July August Goal Review

1. Move (Again)
   • Won! On the beach just in time to go for a swim with a set of keys now in the treasury of Poseidon (ie I lost some keys 😅) The rest of the time has been great – out every day! Can’t wait to be in the water all this summer 🙂
2. Festivals & Travel
   • Won! I write this now as a I travel. And the festivals? =Frikken fantastic.= Reminded me of capacities I have not stretched in a while! Making some new friends and acquaintances along the way.
3. Stocks
   • Won! Investments readjusted, well on the way to a FIRE milestone. (But we know about FIRE already…)
4. Audit
   • Won! Time, people, finances, stuff, and more have been under the gun. I have taken some steps to make more and less time, but perhaps August can help with that:

August Goal Proposal

1. “No” Week
   • Like a fast, a resetting of the mind and body. Goal is to take a random set of 7 consecutive days in the month to say “no” to all new functions and asks (it starts on the 18th). If I am interested, I ought ask. Regardless, a tracking of what gets “no”-ed and how I feel and what I ask for will be kept for evaluation. Who and what and when can then be evaluated for their applicability to my life later.
2. Appointments o’ Function
   • Duty calls. DMV trips, doc appointments, and a few other personal maintenance matters requires my attention. Fight to get them done, at the least getting them on the calendar before the next change of season.
3. Appointments o’ Fun
   • I have been letting a lot of things go either through neglect or waiting on others. This violates a motto of mine: “Wait for no-one.” So I must cut this time out for myself to enjoy things like dance lessons, my first surf lesson, martial arts, a new climbing gym, and writing outlines to stories I have been playing with. Oh, and of course, swim and eat my way through the neighborhood and city ~
4. Sleep
   • I have been doing something iffy with my sleep. I wonder if it is the city’s air? Anyway, to get back on the foundation of quality living, I am setting a recurring alarm for August for 9 PM to get inside, 10 PM to be under bed sheets. This will require saying “no” to a lot of opportunities and communicating my own boundaries – all things I am less than familiar with. A journal of sleep quality will help things along methinks!
5. Bonus: 4 Days No Internet
   • Two solo days and one pair of days where I take the day without internet (with exception to work-work where I get paid). How will this feel? I’ve done week-long camping trips before, but perhaps this reset along with the “no” week will do me some justice.

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While more a fan of succeeding just under 100%, the occasional completion of all goals in a month is nice 🙂 Yay, July!

For now though, August: Getting back on the themes of “no”. I have been stretching myself to lengths that are objectively not my forte. But hey, I am my own responsibility, and that is so very empowering 🔥

Anywho, happy August your way! Stay cool, gird yourself for battles upon your personal hills, and continue to be excellent. Cheers ~