2019 goals check in.

Back in January, I laid out some of my 2019 goals. Since it’s almost the end of June, I thought I would check in and see where I am with them. Here’s how I’m doing on my goals so far:

Fitness:
2019 goal: My goal this year is to run/participate in one 5k every month.

How I’m doing: I didn’t participate in a 5k in January, nor did I participate in one this month (June) but that’s because I was unable to find a 5k that was in my area that was easy for me to get to. As you know, I don’t have a car so I am reliant on public transportation. I try to stick to the 5ks that are close to me – I don’t like to travel longer to get to a 5k than it is for me to run one.

Even though I missed two months, so far I’ve managed to participate in seven 5ks in six months. I know I can definitely make it to twelve 5ks and who knows how many the final number will be.

Money:
2019 goal: My goal for 2019 is to pay off one credit card.

How I’m doing: I am slowly paying down my debt. I’ve moved all my credit card debt to two 0% interest cards. It makes such a big difference in paying down debt when you don’t have to pay interest. It is extremely discouraging to make large payments but then only see your balance go down a little bit because so much interest is charged.

I’m still planning to have one card paid off by the end of the year and I think I can do this.

Writing:
2019 goal: My goal for this year is to try to write a review of every book I read.

How I’m doing: I have struggled to write a review of every book I’ve read this year so far, but I’ve done it. Books that I really like or dislike are easy to write reviews for. It’s the ones where the book is just okay that are difficult. I’ve found myself sitting in front of my computer, just staring at the screen trying to think of what to write, more than once.

But I’ve plodded on and written something for each book; it might not be literary genius, but I got something on the page. I’ve read about 20 books so far this year and I’ve written and posted a review for each one.

If you have your own goals this year, I hope you are focusing and making progress on them. We still have 6 months to go until the end of the year so there is plenty of time!