Liz's Progress Report 1

Goal: De-Clutter

I did pretty good this week! I sold a lot on Craigslist and right after our latte meeting I dropped off two bags of books at Half Price Books,and a trunk full of junk at a donation center. I don't know why, but I get panicked when I do that, and constantly think I should be keeping things. But, I did it. Jeff said he was very proud of me because the apartment was actually looking nicer. Yay! What was (kinda) funny was that after all these errands last week, Jeff realized he was missing his wedding ring. I really panicked, thinking we just donated his ring to Goodwill. After searching for a bit we found it on the patio (apparently after he tripped on the chair the night before and fell, he dropped his ring. weird.) Anyway, I'd like to continue this progress next week.

Goal for next week: Start going through my Gone with the Wind collection, especially the fifty or so plates I have and weed out the duplicates.

Goal: Lose Weight

I really failed on this one this week. Jeff's family is in town so we went out to eat more than usual. I also did a show on Friday night so I didn't go to the gym on my usual MWF. I looked up the Couch to 5k program, so that is a start. I spent a lot of time thinking of my goals and how to achieve them, if that makes sense. I am also contemplating joining a different fitness center- one maybe with classes. I like Curves, but I never really feel "relaxed" when there, just going through the motions.

Goal next week: Work out your usual three times, and try one day of running. Keep eating healthy. Jeff's other set of parents are coming into town next weekend, so I am sure we will be eating out a lot, again.

Goal: Debt

It's hard to focus on this one when we are in the process of trying to figure out what we're doing and our next step (that sounds confusing, I know). I sold a lot of my junk, so I had cash to spend on things, but we also spent $20 on powerball. (Waste.of.money) We only ate out with Jeff's family, good and bad-- good because we didn't need to buy more groceries this week. Bad- because eating out was expensive (but delicious.) We are also looking to move to a house. So, we're having to look at the debt and figure out the budget moving forward. We also figured out what debt we are going to hit first. Now we must hit it.

Goal next week: Go out to eat just with family. Start paying down the debt we decided to pay down. Choose a house within our budget. (House will equal dog, so better save for that!!)

Goal: Career

I spent a lot of time thinking about my job and what I'm thankful for. I enjoyed being outside working with kids this week, I enjoyed asking a first grader what games they played and I loved her answer "I get my toy microphone out and pretend I'm a rockstar in front of my stuffed animals." It was fun this week. I also worked on some projects I am actually proud of.  I've also given a lot of through to my big picture goals and realized what I want to work for. I had some bad moments too, but texting J helped.

Goal next week: Keep this up.