We are well into Summer now....it's the 2nd full week of July and we are almost into one full month of the Summer season. I thought, since we are now more than half-way through the calendar year, I should do my goals check-up.
- Continue to do "brisk walking/power walking" workouts daily after stretching/yoga/fitness ball routine. This goal is met. This is now habitual for me. If I don't walk outdoors, I do a cardio workout via You Tube for the super humid days.
- Visit some relatives I haven't seen in awhile: my Uncle Cliff, my cousin Kenny, my cousin Trisha. This goal is almost met! I visited my Uncle Cliff back in the mid-Spring, my cousin Kenny at the beginning of Summer, and my cousin Trisha and I have plans to do lunch together at the end of August.
- Have monthly coffee/dinner/lunch dates with my 2 daughters
This goal is met. Both daughters came over for dinner twice and at the same time in the last month, and i've had coffee dates, and a dinner date with each one. Since both of them live in the Capital Region, with one only about 4 miles away, it's pretty easy to find time to get together. We will continue this, of course.
- Continue to have "date night" with my husband
yes, this has now become a habit. I can say we have had some wonderful date nights this past Spring and so far this Summer we've had several. We celebrated our Anniversary a week early by spending the third week of June in Maine. It was heavenly.
- Practice piano at least twice a week for 30 min. (my classical, baroque, or romantic era music) This goal is on-going.
- No cocktails or wine the month of January! Cutting back on foods with added sugar. Eat more fruit and no baked goods. This goal was met! It was hard...but made easier since I stopped baking.
- Have one game night for friends/other couples once this winter Well, we tried. One couple ended up getting ill, and so we are putting this off until autumn. This goal is not met.
- SPRING FLING: plan and host a "Spring Fling" with our couple friends, both young and old, here on our deck/backyard with a bonfire going all afternoon. Due to major rainstorms for every.single.weekend. in May, and then a trip to NM and a trip to Maine, this goal did not happen. Now, we are hoping to get it organized for Autumn.
- Paint the entire deck before June! Well, This goal is met! It took me longer to do this project as lots of sanding had to happen first, but I did finish it before we left for Albuquerque!!
- Hike one new to me High Peaks trail by end of Summer: this is on the August hiking list so hopefully it will get accomplished!
SPIRITUAL:
- Continue my focused study/meditate on Psalm 119. Try to be done by the end of June This goal is met. I thoroughly enjoyed really digging into Psalm 119.
- Begin a small group study with Priscilla Shirer's book He Speaks to Me and be done hosting this by the middle of June This goal was met by the end of April! I am so blessed to have the women report to me that they thoroughly enjoyed the study.
- Attend all choir rehearsals at church January-June Dave and I met this goal! And....now we are having rehearsals again, every Sunday afternoon from now until mid-September gearing up for a campus wide Worship night where our church site is hosting the other 2 sites for an entire evening of praise and worship. We are so excited about this and that our oldest daughter and her boyfriend are also in choir.
- Continue the SoulSteps Walking Group once a month for Friday/Saturday groups beginning in Feb-June. This goal was met and the group is now ended. Instead, I have a SoulSteps Hiking group that has 48 members and is now in its second year.
- Continue to Volunteer with HomeBound and visit at least 2 clients per month. I am still a volunteer with HomeBound, and this spring, the two clients I had been seeing regularly are no longer having visits or I hadn't been able to go due to conflicts. I am now praying about whether I'm going to continue seeing clients. I am definitely staying on the card sending team and I might be leading a workshop in how to put together blessing bags in September. I have one client visit next week. And after that, I will most likely be taking a step down to focus on another volunteer organization in my community.
BUCKET LIST ITEMS to try to complete in 2025
- Finish the ADK 102 Challenge: I have 11 villages left that my daughter and I hope to finish up in August!
- Hike to Blueberry Falls in the high peaks wilderness region: hoping to do that in a couple of weeks!
- Hike up Jay Mountain again: this has been scheduled for the end of August.
- Explore Albuquerque and do one desert hike: this has been met in May! We loved it! And we hiked FOUR desert hikes! It was loads of fun.
- Take the boat cruise on Blue Mountain Lake- not sure this will happen this year
- Swim in Loon Lake: I'm actually heading there Thursday or Saturday, we are not sure yet.
- Swim in Lake Champlain : this is happening at the end of the month.
- Attend the Maple Fest in Thurman NY (eastern Adirondacks) it was pouring rain the weekend this event took place, so I'm planning on going in 2026.
- Hike the entire Hoffman Notch Trail I have 3 hiking friends who want to do this 7 miles one way trail with me, so we are trying to find a date we are all free at the end of August. It won't be open to my SoulSteps members
- meet my college friends Paul and Kim for drinks/lunch with Dave: we were going to do this on Saturday, but now they have something they need to stay in Rochester for, so we are trying to find another date.
- Go on a Hot Air Balloon ride: if my sister in law Katharine can come up in Sept when this is happening in the eastern ADK, this will get scheduled for that time. Other wise, we will need to put it off.
- Explore the entire Tahawus/"ghosttown of the Adirondacks" area by Autumn: this is actually going on the SoulSteps September hiking list. I already know a couple people who want to sign up for it.
- Find the start of the Hudson River/hike to it: this is happening the end of August.
- Hike in to Henderson Lake and possibly Hanging Spear Falls: this is happening the middle of September.
I think I'm doing pretty well with these 2025 goals!
My new personal spiritual goal is to thoroughly study the book of Deuteronomy.
Do you have any yearly goals? How are you doing with them?
1 comment:
Hi Faith. You are making progress on all of your goals. Good job! I need to go back and see how I am doing on my 2025 goals. This was a fun post. See you again soon!
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