Reviewing 2021 List

Except that in keeping with my word of the year (less), I only put 12 items on it total. And then, I revised it mid-January. I had to go back to my old post and grab my list as I’d forgotten a few of the items I put on there.

My (revised) List

1. Read 72 books
2. Join in for every single Happy Homemaker Monday post
3. Keep a kindness journal Focus on ways to be kind to my family
4. Serve a vegetable with every main meal in addition to/instead of potatoes Try one in season new vegetable each week
5. Eat dinner together at the table as a family Tuesday through Thursday
6. Buy and savor a “fancy” (read expensive) magazine each quarter (so 4 times)
7. Spend at least 5 minutes outside every day
8. Observe one sugar free week each quarter (sensing a theme with the quarterly things here)
9. Follow a nightly skincare regime
10. Learn a craft
11. Participate in Rudolph day on the 25th of each month
12. Save and preserve my old blog, So Not Organized (maybe in book form or on a flash drive?)

Here was my update from back on January 15:

 

1. Read 72 books: I’m not worried about this at all though Goodreads says I’m a book behind on it.
2. Join in for every single Happy Homemaker Monday post: So far, so good on this one!
3. Keep a kindness journal Focus on ways to be kind to my family: It’s been a say less, listen and appreciate more kind of week (mostly).
4. Serve a vegetable with every main meal in addition to/instead of potatoes Try one in season new vegetable each week: We all (except J who fell asleep early) tried turnips. Mixed results.
5. Eat dinner together at the table as a family Tuesday through Thursday: We ate together Monday-Thursday!
6. Buy and savor a “fancy” (read expensive) magazine each quarter (so 4 times): Still deciding.
7. Spend at least 5 minutes outside every day: I’ve done this weather permitting, today may not.
8. Observe one sugar free week each quarter (sensing a theme with the quarterly things here): Not yet, thinking I’ll shoot for the last week of January.
9. Follow a nightly skincare regime: I ordered from skincare products from Philosophy but they’re not here yet
10. Learn a craft: Still deciding
11. Participate in Rudolph day on the 25th of each month: I did create notebook for it.
12. Save and preserve my old blog, So Not Organized (maybe in book form or on a flash drive?): Not started at all. Need to research.

Here’s where I’m at on this list for the midpoint of the year:

Isn’t it strange how we can lose focus in just a few short months?

1. Read 72 books :  I’m 16 books ahead of schedule!
2. Join in for every single Happy Homemaker Monday post: I think I missed one or two but I’m doing my best to join in each week. 
3. Keep a kindness journal Focus on ways to be kind to my family: Another doing my best kind of thing. Might need to refocus on this. 
4. Serve a vegetable with every main meal in addition to/instead of potatoes Try one in season new vegetable each week.  AHEM. FAIL. Time to try again now that more vegetables are in season.

   

5. Eat dinner together at the table as a family Tuesday through Thursday:  Well, we tried. Hard with the crazy mixed up schedules of summer. Need to do better.
6. Buy and savor a “fancy” (read expensive) magazine each quarter (so 4 times): I’ve actually done okay with this one even maybe buying more than one special magazine accidentally/on purpose last quarter. Haven’t picked one for the summer yet. 
7. Spend at least 5 minutes outside every day: I do better with this when the weather cooperates. Need to focus on going for walks again though.
8. Observe one sugar free week each quarter (sensing a theme with the quarterly things here): Time for another one of these for sure! My first one went okay and I think I did a second one? Not sure.
9. Follow a nightly skincare regime: I was doing good with this except it sort of morphed into a morning skincare regime (fine as I was doing nothing before), then I ran out of stuff. Just ordered more facial cleanser as I did like it. Had to justify the expense with myself. Why is it hard to justify spending the money on things that make us happy and are good for us? Or it that just me?
10. Learn a craft: Ha. HA! Ha. However, I am in the process of creating a garden journal so maybe I can check the creativity box with that one? And I did make a lot of progress on the butterfly garden.
11. Participate in Rudolph day on the 25th of each month: Trying with this. Notice that it depends on how busy I am when the 25th rolls around each month. Did discover I enjoy iced hot chocolate. I have been at least sticking to treating myself to a hot chocolate (or cold) each 25th. And yes, I’ve done a little bit of early Christmas shopping.
12. Save and preserve my old blog, So Not Organized (maybe in book form or on a flash drive?): I moved all the contents of my blog over to www.sonotorganized.wordpress.com. However, sadly the photos didn’t go through and the actual So Not Organized site is suspended or something. I need to call GoDaddy about it but haven’t really had the time or inclination to mess with it yet. Hoping I can figure it out though because I’m going to be so very sad if I lose all the pictures that went with the blog posts.

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Did you make a list or a word (I’ve not been doing great remembering my word either!) for 2021? How are you doing with them?

(And yes, I’m very much procrastinating another day of “basement camp“)