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Alright ! I told y’ all about my destination for the yearhere . Now it ’s time to check in and do a goal update to see how thing are going .
Why ? Well , I ’m glad you asked !
If I want to make certain that I actually attain my destination for the year ( which I very much desire to do ) , I need to check in here and there to see how things are going and set my course as necessary .
So here we go !
The Official January Goals Update
I exercised 27 out of 31 days in January , which means I took off one day a week on intermediate . I worked really hard at the end of last year to make daily usage a habit and I sense like it has finally stuck . I ’ve even gotten my fella to bring together my most days which give it more fun and add a short thrust to do it on day I really do n’t feel like it .
This one has n’t happened yet , but I ’m working on it . I ’ve pay back so many ideas of thing I ’d wish to strain and ways I know I could make some money , but I run out of steam after work and do n’t have enough time and vigor to really get going . It ’s thwarting because I need this to happen , but it ’s just going a have to be a scrap more slow and gradual than I would like .
We ’re a little act onwards of this goal which is awesome ! I transferred $ 100 to our IRA at the commencement of January . If we can do that every calendar month we will be capable to beat this finish . But we ’ve got some openhanded changed amount this year that might obstruct our progress , so I ’m happy to be a small snatch ahead . Yes , we should save more for retirement , but for me work 30 - something hours a week and the fella working 10 - 15 hour while pass to shoal full prison term , this is at least safe than nothing !
We ’re doing well on this one too . I ’d really care to journey to Europe this twelvemonth , so I ’m really making this end a priority and am hoping to get this finish ( by a raft ) and make the trip bechance in the surrender !
We did reasonably well this month stick to our budget . We run low out to eat one too many times , but we pay for it with money from sell some junk we did n’t need anymore . I have a hard meter knowing what to do with out eating out part of the budget . That ’s where we struggle the most every calendar month . It ’s not that we do n’t have food at home to eat or the fourth dimension to make it . We just wish to go out to exhaust and sometimes nothing at home sounds good ! I do n’t desire to spend more on move out to eat because it ’s obviously not necessary and an well-to-do area to shorten back , but I also do n’t desire to go over our budget because of wishful thinking . I ’m going to keep our run through out budget the same for February and see how it goes , but if we go over I think I ’ll up the amount for March . Budgets postulate to be realistic , after all .
It ’s been a middling soft wintertime so far , but that still intend below freeze down temps and plenteousness of snow . We spent January cuddled under blankets and staying ardent . We were able to bundle up and take Mozzie for a manner of walking almost every twenty-four hour period and I made some special food for fun ( like the cinnamon swirl french goner and smoked Gouda mac and cheese below ) . We had some crime syndicate time with my fella ’s sept and had some champion over for dinner .
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