The year is half over, and actually making some good progress on some of my goals. Also in the process of refinancing the mortgage, which will also help ease the burden a bit, and fund the new washer/dryer I need. Ray now has his own car, which we got at the end of May from a trash dealership (unfortunately), so that ended up needing like $3,500 in repairs, but Ray is planning to pay for that stuff himself.
The episodes continue to wreck havoc on some plans and have kept me from being as consistent on the exercise and piano practice, due to needing to make up for missed work.
Oh, and it wasn’t an official goal, but I did FINALLY get Chloe’s page added to An Eclectic World 😀
Financials
These are goals revolving around anything related to my personal finances.
- Stick to the budget
- Pay Discover card balance in full – done – paid whole balance with personal loan
- Reduce the Bathroom loan balance by at least $1,200
- Reduce 2nd CC balance by $2,500 or more – done – paid whole balance with personal loan
Fitness and Health
Anything related to exercise, weight loss, general fitness, and being a healthier me.
- Do Ring Fit, gym, or other form of exercise at least three days a week – fell off already because of the dam episodes
- Reverse AC1 numbers and get back down out of diabetic levels – back down from 6.6 to 6.1, so yay!
- Lose 5% body weight (i.e. get to around 218.5 lbs)
- Improve overall protein consumption – at least 50 grams a day
- Try to get a referral to the epilepsy monitoring unit about episodes
Around the House
The unending money sink…
- Catch up on paper shredding and filing – in progress
- Fix the fence gate yet again
- Go through boxes in the library and get rid of any unneeded – progress, yay!
- Disassemble the “cat tower” in the “cat room”
- Clean up “cat room”
- Reorganize home office
- Replace washer/dryer set – NEW!
- Get gutters cleaned – NEW!
- Deal with hornets in back soffits – NEW!
Streaming and Content Creation
Goals specific to my Twitch streams and other content creation.
- Stream at least 12 different games, not counting Spooptober
- Complete at least 20 games during Spooptober
- At least 24 Let’s Play videos on YouTube
- Redo stream layout/theme
- Revamp merch shop
- Finish setting up Ko-Fi
Everything Else
Pretty much any other goals that don’t fit in the above categories, like hobby-related stuff, pet stuff, professional development, and the like.
- Consistently practice piano at least twice a week
- Read 20 books
- Do a painting or other crafty thing – been doing some digital painting, but haven’t decided if that fully counts or not
- Install light kit on Lego bonsai kit
- Try making at least 8 new recipes
- Fix Ecto-1 Lego Set
- Catch up on reading Yona of the Dawn manga