2018 is already 1/4 over!! I feel like I’ve been doing great on my goals so far, but let’s check the spreadsheet to make sure.
1. Hike Every Trail in Umstead State Park: 29.58%
So far this year I’ve hiked about 10 of the 33.8 miles of trails:
Here’s some proof:
A secret pond on the Loblolly trail!
Me waiting for an annoying hiking family group to pass by
2. Learn to juggle: 20%
Finding practice time on this where Olivia isn’t lurking around ready to snatch up anything I drop is a problem. I’m up to 2 balls, but I need to increase my consistency with them before I try 3.
3. Review every book I read on GoodReads: 100%
This one was difficult to get into the habit of at first, but now I’ve got the hang of it. I’ve read 47 books so far this year (average star rating: 3.2) and reviewed them all with at least one sentence. My favorite so far is probably Frances Hardinge’s A Face Like Glass:
4. Send everyone in my penpal club a birthday postcard: 25% (with reservations)
Soooooo… I’ve already kind of given up on this one. I’m doing a modified version of my original goal, because holy crap, guys, international stamps are $1.15 each even for postcards. So in March I started sending birthday postcards to all the US members of my penpal club and SOME international members, mostly those who live in countries I’ve never sent mail to (sorry, Canada and the UK). There are more than 500 members of this club, so I honestly don’t know what I was thinking with this one. Here’s how many I’ve sent so far:
I’ve gotten a grand total of ONE response! A postcard thanking me from Sweden! So that’s pretty cool.
5. Give to a different charity every month: 25%
I’ve been over thinking this one, of course, but I have kept up with it! In January I gave to Heart to Heart International, specifically their fund earmarked for Puerto Rico hurricane relief. In February I gave twice as much as I intended to NARAL because their donate page is really confusing. Whatever, it’s a cause I believe in, but also get some better web design, please. In March I donated to RAINN the same day I finished The Nowhere Girls because the realness of the rape and rape culture in that book made me so angry.
6. Cook or discard everything in my recipe binder: 66%
This number is so high because I have discarded like 20 recipes. But that’s allowed–the point is to decide one way or the other. I’ve also cooked a lot of them! But I’ve taken approximately 0 pictures.
7. Make Pageapalooza a success!: 0%
Of course I’ve been working on this one, but I’m not giving myself any points for it until I actually do it.
Total: 38%!
Previously: 2018 Goals
Next: 2/3 of the way