2016 – Progress on my goals in March
2016 – The Only Way Out Is Through | |||||||||||||
Goals | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | Current Status |
Live Blue or Die! | |||||||||||||
Astronomy Moon Filters Photos | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Nothing yet this year. |
Courses Video games Psychology | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Little bit more on video game course, and have started photography course (video lectures). |
Reading Kindle Unlimited Reading challenge | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Tried Kindle Unlimited, Lawrence Block on writing, a couple of Evanovich titles, another non-fiction book on energy levels, and reorganized my reading list challenge. |
Writing Blogs HR Guide Non-fiction guide | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | I am a blogging machine, particularly with my book reviews, and I’ll pass 500K in words this week. People are also staying on the site longer when they visit, with more comments. |
Photography Course Setup cards | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Started video lecture series, signed up for meetup notifications. |
Reviews TV episodes Book reviews Season reviews Movie reviews | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | I’m still prolific in TV episode reviews and have created the template for the season revies, with movie reviews only slightly different. However, my big accomplishment is my book reviews — I posted the original 36 that I used to have on an old version of the site, another 41 in pre-written ones re-formatted and posted, and 1 brand new one for a total of 78. |
Organize New apps Redo bucket list Family passport | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Apps are working well, particularly for shopping, calendar, but not quite up to speed on personal to do yet. |
Cyber Sort photos Scan photos Sort music Backup options | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Backup completed, sorted emails, more work to do on photos and music. |
Honey do list Establish list One item per week | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Focused on other areas this past month. |
Stick To The Knitting | |||||||||||||
Andrea Date nights out Game nights Family trip | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Date night for movie and lunch date. |
Jacob Boys nights Video games Summer excursions Sports “practice” | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | The March Break outing for FunHaven was a huge hit, and he had a blast (not so bad for me either). We have also organized around some sports practice things and tonight he was playing basketball in the laneway when I got home. |
Website support Briargreen PS Astropontiac | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Not much accomplished in the last month. |
Focus Your Energy, Be Prolific | |||||||||||||
Writing Fiction Posting Creativity challenge | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Nothing on the big goals at the moment, but I’ve been posting like crazy. |
Cooking Wings and sauces Mom’s recipes Dad’s baking Friend’s recipes | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Found a new cookbook that looks interesting, that’s about it. |
Photobooks Year in review Targeted themes Astronomy | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Completed a full photobook for 2015, ordered, and awaiting arrival. |
Be Bright, Be Bold, Be Direct | |||||||||||||
Stretching Muscle groups Yoga Chiro and massage | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Chiro and massage on track, but need more focus on which exercises to concentrate on and keep doing my back stretches/yoga. |
Exercise Walking at lunch Martial arts kata Weekend excursions | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Made some progress on tracking on my phone, but my big accomplishment was getting my health checkup, using my sleep / apnea machine, re-visiting sleep clinic, three dental appointments, a bit of walking at lunch, bowling one outing, and booking appointment with counsellor re: mental health checkup. |
Career Re-certify french Publish guides | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Little bit more than planning, but not much more. |
Summary by month
MONTH | BLUE | GREEN | YELLOW | RED |
Jan (6G 4Y 8R) | 4G 2Y 3R | 1G 1Y 1R | 1G 1Y 1R | 0G 0Y 3R R |
Feb (6G 7Y 5R) | 4G 2Y 3R | 1G 2Y 0R | 1G 1Y 1R | 0G 2Y 1R |
Mar (7G 7Y 4R) | 3G 4Y 2R | 2G 0Y 1R | 1G 1Y 1R | 1G 2Y 0R |
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From January to March, I’ve increased individual greens, increased yellows and decreased reds. Making progress! Onward in the quest…