I can’t believe we are already 6 months into 2020, what a year it has already been! A lot of changes in the world, a lot that has been brought to light, and a lot of unknowns. But there has also been a lot of togetherness, communities brought together and families brought together. In this time of uncertainty and unrest, I hope you can find some peace in knowing you are doing the best you can, even if you are not accomplishing all you want or baking bread everyday or starting a business. Take care of yourself, find rest, practice self care, love yourself in this present moment, reach out to others. These are not easy times that we are living in, we are all living through this together, reach out if you need someone to listen, I am always available.

With being six months since I started my intentions, I just wanted let you all in on my progress for 2020. For those of you who didn’t read my post back in January, I came up with 53 intentions or “goals” for 2020. Now 6 months later, I have fully accomplished a couple, in the middle of a lot, and had to move some to next year due to the nature of them and the concerns related to this virus, so without further ado, I present my progress note:

⚠️: In the progress of

🚫: Moving to 2021 list due to covid-related concerns

✅: Finish

Self care:

⚠️ 1. Finish my container of Himalayan bath salt

⚠️ 2. Find more natural lotions and skin care, and develop a better daily routine.

⚠️ 3. Find a new multivitamin to take everyday, if not take my current Flintstones every day, along with a different probiotic.

🚫 4. Try a salt cave.

⚠️ 5. Have a better handle on my consumption of sugar.

⚠️ 6. Stop biting nails

⚠️ 7. Be on track with the connected life podcast

✅ 8. Learn to like a new fruit (no bananas, already like apples and oranges/clementines). (DONE!)

Organizational/Life skills:

✅ 9. Stop hoarding so much junk and actually give to people in need, clean out my room each month, keep it organized.

⚠️ 10. Sell, donate, trash the items in the basement

11. Get caught up with my nieces scrapbooks that I gave them, thankfully it’s only 2 pages for each year of their life

12. Better manage my time, get to work on time, leave on time to get somewhere.

13. Throw away my old socks and take tags off of new ones

⚠️ 14. Better budget my money

⚠️ 15. I want to finish the design of this blog site, I still need to upload a picture, finish the color scheme, and add some personalized touches to the site

Give back:

16. I made purses and bags of hygiene products that I would like to give out to those in need (at least 5)

🚫 17. Give 10-15 platelet donations (I was able to donate once and also do a regular blood donation.)

🚫 18. Volunteer at five different organizations for even just a day

🚫 19. Visit Walter reed hospital

⚠️ 20. Work on a “project” I’m making for someone (it’s a surprise)

Adventure:

✅ 21. Every day in January, I want to do one fun/adventure/play activity

🚫 22. I finally want to actually go to a Football game (my dad has tried for years, now we can dad!)

23. Do a treetop rope course (possibly the haunted one?)

24. Take a pic in front of the “Buffalo, An all America city” sign on the thruway

25. Go to a llama/alpaca farm

✅ 26. Allow myself time to bring out my inner kid and laugh and have fun without thinking who is judging me (I think standing on two cars singing happy birthday and being recorded is a great example)

27. Try out goat yoga

🚫🚫 28. Past few years, I’ve had this crazy idea that I want to get on a train, travel to a random city and state and spend the weekend there, no plans, just see what happens

⚠️ 29. Watch all the classic Disney movies

30. Watch the Bills win a playoff game, and dare I say: make it into the Super Bowl

✅ 31. Dance in public more

🚫 32. Stay in an AirBNB

33. Find the perfect pancake, I rate pancakes on how good they are and I haven’t found one that is just the best pancake ever

Personal growth

✅ 34. Finish Alive and Free

⚠️ 35. I want to meet up with at least one person each month that I don’t really know and just grab coffee and get to know them better

36. At least begin The Father Series workbook by Abi Stumvoll

✅ 37. Write in my “Letters to me” book, letters to future me, letters to past me

Personal growth and growing deeper in relationship with God

🚫 38. See elevation worship on their tour (In May/June)

🚫 39. Go to elevation church in North Carolina, this would be a nice weekend trip.

40. Really learn about the women of the Bible through my two devotionals: Women of the Bible and Fierce

🚫 41. Go to two conferences that I’ve never been to, as well as the Cleveland, Canada, and Rochester ones

⚠️ 42. I’m going to speak up more, join in on conversations.

⚠️ 43. This year, I really want to devote some time to learning about myself, what do I actually like to do?

44. To help with number 43, I want to try to once or twice a month, take myself out on a date, trying something different that I didn’t like before

Educational/brain stimulating

✅ 45. Visit at least three- seven different different churches, temples, other religious services to learn a bit about how different religions worship

⚠️ 46. I want to read at least 7 books (not including textbooks/schoolbooks) I normally can read more but with school and work, it can be hard to find time.

⚠️ 47. Learn at least the alphabet, numbers and 100 words in ASL, I know a handful now

⚠️ 48. Learn the basics of Italian, more then just eat, hello, goodbye, and 1-10

49. Understand football better

Physical:

🚫 50. Run a 5k

⚠️ 51. Continue with my Krav Maga training, especially get more experienced with being screamed at while attacked and up the aggressiveness of the training

🚫 52. The marine booth at the Erie country fair has prizes for each gender who can do certain number of pull ups, I don’t expect myself to beat any records but at least do 3, I would even be happy with 1, but realistic goal is 3.

🚫 53. The army booth has prizes depending on how many push ups each gender can do at the Eric county fair, last year I did 20 (they weren’t perfect form but i would say okay) I want to beat that record

And the five crazy goals that 99% sure won’t happen this year but who knows

1. Get another tattoo 🚫🚫🚫

2. Get on an airplane and go random place 🚫🚫🚫

3. Go to NYC with my mom 🚫🚫🚫

4. Go to Europe 🚫🚫🚫

5. Get married, have a kid, and buy a house ( definitely NOT happening in 2020! But a girl can dream right?) 🚫🚫🚫