August Goals - Final Results

August Goals - Final Results

As I had hoped, focusing on five goals that I then shared here on my blog, turned out to be pretty productive. 

Here are the results:

1.  Thirty minutes of nonfiction reading in the morning, as I drink my wake up coffee.  ✅

My nonfiction reading goal for the month of August was The Pioneers by historian David McCullough.

Only because I wanted to check it off as completed, did I keep pushing through this interesting but exceedingly dry history book. I do not imagine I'll read another by this author, though I did actually enjoy his book about the carving out of the Panama Canal, The Path Between The Seas. I read it before embarking on a Panama Canal cruise, and it made the transit incredibly interesting and emotional. I highly recommend doing same for any who might consider doing a transit thru the Panama Canal.

2.  Incorporate walking with stops into the gym to do weight training.  ✅

This worked very well. I incorporated three walks + weights in August. I was slightly sidelined by the need to get in lots of miles for my September hiking trip, but with that now completed, I expect to accomplish combining a walk with weights at least one time each week going forward.

3.  Grill and eat dinner outside here at home at least one night each week.  🆇

I did not accomplish this, grrr. I'm a little nervous about firing up the grill after a couple of years of not doing so, but am going to re-attempt it this coming weekend. I'm going to make Hawaiian chicken kebabs, which are pretty forgiving on the grill.

4.  Make Happy Hour dates with two couples - one new to us, and one that just returned from a multi-month trip.  ✅

Accomplished, though as I shared here, it didn't go quite as smoothly as hoped. However, by evenings end, everyone wanted to meet up again, plus another couple on our street wants to join in the next time as well. So, hopefully, it was an 'All's well that ends well' finale to the evening.

5.  Purchase new summer sun dress summer gauzy trousers.  ✅

I did go shopping for a new dress, but ultimately decided that some lightweight summer gauzy trousers would be fun instead. So I bought three pairs - pale blue, black, and the light olive green that I'm wearing in the photo below. 

Bonus points that I don't have to remember to shave my legs each time I wear them, such as I do with a summer dress. 😄