Small Goals // August 2020

I’ll be honest, I’m debating whether or not goals posts are relevant or even appropriate right now in the midst of a pandemic. At the same time, having something to work toward (even if it’s small), feels good.

Until I decide, check out how I did in July:

1. Make a popover dress. Nope, but I did cut it out. That’s half the battle, right?
2. Try five workout videos. I’ve found a lot of good Body Pump vids on YouTube. Plus, I figured out how to get the videos to play on the TV.
3. Clean the carpet. It’s way too hot and humid to do this right now.
4. Get canning supplies. Done! I picked up a canning essentials kit at Target and this Ball canning book. Also, my mother-in-law was getting rid of all her canning stuff so I have dozens of jars at the ready.
5. Making something from Heirloom Kitchen. I didn’t do this, but I have the ingredients for a few dishes (just had to eat up some other stuff first)

2/5. While I did well with home-based goals in June, I had a much harder time in July. I found July to be a bit of a slog, honestly. Was it Mercury in retrograde? Cancer season? Mars in Aries? ALL THREE CONSPIRING AGAINST ME? Or maybe it’s just living through months and months of a global pandemic.

Whatever the case is, I’m looking to push forward into August. Just because I’m in a bit of a way, doesn’t mean I can’t get some stuff done.

1. Update my photo here on the blog. Guess what—that picture of me on the sidebar is like six years old. I wish I looked that fresh-faced and glamorous! It was originally taken as a headshot for Boston Store’s blog (RIP). It’s the prettiest I’ve ever looked, but it’s out of date.
2. Sew a shirt. Bad news: Ben Franklin is going out of business. But before they shut up for good, I snagged a lot of fabric including a mushroom print that seems destined to be a shirt.
3. Stitch up a hoop for a friend. Back in March, I sent a friend a birthday card saying I’d get her hoop when quarantine was over. Well, it’s not over and won’t be for a bit. May as well make that hoop up and drop it in the mail.
4. Become a planner person. No, not the artsy bullet-journal type of planner-person, just someone who uses calendars more effectively. I’ve got some more duties at work, so I think getting some creative plans out on paper might be helpful.
5. Organize the linen closet. Just regular maintenance. I give the closet a good clean about once a year, and over 12 months it just falls into disarray. It has reached peak disarray.

There you have it! Five very boring goals for August. That’s life in a pandemic for you.