Goals for August

I haven't been doing so well with goal-setting for the past month or more, but now that summer is starting to wind down and I'm thinking ahead to the fall (and hopefully a more organized school year!) I'm hoping to get back into the swing of goal-setting.  So today I got out my handy notebook and started making lists.  It feels good to get back into the habit!  Here are my goals for this month:

• Keep up with daily Bible reading (I am still on track with this--yay!!  Furthest I've ever gotten in a "through the Bible in a year" program)
• Order and organize school curriculum and other materials
• Register kids under our umbrella school
• Take one family camping trip/visit Plimoth Plantation (end of August)
• Have friends over
• Read at least 2 books
• Post 3-4 book reviews on blog
• Run 3-4 times a week
• Finish 1-2 sewing projects
• Continue our Friday adventures
• Take a social media fast again
• Celebrate our 14th anniversary(!!)
• Do some deep cleaning every week

I also wanted to update on how my "Put One Foot in Front of the Other" challenge went in July.  Unfortunately I wasn't able to accomplish my goal of running every single day.  :(  I started having some issues with a pulling/burning feeling where the mesh was placed in my hernia surgery, and Jim felt I should take a break from running to see if that made a difference (which it did), so I only got in 22 days of exercise instead of the 31 I had hoped for.  But 22 days is a lot better than none, so I was happy with that!  I had hoped to walk/run at least 50 miles for the month, and I ended up with 41.25 miles.  Thirty of those were running miles, which was even more exciting, as that does average about a mile run per day for the month (if I had run every day :)).  

For August, I want to be careful not to overdo it with the exercise, so hopefully I won't have the issues again.  My plan is to run 3-4 times a week, taking rest days in between.  I might throw in some 30 Day Shred workouts here and there as well, if I feel like it.  I could definitely use some tummy toning again . . . :) 

I have SO many other things to blog about from this summer.  I'm hoping to do some much-needed catching up in this little space over the coming month before we jump back into school!