that this is the only goal I have found consistent success with so far; I’m happy to have one at all. I have set many goals that I have let completely fall to the wayside early on, so every small victory is worth acknowledging and celebrating.
For this next phase of this process, I thought I would slightly reduce the number of goals that I am actively working on. Instead of having six goals this month, I will be working toward four goals:
One hour of blog work per day
Thirty minutes of movement per day
Ten minutes of tidying my room per day
One Yoni Journal entry per day
As you can see, there was a fifth goal, but I decided to keep it to four goals this month.
I did not include brushing my teeth and washing my face at night on this list because I feel like I’ve got it under control. Also, just like last month, I will be using the little section on my habit tracker to write down my target number of days to perform each task. As great as it would be to be able to get all of these things done every day, perfection is simply not realistic. It is important to have reasonable expectations of yourself when setting goals and give yourself room for error so it doesn’t feel like your whole plan is crumbling to pieces when something inevitably goes wrong. I try to shoot for around 80%.
I’m feeling much more hopeful about my ability to make serious progress toward these goals than I did two weeks ago. Some of what I was struggling with was external, but much of what I was dealing with was hormonal, mental, and emotional, which is also something I’m still working on, so it is important to be aware of those cycles and remember to be gentle with myself when the going gets tough.
Here’s to another 31 days of taking steps in the right direction!
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