​Here's a link to the round's original goals! 

WHAT WENT WELL
Major progress on the monthly goals! Ended up sending out many short stories from my backlog, it's a nice feeling! 

WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL
Exercise as always. Honestly it's not horrible, I'm still getting lots of walking in and such, just not the dedicated situps/pushups/squats. 

TRIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Taking it easy, and more reading this week. My brain needs it.

​Here's a link to the round's original goals! 

WHAT WENT WELL
Lots got done! Making focus blocks helped get some major progress. I also did a quick mid week checkin wherein I reassessed my goals for the rest of the week. While I had dropped the habit last quarter due to the world being as it is, I know that it helps me get more done, as shown in this weeks results.

WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL
Obviously the exercise went in the gutter. It was a particularly stressful week at work, with one big project reaching a deadline. During lunch and after work I destressed by reading (I finished one book and am a quarter through two more) and gaming. Logically I know that exercise releases endorphins which help with stress management, however it's hard to remind myself of such after a long day. 

TRIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Continue to have hour long focus blocks scheduled on my calendar.
Prioritize exercise after work.
Consider breaking the exercise into more bite sized chunks. 

​Here's a link to the round's original goals! 

WHAT WENT WELL
Overall a solid week with a bit more exercise than last week, heading in the positive direction! I also finished reading my current audiobook, finished my Amazon reviews, finished the game I was playing, and finished the short story draft I was currently working on. I like weeks that involve a lot of finishing like that! 

WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL
I did not end up doing a Wednesday checkin, I think I was a bit overscheduled (yes even when staying home all the time I have too much social stuff on the docket). I have one less even this week, so I'll try it all again. 

WHAT COULD IMPROVE
A couple blocks of solid time to focus on these things throughout the week would help. I just added a couple of these to my calendar and we'll see how this week goes. Also, if I wanna sew then that'll involve clearing off my sewing table as a first step, so I'll see about doing that this week. 

Here's a link to the round's original goals! 

AFTER ACTION REVIEW
It was a rough week at work, yet I still managed to get a surprising amount done. Overall I don't think that I could have done better without taking a toll on myself. I even forgave myself early for the lack of situps/pushups/squats and started the count back at 16 for the weekend. It's tough enough, so staying with the slow and steady increase is the way to go.

Continuing my effort to streamline my checkins I've also added pink to my sheet. That will hopefully replace my need for minigoals. A major key here is to make sure to change up the focus area every checkin, even if I didn't make the progress that I wanted. I often get stressed if the same thing is on my to do list for too long, so switching it up will keep everything fresh, and hopefully means more progress in the long run. 

The last note on my new recording setup. I did get it setup and it does record, but one key function isn't currently working. I sent in a question to the company and we'll see what they say. If I'm lucky then everything will work this week and it'll all be good. If not then the rest of my goals for July might be delayed, and I'll have to focus on something else for a while. We shall see. 

​For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here.

AFTER ACTION REVIEW
A solid middling week. There are a lot of new responsibilities at work which have led to me having less time and energy at home. Therefore getting as much done as I did is pretty good. 

Some weeding did get done, but not everything that I had originally set out to do. I've come to terms with this. I just don't like weeding that much and I really don't like being outside when it's as hot as it has been. Therefore, I'm done with it for at least the next two moths. It might come around again in round 4. 

Other than that I've been thinking a bit about how I want to change my goals to align with what I really want for the next round. I'm not quite finalized on things, but it'll be a bit changed up from what's currently on here. I think I'll be changing the weekly schedule around a bit as well. 


MINIGOALS
While I'll be taking the next week 'off' of my weekly goals (With my main focus being setting up next round's goals.) I'd still like to close out a couple open items so that they don't roll over:
Masterclass
Basement project
Finances within budget
Scheduling blog posts

For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here.

AFTER ACTION REVIEW
Overall a good week with a lot done at the start and then a more relaxing weekend. I'd like to get back to two check in posts a week starting next round, with progress on both halves of the week. I understand why that didn't happen this round and I'm happy that I gave myself the space I needed to deal with reality as it is. 

I did actually do one of the beading projects that I took off of the list from last round while watching some youtube videos and otherwise relaxing. Furthermore I made significant progress on the major remaining basement project. 

