Okay, here I am to grade myself on how I did with my September resolutions... not too good I must say! However, just by making the resolutions at the beginning of the month I did think about my goals more often.
Let's go.
Hit the gym at least five days a week: C. The first two weeks I went four days then the third I went three. Last week I only went once! I did go out of town... excuses. So I never made it five times in a week, but I did go every week.
Keep up with the "Digging Deep" Bible Study: B. The goal for the month of September was to read through the book of Genesis while making notes about sanctification. I almost made it through the entire book, but almost doesn't count. :/ I did listen to the monthly podcast, too!
Stick to our budget: D. AJ and I made our budget at the beginning of the month and we really wanted to stick to it. What got us in the end was eating out too much.
Continue ALFYP Sunday series: F. That should be an obvious one. I didn't do it ONE time!
Average: D... +... Ugh. On to October!
Since keeping monthly resolutions is new to me I am going to basically go with the same ones for October, maybe tweeked a little bit.
Go to the gym at least FOUR days a week. Five was a little impossible. Four is doable.
Quit sugar using the "8 week sugar detox" by Naturally Knocked Up. You have to subscribe to her blog updates in order to get the detox info. (Obviously I'll only be half way through by the time November comes.)
Keep up with the "Digging Deep" Bible study. We are starting Exodus this month!
Stick with the budget! Two days into October and we are doing good. HA!
Excited about October! :)
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I know you can reach your goals! Just so you know, I've been trying to "stick to a budget" for about 6-7 months now and every month it seems something comes up that we didn't plan for, and we always go over!But I'm still working on it. I'm thinking of blogging about budgeting soon.. but we'll see! I'm looking forward to seeing your blog updates :)
ReplyDelete1. We ALWAYS go over when it comes to eating out on our budget since we are on the road so much. I feel like I should bump it up but I don't know where to cut back anywhere else. :/
ReplyDelete2. Ha! I still cross my legs. It's so awkward not to, isn't it?!
3. It was a mutual decision. We have always wanted to make sure we weren't a tv centered household (the living room furniture not focused primarily towards the tv kind of thing) and we are big on reading. We hadn't had cable for about two years and we only used the tv to watch movies. We decided it was just taking up space. We use Netflix now when we want to watch a movie or a tv show. It was worth it for us!
Aaron never watches TV during the week, but he likes to watch a football game on the weekend when he can. I enjoy watching with him! During the week, especially now with Aaron studying for class every night, it is such a temptation for me to just have the TV on even if Im not really watching it. Of course there isn't much on that a Christian should watch. We don't have a TV in our bedroom and we don't want our children to have them in their rooms either. I've always had one in the living room and never gave much thought about ever not having one! The last year or so I've mentioned getting rid of it a couple times but Aaron doesn't go go it. Before we came to MSOP we didn't have cable I guess that's why it wasn't such a temptation. I just need to use some discipline I suppose!
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