Spiritual
Read through the Bible in a year
- get up on time to read Bible in the morning, otherwise finish reading at night
- read Exodus, Psalms 1-45 by the end of February
Physical
Run a 10K at <10 min mile pace by August
- run 2x per week in February
- run 5K at <10 min mile pace consistently
- run at least one 5 mile run per week in February
Lose the rest of the baby weight by end of May (20 lbs total, 4 lbs per month)
- track points with WW
- run/swim/exercise video at least 5 days per week
- weigh 167.8 by the end of February
Educational/Professional
Teach professionally by the end of the year
- apply for 3 jobs in February, put up signs for tutoring
Participate in one seminary course per term with husband
- read 3 books for Luke's reading course
- write review/response for each book
Community/Social
Open our home to others at least once per month
- have LW for dinner
- host game night
Friday, February 3, 2012
January Goals Review
Here's a follow up to my January goals:
Spiritual
Read through the Bible in a year
- print out Bible-in-a-year plan
- get up on time to read Bible in the morning, otherwise finish reading at night <- weak on this
- read Genesis, Mark, Exodus 1-14, Psalms 1-23 by the end of January <- not quite
Physical
Run a 10K at <10 min mile pace by August
- run 2x per week in January
- run 5K at <10 min mile pace consistently <- down to 10:15 pace
- increase distance to at least one 5 mile run per week by the end of January
Lose the rest of the baby weight by end of May (20 lbs total, 4 lbs per month)
- track points with WW
- run/swim/exercise video at least 5 days per week
- weigh 167 by the end of January <- down to 171.8, lost two lbs since I started keeping track
One mile open water swim under 30 minutes by end of September
Realized I can't realistically work on swimming and running with time constraints. Will work on swimming goals when weather warms up.
- swim 1-2 times per week
- increase total distance to 1800 yds by the end of January
- increase timed distance to 500 yds by the end of January
Educational/Professional
Teach professionally by the end of the year
- write a resume
- send out resume/apply for 5 teaching/tutoring jobs in January <- applied for 1 job, plus put out ads for tutoring
- look into childcare options for the kids
Participate in one seminary course per term with husband
- read 3 books for Pastoral Ministry class in January <- read 2, counting this as a success given time constraints
- write review/response for each book <- wrote 1, still need to write 1
Community/Social
Open our home to others at least once per month
- make & follow chore chart
- make & follow kids' chore chart
- set aside 1 evening per month to invite people over: 3rd Friday in January <- plans fell through, but we DID invite people and we hosted a small group once this month
Conclusions:
My dad often says, "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it." I let a friend borrow my scale so she could weigh her suitcase early on this month, and I failed to get it back until the last week in Jan. Without the ability to measure my weight, I think I actually ate MORE than usual. Now that my scale's back and I have a plan in place, I'm making progress toward my goal. Similarly, my running watch has needed a new battery for... awhile now. I can't measure my pace while I run without a working watch. The best I can do is hope I'm running fast and check my time (on my iPod) when it's all over. New watch battery came in the mail yesterday, so this should be better in Feb as well.
I stayed diligent about the resume writing until after I applied for the first job. I'd like to get serious about applying for the remaining jobs and putting up tutoring signs around campus here this month.
I'm re-evaluting my reading and exercise goals as I consider my time constraints. I'm happy with how much I read and worked out this month, especially compared to how I spent a lot of my time in months past.
Spiritual
Read through the Bible in a year
- print out Bible-in-a-year plan
- get up on time to read Bible in the morning, otherwise finish reading at night <- weak on this
- read Genesis, Mark, Exodus 1-14, Psalms 1-23 by the end of January <- not quite
Physical
Run a 10K at <10 min mile pace by August
- run 2x per week in January
- run 5K at <10 min mile pace consistently <- down to 10:15 pace
- increase distance to at least one 5 mile run per week by the end of January
Lose the rest of the baby weight by end of May (20 lbs total, 4 lbs per month)
- track points with WW
- run/swim/exercise video at least 5 days per week
- weigh 167 by the end of January <- down to 171.8, lost two lbs since I started keeping track
One mile open water swim under 30 minutes by end of September
Realized I can't realistically work on swimming and running with time constraints. Will work on swimming goals when weather warms up.
- swim 1-2 times per week
- increase total distance to 1800 yds by the end of January
- increase timed distance to 500 yds by the end of January
Educational/Professional
Teach professionally by the end of the year
- write a resume
- send out resume/apply for 5 teaching/tutoring jobs in January <- applied for 1 job, plus put out ads for tutoring
- look into childcare options for the kids
Participate in one seminary course per term with husband
- read 3 books for Pastoral Ministry class in January <- read 2, counting this as a success given time constraints
- write review/response for each book <- wrote 1, still need to write 1
Community/Social
Open our home to others at least once per month
- make & follow chore chart
- make & follow kids' chore chart
- set aside 1 evening per month to invite people over: 3rd Friday in January <- plans fell through, but we DID invite people and we hosted a small group once this month
Conclusions:
My dad often says, "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it." I let a friend borrow my scale so she could weigh her suitcase early on this month, and I failed to get it back until the last week in Jan. Without the ability to measure my weight, I think I actually ate MORE than usual. Now that my scale's back and I have a plan in place, I'm making progress toward my goal. Similarly, my running watch has needed a new battery for... awhile now. I can't measure my pace while I run without a working watch. The best I can do is hope I'm running fast and check my time (on my iPod) when it's all over. New watch battery came in the mail yesterday, so this should be better in Feb as well.
I stayed diligent about the resume writing until after I applied for the first job. I'd like to get serious about applying for the remaining jobs and putting up tutoring signs around campus here this month.
I'm re-evaluting my reading and exercise goals as I consider my time constraints. I'm happy with how much I read and worked out this month, especially compared to how I spent a lot of my time in months past.
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