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July goal checkin

ONGOING

  • Save 40 per cent of income. Definite fail this month – closer to 20 percent.
  • Keep eating out to $160 a month. Failed again by about $50…
  • Donate to charity every month. Check!
  • Text one friend a week. Check!
  • Learn to confidently use full manual settings on my dSLR. I actually did bring it out for a little while – to my first and only ever wrestling show. (Oh, all the things I could do in those four hours instead!) Must go through the images.
  • Read 100 books I’m a tad overdue for some reading recaps. It’s been slow going with the Grapes of Wrath, but I’ve been mixing up the light and heavy reading pretty regularly.
  • Continue running at least once a week. Missed my holiday week, but I’m pretty sure I went on all the others. This last week was a good un – lots of uphills which had me aching for days afterward. Seriously, my thighs were screaming with every movement.

As to my one-off goals, I did indeed go somewhere warm on my birthday! A travel writing assignment is not going to happen with my new job, however, so I should scratch that off the list.

2 thoughts on “July goal checkin

  • Reply krantcents August 6, 2011 at 09:00

    40% savings is huge! Maybe you should work up to it? Increase your 20% by 5% increments. A few years ago, I read 100 books in a year. I did it to improve my writing. To keep pace, you must read 2 books a week. The key to success is monitoring your progress daily/weekly so there are no surprises at month end. Good luck!

  • Reply Jeff @ Sustainable life blog August 6, 2011 at 09:31

    That’s a very large portion of savings, but keep trying, you’ll get there. It seemed like my july budget just got sunk by eating out as well – I’m shooting for less times going out to eat in august.

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