Minigoals wise I did fix the Masterclass login and started to listen again. I did ask for help with the basement project which is why I made progress. I wrote the draft of the short story, edited, and submitted it. (I really enjoyed it, and it was nice to write again!) I didn't schedule blog posts. I did record six podcast episodes. I weeded two of the major area's that need weeding and was very happy to be inside during the rest of the heatwave.

MINIGOALS
Weed three remaining area's of the yard
Finish basement project
Finish masterclass
Finish blog posts
Record some more of the podcast 
Record some more of the audiobook

​For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here.

AFTER ACTION REVIEW
This week wasn't as focused as I would have preferred, and thus less got done than I was hoping. Still I know that I was still recovering from last week and needed the extra time for gaming, reading, and generally having less stuff on my plate.

To that regard I took off the sewing/beading projects, with the intention of doing those next round. I did some more reading. Not sure I'll do much more with helping local friends since I still don't want to visit others if I can help it. I'll still keep it here because it's something I'd like to be mindful of and strive towards. 

Yard tending got a big boost/catchup yesterday, when the weather was my idea of perfect (70 exactly and slightly cloudy) so I was outside for a good chunk of the day. There are five big area's that I'd like to get to in the yard to do at least one set of massive weeding in each, then I'll consider the massive yard tending goal done, and will upkeep when reasonably possible. Considering how hot this year has been already it might be a while before I get out there a lot again,  and that's ok. 


MINIGOALS
I think these need to be a bit more focused on next steps towards getting my goals finished by the end of the month, therefore these are the goals.
Fix login for Masterclass
Ask for help with basement project
Write draft of short story
Schedule blog posts
Record three podcast episodes
Weed two of the major areas that need weeding

​For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here.

AFTER ACTION REVIEW
It was a heck of a week for both reasons in the outside world and at work. I think you can see that from all the red on the chart. I focused on what was most important and I think did the best that I could do all things considered. Normally I would post later in the day in hopes of getting more done, but instead I'm going to forgive myself for everything that didn't get done this week and refocus on what needs to get done, and any ways that I'll be able to help prepare for this upcoming week.

And actually now that I'm reviewing this I did finish reading two books and checked my finances for the week. Not to mention doubling my activism activities! There was more that I got done than I realized!

MINIGOALS
Watch another season of She-Ra
Catch up on sewing/beading projects
Work on basement project!

​​For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here.

AFTER ACTION REVIEW
A solid week. Two of those weeding days the weather was particularly bad so those are gray. Two other days I didn't do anything weeding wise, but the SO did so I counted them as green too. There was no as much focus on the masterclass as I would have liked, I've still been gaming a couple hours a day and probably needing it. Trying not to guilt myself. I did 1 activism activity and was able to help 1 local friend. Blog posts should be soonish. 

The big news in the house is getting my new phone, which is through a new service. The transfer seems to have gone off correctly. I love my new phone. The new service is medium so far, I haven't been able to test a couple of the new features yet. We'll see, I'm still getting used to it all!


MINIGOALS
Masterclass progress
Blog posts
Progress on reading horror book

​For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here.

AFTER ACTION REVIEW
Ah yes, the fall of man is his hubris. After a stellar week last week I thought I could try for a little more. That I was finally through the change and might be able to start excelling. Little did I know how wrong I was. Monday and Tuesday were ok, other than staying up a little too late on my new phone. Wednesday was full of allergies but otherwise functional. Thursday was more allergies and lower brain power. Friday though, Friday. At work it was bad with me getting saddled with five issues all because people weren't doing their jobs. Around half way through the day I got a migraine, which lasted the entire weekend. That threw my sleep schedule off completely. Friday after work I got home and collapsed into bed, then got up at 9PM and stayed up until 2AM and it spiraled from there. Somehow I still managed to get to bed at an ok hour and wake up before my alarm this morning. To everyone's surprise including my own. 

So, I think that the results showed exactly that. The one gray day for weeding was a day where it was snowing and I wouldn't have weeded even if I did want to get out of bed. 

Three learned lessons:
1) After looking at my mood tracker it looks like my migraines might be related to allergies. I'm going to try to take more proactive allergy pills and see if my migraines go down. 
2) Just because one week is good does not mean the next will be. These are hard times, keep expectations reasonable. 
3) Keep to my sleep schedule as much as possible. I'm not completely sure, but the Mon/Tue of going to bed 30 minutes late might have triggered this whole thing, or made it worse due to lack of sleep. I've gotta take care of myself in this way!!!

MINIGOALS
Bed by 11PM every night
Confirm all phone bill related changes