Happy Monday! I hope you all survived that freezing blast of cold air that hit the north eastern part of the USA this weekend. Saturday was so cold!! I’m here with Holly sharing a little update on my monthly goals. I hope you’ll link up with us for Hello Monday!

I realized that I need to get back to monthly goal setting to make sure I am working towards something every day. In January, I set 5 goals. They were a little lofty, but gave me something to aim for. Here’s how I did.

My reading goal was to read 5 books – 1 nonfiction adult book, 3 adult fiction books, 1 children’s graphic novel, and 1 children’s novel. I did it! And I read an extra adult book!

I was listening to the Happier podcast with Gretchen Rubin and heard about the goal of getting 23 minutes outside every day. I didn’t start until January 9th. I didn’t get out there every day, but I did think about making time to get outside more. I’m going to keep working on this in February.

I have a some new goals and a few repeater goals for February. Here they are:
1. Read at least one nonfiction adult book, one children’s novel, and one children’s graphic novel.
2. Walk at a 15-16 minute pace at least 5 times a week.
3. Exercise in the morning 4-5 times a week with new workout plan.
4. Have one 1-on-1 meal and activity with Jeff, Jack, and Luke.

I know that I will continue to read adult fiction because I love it, so I am dropping that off my goals.
I will continue to try to work ahead on blog posts, but it’s becoming a habit so I kept that off the list.
I am also going to keep working on 23 minutes outside a day.
I dropped the running off my February list because I need new insoles and they won’t be in until March.

Do you have any goals for the month? Are you more of a yearly goal setter? Hopefully by the time you read this, I have exercised and am crushing that goal. Have a great day full of sunshine and books!