2014 Goals: July Update

In an ideal world, I prioritize, plan ahead, and am efficient and effective in what I set out to do. The last two weeks have been the complete opposite. I feel like the wheels are mostly on the bus, and I've been trying to pick up the pieces... but my life is overflowing at the moment. Mostly good things. So many good things... and some really sucky things. Can't win them all.

On the plus side, I finally got a post written mid-update. Winning. 

Adventures for 2014

• Trying new forms of moving and exercising
• Softball (for anyone that knows me, this is entertaining) ... our team is 1-0 and I actually taught someone how to bat tonight. Best thing about this league - beer comes out on the field with you.
• Golf. Ok - not new, but its so good to be outside. And I walk. It counts.
• Cooking for one (beyond pasta and eggs)
  
  CSA has started. I eat most of it raw or all together in a salad. I hardly find time to eat real meals, much less cook one.

• Practicing self-care
• Not going to lie, this kind of went out the window this month.
• I did go to Smith Lake and get a haircut

• Mixing different friend groups/life circles
• Coworker from UMN Housing is now a coworker at Ecolab
• Found out another coworker and I were involved in Student Council in HS and went on 2 trips together. Small world.
• Using paid time off
• Not so much this month, but I feel better about this for 2014.

• Enjoying performance arts
• Is baseball an art form? I've gone to a lot of baseball games and fireworks this month.
• Achieving airline status 
• 85% of the way there :)

• Activating human drives
• Yes, although seemingly all at once and none particularly well.
  
• Keeping plants alive
• Work plant - still alive and well. I might need to up the challenge soon.

• Listening to music instead of watching TV

Lots of Late Night TV this month. Jimmy Fallon is hilarious.

• Thinking critically for fun
• I am in possession of GMAT books. It took critical thinking to get there

• Living values through time allocation
• Family time was good. More upcoming for less fun reasons.
• In July one could assume from my time spent that the #1, 2, and 3 thing in my life is work. This is not true, but I am spending lots of hours there. Mostly self-inflicted... lots of good and exciting things happening.