How is it already December? I know, I know, I say that every single month, but I really feel like this whole semester has just flown by at warp speed. However, I don’t exactly think that is a bad thing, because I’m super excited to finally be on winter break, after this week is over that is. As has been the case the last couple of years, November has been a really unproductive month for me as far as blogging is concerned, so I’m excited to hopefully finally have some time to devote to blogging! Anyway, here’s what I’ve been up to this last month!
6 Books Read
Honestly, I am pretty disappointed by this, but I am not
surprised. I only read six books last month, and I was hoping to read at least
one more this month, but since I had finals to prepare for and a youth retreat
to chaperone, I had a feeling that wouldn’t happen. So while I wish I had read
more books, I’m not super surprised or disappointed that I didn’t. Besides, the
books I did read—The Lady and the Lionheart, Trust My Heart, Always Watching, The Silent Songbird, Finding
Margo, and A Lasting Impression—were
all really enjoyable novels (and can you see how behind I am on posting my reviews? ðŸ˜).
6 Books Purchased
Now this I am super happy about! I only thought I would end
up purchasing two books this month, so that was my goal, but then Cyber Monday
happened, and I ended up getting four more! I’m super pumped about that, as the
six extra books will help me to get closer to owning all of the books in a
couple of series that I love, so I’d say I had a pretty successful month in this
regard. Anyway, I bought two new books that I read—The Silent Songbird and Finding
Margo—and I also found four slightly used novels (and only spent $10, for
all of them combined 😂) that I really wanted to get. So, not only did I add
those two new books to my shelf, I also added The Fiddler, A Reluctant
Courtship, A Necessary Deception,
and The Dandelion Field, which means
now I finally own all the books in those three series!
0 Workouts Completed
Well, are you really surprised? My goal was only to complete
4 lousy workouts, and yet somehow I managed to keep from doing a single one. However,
this doesn’t surprise me either, as working out isn’t exactly my favorite
thing.
16 Blog Posts Published
Unfortunately, this didn’t meet my goal either, but at least
it was still a decent number, and not only eight or ten as I’ve previously
fallen down to at this time of year. I still managed to get a decent number of
posts out there, and since I enjoyed writing them, I’m pretty happy about that.
I just hope this month will be better since I will be on break by Friday.
Now on to my goals for this month!
Read 7 Books
Hopefully I will get the chance to read much, much more than
this since I will be on break, but I’m going to aim low so that I will be more
likely to actually reach this goal!! Besides, I’m always excited when I’m able
to read more than I thought I would be able to, so I’m hopeful that by having a
more manageable goal, I’ll be more likely to enjoy the number I’ve read at the
end of the month.
Purchase 2 Books
Again, this is a low number, but since I’m not going to
count any books that I get for Christmas, but rather only ones that I purchase, I think that it’s probably
smart to keep this number small. I know of two books that are coming out that I
really want to get, and I’ll be happy with just those two. Besides, most of my
extra spending money—that I don’t responsibly save—will be going towards Christmas
presents rather than things for myself. So, I think this is actually a pretty
decent goal.
Publish 18 Blog Posts
This just seems to be my go-to number every month, so I figured
why not aim for this many again, and see if I could actually post all of the
posts I’m planning on posting. Every once and a while there is just a book I don’t
end up wanting to read, or a Top Ten Tuesday theme I don’t really relate to,
and I end up skipping one of my planned posts from my calendar. However, I think
18 is a really decent number to go with, so I’m hopeful it will work out this
month.
Workout 1 Time a Week
I know that this still isn’t very much of a goal, but
considering how terrible of a job I did last month when it came to working out,
this is actually probably shooting pretty high. However, since I don’t have
school after this week, I’m hoping that maybe I will actually be able to meet
this goal for once. We’ll see!
Well, that’s what I’ve been up to this past month and my
goals for the days to come!
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your post so I was glad to do it! Thank you for joining the linkup!
DeleteI tried to work out last month too and I did not do as much as I could. So maybe this month both of us can accomplish it!
ReplyDeleteIt's always good to look back at our goals and reevaluate. I think it's smart to change your workout to 1, because it's manageable and then you'll feel better when you do it! Of course, if you keep upping your book reading, you may not have time for the workouts---unless you read while you work out??
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work, Mackenzie!
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