Oh Hey! 2025 is over! Let's have a review of my goals and how I did...
First, I think I only have one goals post from last year, and it's here. I had a lot more goals than this, but apparently never got to blogging them. So... how did I do?
Personal
Paint my Nails Monthly
Yes. I've been pretty good about this... mostly if I can do it during a work meeting on teams.
Train for a 1/2 Marathon
Yes. I trained and ran it. I'm not super pleased with how the race went, or being really ill the week beforehand, or doing only 2 of the 3 training runs a week... but I did it.
Improve Accessory Situation.
Nope. Have not bought, worn, or thought about this.
Strength Train 100 time
Nope. I did 85. Oh well.
Ride 50 miles in one weekend
Nope. Did not do this or find a weekend where I could even try this.
Buy a blazer or jacket to classy up work clothes
Nope. work clothes are sort of worse than ever.
Take a skills class at bike park wales
Nope. I just couldn't find a day for it.
Go To Paris
Nope. Postponed to next year or the year after or some other time
Take a bread making course
Nope.
Take 15 in person yoga classes
Nope. But also the yoga studio I liked closed down. I did 6.
Learn to style my hair, buy a new hairbrush, and potentially a new hairdryer
Medium I got a hair drier, learned nothing about my hair, and even my husband thinks I need a new brush because now about 30% of the bristles are missing from my existing hair brush.
Professional
Nope.
Medium... I have a bit of a monthly review going but work was weird and intense.
Nope.
Overnight trip with Lily
Yes! Went to Bath
Yes... sort of. Some of the adventures were a drink or lunch. But I did manage to fit in 12 things that we did, including indoor climbing and a trip to Bike Park Wales.
Yes - I saw a few this year, Andy and I went to Banff film festival. I took the kids to a pretty average kids production of The Frog Prince. We went to a kids ballet in Feb as well.
I think 85/100 for strength training is pretty good, to be honest. Maybe an "almost" instead of a nope?
ReplyDeleteAnd, girl, go get yourself a new hairbrush! You can do that!
Girl, you need to give yourself more credit for the half and strength training! Of course the training and pre race stuff was rough, BUT YOU HAD A PR. You reached 85 PERCENT OF YOUR STRENGTH GOAL.
ReplyDeleteMy goal list is half notes jotted on my phone while hiking and half in my head, and for right now that's good enough.
It sounds like you did well with your goals! I started painting my nails, once a week here, I was all of the colours. Good job with the marathon! That is an amazing achievement.
ReplyDeleteI mean, managing 2yo twins is a feat in itself! I only recently started to make "goals" and really they are mostly to do sort of items and not really stretch goals, but I have a weird relationship with goals. So 25 in '25 worked super well for since it was mostly fun things and mostly not big, long range things. That's the approach I will take for the forseeable future. But I had to get to this more sustainable stage of parenting before I even felt ready to do 25 in '25! And that stage was when my youngest was 4... I think getting through the day as a working mom with very young kids is a lot!!
ReplyDeleteOkay Rachel, 85 out of 100 is bloody awesome. Like Lisa above, I have a sort of a “wish list” rather than goals. It could be vague but that’s how I wanna do it.
ReplyDeleteI understand about nails and hair. My nails are mainly unpainted but they are filed and neat. I swear my cuticle oil and aquafor. I’ve been k own to bring my nail bag, with everything in it, to kids’ activities, painting nails in gymnastics and jiu jitsu. When I sit at a red light, I rub aquafor into my nails and cuticles.
Hair… I have quite a few greys but don’t want to get my hair. Yet. Treat yoself to that hairbrush!! And let me know if you like it, I need one, too.
Daria
Oh before I forget, there is a brush at Sephora that is called “Mane” that is apparently great.
DeleteI’m not sure what kind of brush you are looking for, but my hairdresser uses the one I wrote about in this post, so I bought one and it is SO MUCH BETTER than my old one (also pictured), and I wish I could go back in time and buy it 10 years ago. https://jellyjules.com/friday-randomness-94/
ReplyDeleteNew hairbrush! Low hanging fruit! You got this! I feel you on the January funk, or maybe a hangover from Nov and Dec (not a funk but I think the lack of routine and constantly being around people finally got to me!) I need to shape up and get back into the groove!
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