January Goals

These are the things I set out to do at the beginning of the month and how it went:

• Narrow down the potential paint colors for the wall that is going to be our new accent wall (aka the wall that was never an accent wall before but has the worst damage out of all the walls left behind by the last occupants). Narrow down to no more than four colors and obtain paint samples to do patch testing. --> Narrowed down the paint colors but did not obtain the paint samples. In fairness, I had set aside time one weekend in January to visit the paint store and get the samples, but two days before paint-store-visiting-day was the day when another car went and drove into my car so....... those plans were understandably delayed.
  
• Keep the plants alive. --> They seem like they are still alive, mostly thanks to the fact that C has appointed himself Home Gardener between the two of us and has taken charge of all watering and plant-care duties.
  
• Finish fixing the AC insulation on the roof --> DONE
  
• Fix the AC insulation in the utility closet --> DONE
  
• Read a non-work-related book --> DONE (in fact, I finished TWO!)
  
• Exercise most days --> DONE
  
• Set up a reading plan for work-related reading --> I set a plan up and then proceeded to ignore it completely. Ah, well. The best intentions...

I tried a habit tracker for January too. I learned that I have gotten pretty good at exercising > 4 days / week and much more consistent (though not perfect) with flossing. I have also been absolutely garbage at stretching (the month started out well, but once C went off on his week-long work trip I just.... stopped and haven't gotten back into the habit) and even worse with doing work-related reading in the evenings. I guess 2 of 4 isn't bad for the first month of the year.

 February Goals: 

• Do at least as well with habit tracking as in the month prior, if not better. 
  
• Plan a vacation
  
• Submit the big project proposal due mid-month
  
• Actually obtain those paint samples 
• extra ambitious goal: get sample patches actually painted on the wall once the paint samples are obtained.
  
• Wrap up all active car-repair issues 
• Read a non-work related book
• Keep flossing 
• Back up files and photos 
• Make progress on advanced planning documents.
• Pick a faucet model to replace the half-broken bathroom faucet that the last people who lived in our home left behind.
  

We'll see how it goes.