First Published: 2022 January 31
I really thought that I had a monthly tradition of reflecting on the past month. Looking through my history, however, I apparently only did this once, which makes it somewhat funny that it was also a January reflection.
Since I set yearly goals, now seems like a good time to check in on them.
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Huh, I guess I didn’t really write my goals on the blog, did I. Welp, I guess let me look based on the goals I wrote down elsewhere.
I have a goal of blogging every day, I made it 281 days out of 31, which is pretty good. I’d like to do better next month, which might require more planning ahead.
I have a goal of writing a poem every day, I think I succeeded twice. I might want to switch to an easier format than villanelles, maybe sonnets again, just to get back into it.
I have a goal of working out more. I’ve been doing better on that regard, especially since I shifted from shooting for 30 minute workouts, which I cannot find the energy to do, into doing an additive thing. Basically, every day I do one more pushup and squat. I started on the 11th, so I do the number of days this year minus ten to see how many I should do each day. I still haven’t been great at keeping up with it, but hopefully next month will be better.
I’ve on average been good with Bible in a Year, though I’ve had to double up a few days. I’d like to do better at that.
Looking ahead to next month, I think my goals will be:
Blog daily
Compose a poem and music daily
Do the pushup/squat thing daily
Listen to BiaY Daily
Track my daily doings better in my journal
I guess I’ll probably check in four weeks from now, to see how I did.
I do like that I’ve managed to add blogging back into my daily routine fairly easily, especially since I haven’t found that it correlates too much with extra screen time2. I still haven’t found my right place for poetry. Historically I would write them before bed I think, but I’m far too tired for that most nights. Who knows, though, maybe taking those extra few minutes would serve me really well. I guess that’s something I can work towards in February3
My last post that was written the day it posted was on February 15, and it was incredibly short. My last post is dated February 22 and was written March 3. The last post I’m willing to claim as a fullish post is my reflection on the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time, which was February 17 in 2019.4 It’s weird to me that in a few weeks, between less than two and five, depending on which standard I’m using, I will officially be past anything I’ve written before. The last post that was full and not backdated is the week before’s Reflection on the Gospel, which was the 10 of February. It’s a somewhat scary and exciting feeling.
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