January Goal Wrap Up and February Goals

[forestofglory]

Happy Year of the Tiger Everyone!

Since its the start of a new month it's time for goals. Here's how January's goals went:

1) Top secret sewing project
Done!

2) Cut of all the pieces for Sea Star Quilt
Done!

3)Write two posts talking about what I've been observing in the built and natural environment around me
Not done. I haven't been very happy with my writing for this project for the last couple of months, so I'm putting it on hiatus while I think about how I want to continue to write about these topics.

4) Write on 20 days
Done! Due to wrist pain I'm not able to do longer writing sessions, not even my 15 minute writing sprints, so all my writing feels unfocused and fragmented. But I wrote all my year in review posts, and bunch of stuff for ladybusiness even if I didn't write any fic.

5) Write 2021 Year in Review Posts
Writing
Reading,
Learning
Watching Things

6) My Mom’s birthday
This went pretty well! My mom liked her presents and everyone liked the desert I made.

7) Take cats to the Vet
As mentioned I wasn't able to get an appointment for both cats in January, but I have one for latter today.

8)Work through to lesson 5 in A New Practical Primer of Literary Chinese by Paul Router
Done! I'm still very much enjoying teaching myself Classical Chinese

Well January was a busy month. I failed to meet one goal and wasn't able to meet another due to logistical complications, but I still feel pretty good about what I did do.

Here are my February goals:

1) Write on 20 days (stretch goal write fic on 10 days)
I thought about bumping this up to 25 days, but February is a short month and my wrist still hurts

2) Sew two shirts for the kid
Its going to be warm enough for short sleeves soon!

3) Do lesson 1-5 review and lessons 6 and 7 in A New Practical Primer of Literary Chinese by Paul Router

4) Valentines day
Are we going to do something for this? I'm not sure, but I have been helping the kid make valentines for school which feels like a big project. Maybe I will also make something yummy and chocolate to eat that day.

This a lot fewer goals than last month. I don't know, I'm just not coming up with a goal shaped things I want to get do in the next little bit. I have been feeling overwhelmed by the world, which is silly because I have very few obligations. But I want to rest and not push things. Maybe I will try to have someone look at my wrist since its been hurting for a while now.

Do you have any plans for this month? I hope its a good one for everyone!

Comments

[cortue]

Nice! What kind of desert did you make for the party?

I've also been feeling overwhelmed, and so my goals have been shaped more in terms of daily/weekly habits to pick up. For instance, I also have a lot of issues with wrist/forearm type pain from too much computer use and so I've got a routine of stretches for that area of the body that I'm trying to do at least twice a day. I do think it's been helping a bit!

[forestofglory]

I made chocolate pot de cremes for the party. Good for the people in my family who like custard and the people who like chocolate.

I should really be doing some wrist exercises!

[cortue]

Oo tasty! For the stretches, I refer to this post a lot https://cortue.tumblr.com/post/626645013637595136/cactusspatz-stele3-bonzly-says, specifically the little video that goes through a short stretching routine, in case that's helpful :)

[forestofglory]

Thank you!

[darkemeralds]

Your attainments in Chinese are really impressive! Ive left Twitter true the time being, but I enjoyed seeing your photos of your worksheets. (I am/was annehawley over there.)

[forestofglory]

Thank you! I know twitter doesn't work for every brain but I do find it helpful to share my self study stuff there. It's nice to get some feedback!