17 April Report Card

Every month, I set five or six public goals and share my progress with you guys to keep myself accountable. At the end of the month, I evaluate those goals and grade my work. Let's see how I did with my April resolutions:

Get More Sun | B

I did really well the first week and a half - I got outside every morning for at least fifteen minutes. Then for a couple weeks I was getting out 2 or 3x a week. This past week, I haven't intentionally gone out just to get sun at all (though I did get a good amount of sun during other activities, so I think it all balanced out). I recently learned that Vitamin D is crucial for chronic autoimmune diseases, so this is one monthly resolution that I don't want to just forget about once the month is over. 

Organize the Laundry Room | A+

I think the before and after pictures speak for themselves! This room feels soooo much better now that it's organized. It's a very small space, and when it was cluttered it felt even smaller. Now that everything is organized, it doesn't feel quite so claustrophobic.

I even made some motivational art for the room:

Keep Eating Healthy | C+

We did pretty good for the first half of the month, but we fell off the wagon pretty abruptly when we started snacking again. I don't know what it is, but truly healthy snacks are just not as appealing as the unhealthy ones. They're easier. They're tastier. They're terrible. So. I've gotta get some hummus and celery back in this house, and we've got to be better about out-of-the-house snacking. But I have to say, we're still eating way better than we were before the cleanse in March. I've had a green smoothie almost every day this month! We're just not exactly where we want to be when it comes to eating a majority of whole, nutritive foods.

Organize Important Documents | C

I organized the files we have (and tracked down a few documents that weren't in the right places) but I didn't go get my name changed with Social Securities. I don't know why I have such a mental hang-up about going and getting this done! All my married friends have only told me how easy it was for them. I just dread the lines and paperwork and government buildings, I suppose.

Organize Computer Storage | A
Really the biggest benefit I've gotten from this exercise is that I've figured out a system to be more disciplined on Pinterest.. and also in my photo filing on the computer. This doesn't really affect anyone but myself, but it's nice to have those things organized for me.

Super Secret Project: Write One Letter Every Day | F

Well, there it is. My first failed monthly resolution. The plan was to write one letter every day (I got the idea from this pin). I know that getting snail mail is extra special these days, so I wanted to love on the people around me. I did pretty well for the first week (are you seeing a pattern here?), but in the end I only wrote eleven letters, and I haven't even mailed half of them yet. Oh well! It was a good idea, just poorly executed. Maybe I'll revisit this one again sometime.

Overall Grade | C+
I think I overwhelmed myself by setting too many "big" goals. I'm going to take a break from the big organization goals this next month, and instead focus on some "basics" that fell by the wayside when I got overwhelmed (I tend to shut down and procrastinate like mad when I feel like there's too much to do). So don't be too surprised if tomorrow's list of May Resolutions is a lot of really basic things.

How did you do with your April Resolutions and Goals?