Goals Keep Me Sane

Last week I checked in with how I'm doing on my summer goals.  I didn't plan on checking in with my 28 by 28 again until my birthday (67 more days!) & I didn't plan on doing another 101 in 1001 check in until December when I hit my 1.5 year mark (I just did a post checking in at the end of June.)  However, my life feels so cluttered right now.  I've been back in TX for a week now, I moved into my new place this past weekend, & started training at a new job yesterday.  Because of all of the chaos I need to do a check in now if only so I can see where I'm at with my goals & get myself back into a routine that will help me accomplish them.  (And also because unpacking is completely overwhelming me so I'm procrastinating)

28 by 28

As I mentioned above I have 67 more days until my 28th birthday.  That means I have just over 2 months to finish what remains on my list.  Lets' start with the positive.

I have 8 goals completed: get into grad school, have a student loan paid off, attend 9 concerts, try 24 new bars/restaurants, don't use credit card for 1 month, spend NYE w/someone special, go to a MLB/NHL/NFL game, & attend Houston/San Antonio/Fort Worth rodeos.

I have 10 goals in progress: cut credit card debt in half, read 15 books, reach goal weight, have $1000 in savings, stick to the 1/48/5 rule, get CHL, learn to play a song on the guitar, no traffic ticket, complete 3 30 day challenges, & learn Spanish.

I have no progress on 9 goals: be in a real relationship, visit a new state, run a 5k, get another tattoo, have tarot read, donate blood, meet a blogger, go horseback riding, & finish 1000 piece puzzle.

That means I've also already failed 1 goal: get CDL

101 in 1001

I still have a little over a year & a half left so I technically still have plenty of time left to complete these, however I also don't want my procrastinating tendencies to get in the way.

1. Begin 101 in 1001 (Completed 6/27/2015)

2. Have student loans @ 60k or less (in progress - post here)

3. Fall in love
4. Workout weekly (Failed...like 5 weeks in)

5. Project 365 2015 (Failed by August 2015)

6. Project 365 2016 (Failed by February 2016)

7. Project 365 2017

8. 50 Book Challenge 2015 (Failed - 10 books)

9. 50 Book Challenge 2016 (I'm going to fail...I'm at 2)

10. 50 Book Challenge 2017

11. Volunteer/donate monthly (Failed 5 months in)

12. Drink 1/2 gallon of water daily (Failed)

13. Spend NYE w/someone special every year (in progress)

14. Donate $1 for every failed goal

15. 30 day fitness challenge

16. Go to a psychic

17. Save change for 1001 days (in progress)

18. Go zombie paintballing

19. Go to Harry Potter World

20. 52 week money challenge (I'm starting on my 28th birthday)

21. Try 101 new bars/restaurants (in progress - I'm at 82)

22. Donate to Locks of Love

23. Pay off my car (in progress)

24. Run 3 new races

25. Visit Niagara Falls

26. Get motorcycle license

27. Go kayaking

28. Track spending for a month

29. Host a cocktail party

30. Attend Daytona 500

31. Visit 3 museums

32. Road Trip (complete - 7/20/2015)

33. Attend MLB All Star game

34. Choose an actor & watch all of their movies

35. Create a recipe book from pinterest (Fail - I just don't want to)

36. Send monthly hand written letters (Failed month 5)

37. Attend Trivia night

38. Visit a new country

39. Make homemade bread (Complete 6/27/2016)

40. Watch all of the Best Picture movies 2005-2015

41. Go to Disney

42. Donate blood 6 times

43. Visit Maker's Mark Distillery

44. Save $500 (in progress)

45. Attend Cheyenne Frontier Days

46. Renew passport (Complete 12/29/2015)

47. Visit West Coast

48. Travel to Europe

49. Host a themed dinner party

50. Go to an outdoor movie (Complete 7/27/2016)

51. Go ziplining

52. Keep 6 word a day journal for 6 months (Fail - I just don't want to)

53. Write a letter to open on day 1001 (Complete 6/29/2015)

54. Buy a house

55. Attend Austin City Limits

56. Go to Talladega

57. Visit Stone Mountain, GA

58. Attend a food festival

59. Photograph the same spot each season

60. Make a pie on Pi Day

61. Bake something new each month (Failed month 3)

62. Visit 3 new MLB ballparks (in progress - 1)

63. Attend 6 MLB games (in progress - 1)

64. Brazilian wax

65. Get lasik

66. Run a 1/2 marathon

67. Sing karaoke

68. Visit Twitter people (Complete 10/23/15 Kip Moore Chicago)

69. Pay off credit cards (in progress - I haven't used it since 6/4/2016)

70. Go a year without a car payment

71. Watch 2 movies in a theater in 1 day

72. Make a year in pictures album

73. Don't watch TV for a week (Complete)

74. Write a song (Complete)

75. Attend a Civil War reenactment

76. Visit an old teacher

77. Listen to a new artist each month (Failed month 9)

78. Make an A-Z playlist (Fail - I just don't want to)

79. Learn to do a backflip (Fail - it's not gonna happen...)

80. Host a NYE party

81. Watch the sunrise on NYD

82. Make a list of what I want in love (Complete 7/18/2015)

83. Visit the Grand Canyon

84. Build a snowman

85. Hike Appalachian Trail

86. Send Christmas cards every year (in progress)

87. Dance in the rain (Complete Wefest 2015)

88. 30 miles in 30 days (Complete 7/26/2015)

89. Document music taste over a year (Fail - I quit I don't know how I thought I'd do that)

90. Visit Nashville

91. Take a selfie on the first of every month (Fail month 6)

92. Go a month without buying anything unnecessary

93. Travel to 10 new cities (Failed - mostly I quit because I couldn't decide what counted)

94. Canoe

95. Finish 1000 piece puzzle

96. Visit Grand Portage State Park

97. Hike the Ice Age Scenic Trail

98. Go back to school (Complete 7/14/2016)

99. Watch all of my Netflix playlist

100. Go on a date once a month (Failed month 8)

101. Make a new 101 in 1001 list (in progress)

Complete 13

In Progress 12

Failed 18

Not Started 58