I’ll be posting monthly check-ins on my 2023 Goals. This is (FINAL!!!!) check-in #12!
Take care of my health
What to say, what to say… how about I made it through December?!?! Woo hoo! December felt more stressful and less joyous than in years past. I hate to say this, because I’m a Christmas lover, but it felt so good to get past Christmas and back to some routine and quiet. That’s mostly a reflection on my mental health.
So, not a stellar month, but not horrible. I had a 2.1% weight gain and an overall 19.5% loss for the year. I hit that overall loss number around June and am proud to have stayed around it for half the year. Success!
I ran, walked, biked (still biking outside!), and took strength classes at WWM this month. I had one therapy session, one massage, and two INR appointments. I met with my vascular doctor and he said I’m doing great and don’t need to see him for a year! I prioritized getting enough sleep, but learned it didn’t matter if I got enough sleep if I woke up every hour.
Spend less
(mostly tracking my two vices – sending packages and getting Starbucks)
I mailed three Christmas gifts ($8.67, $6.09, and $9.12, $23.88 total) and one birthday gift ($7.98), for a total of $31.86 spent on shipping in December.
January: $248.76
February: $81
March: $72.54
April: $44.40
May: $37.37
June: $99.47
July: $15.09
August: $48.86
September: $32.35
October: $0
November: $77.72
December: $31.86
Total: $789.42
Last year: $1740
Overall I spent $789.42 on shipping this year – $950.58 less than last year. Success!
I went to Starbucks quite a few times in December! I bought gift cards there on 12/1 ($45, 3 cards) and 12/23 ($10, 1 card) and got drinks 5 times – on 12/9 in Kansas City by myself, on 12/18 after my doctor appointment with Steven, on 12/24 on the way to Iowa with Steven (we shared), on 12/26 on the way home from Iowa with Steven (we shared) and on 12/30 after a walk with Steven.
That was a lot for the month but writing about my visits here really held me accountable. I was ASHAMED when they sent me my 2022 yearly recap:
104 visits?! What the actual f-word, Kim?!
I was hoping they’d send a recap this year in the same style but they didn’t. But I know I only went 32 times since I tracked it here. And I almost always had a gift card or free drink – I only reloaded my card a couple times, and when I bought gift cards. So, success!
Continue to purge things I don’t use from the house
Hmm, I didn’t donate anything this month or throw much away. I did come back from Christmas and immediately want to get rid of things in the storage room, but didn’t.
This category was not a huge success. It needs to be a concentrated effort, not worked on little but little (which is still better than nothing!).
Visit a new state with Steven
We visited two new states in October – Maine and New Hampshire! Success!
Maine Day 1
Maine Day 2
Maine Day 3
Maine/New Hampshire Day 4
Maine Day 5
Hide a rock a day for the year
FINALLY DONE! SUCCESS!!!! If I was not already burned out on social media, this challenge did me in. But I completed it! I only fibbed one day (way early on, when Steven kindly offered to pick up my prescription and I gratefully said yes then remembered when he got home I was going to do my hide that day – so I did two spots the next day) and legit went out and hid a freaking rock and recorded it every other day. GAH. NEVER AGAIN.
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Those do every day challenges are the WORST. I am never ever saying I will blog every day again.
Congrats on making such good progress on your goals. I am riveted by posts about people setting and tracking goals!
They are! Aren’t you so so glad it’s over?!
Aww, thanks!
I’m just going to say it – THANK GOD DECEMBER IS OVER!!!! I do love the holidays but I get seasonal depression and it’s just a fact that December is my worst month of the year. Then the calendar changes and all of a sudden I’m high energy again.
Not to state the obvious, but this was such a stellar year for you! I hope you take some time to say “damn…I did good” and then go get all the great things that 2024 has waiting for you!
I am so glad December is over for you too then! Have you always gotten seasonal depression and have it get better in January?
Thank you so much! And yes I am!
YAY YOU FINISHED YOUR HIDE A ROCK EVERY DAY CHALLENGE! What a beast that challenge must of been. Not just to HIDE A ROCK every day, but also to document it. I’m glad you’re finished with it, too! It’s been sooooo nice for the past 3 days to not worry about posting to IG, haha. I’m so glad Project365 is over… although I’m sure I’ll feel like doing it again in a few years, lol.
Right! And like, to have to leave my house every freaking day and go somewhere public. GAH I WAS SO OVER IT. As you know!
I am so happy for you that you are done too! Is there something I should say to you when you talk about doing it again in a few years? LOL
You know I thrive on a good challenge, but yeah, sometimes it’s also fun when they’re over.
Still so so happy it’s over. I haven’t hidden a rock yet this year even though I have some to hide.
Kim, that picture of you with the sunnies and the chai is amazing. You look happy and healthy and just… it’s a great picture. I hope you do take some time to recognize and celebrate how far you have come on this journey. And I hope that 2024 is similarly amazing for you!
Thank you so so much Anne! You’re too kind!!!