Q3 Check In on 2025 Goals
It’s time once again to report on how I’ve been doing on my 2025 goals I shared back in January. I’ve done this at the end of every quarter this year, and Q3 is no exception! This quarter has been about moving forward, not being perfect, though it would be nice if there was a tad more perfection! But I’ll take the wins I can get - it’s all good.
Without further ado, let’s get to it:
Goal #1: I set out to write a blog post every week this year. Well, drumroll please…. I still haven’t missed a week! Once again, I’m giving myself an A+ for the third quarter in a row! Now before you point out that I’m grading my own homework - I made no promises the blogs would be any good, only that they would be done. And do them I have, so that’s a win in my book! Has it gotten any easier to keep writing as the year has gone on? Yes and no. Yes, blogging every week doesn’t intimidate me like it used to, and I’m a bit better about finding inspiration. No, it hasn’t gotten easier because I’ve yet to set a routine where I know that every Sunday night at 8pm it’s blog time, for example. Nope, it continues to be catch as catch can, and I guess I’m ok with that or I’d change something.
Goal #2: I decided to exercise regularly and take care of myself. My lackluster showing earlier in the year (a C in Q1 and a C- in Q2) finally gave me the inspiration I needed to get after it in Q3. I’m still not training for any marathons, but I have made more of an effort in the last months and weeks to move around. The weather being a little less brutal definitely helps, but I’m getting up from the desk and walking around the block more and actually making it to the gym on occasion. This also helps with stress, which is never lacking. I still have work to do, but this quarter I’m giving myself a B-. Progress, not perfection!
Goal #3: Last but not least, this introvert gave herself the goal to be more social. And then never set a way to measure it. Could that have been subconsciously intentional?!? Whether it was or it wasn’t, this is always a struggle for me. I’m just not the life of the party, though I do love a party - I’ll just be off on the side with someone nice, most likely who I already knew. I haven't graded myself on this this year because “being social” is really hard to quantify. But I will say I’ve done ok here too. It’s a work in progress - heck, I’m a work in progress! And thankfully I’ve got some awesome people around me who are too.
In some of my other check-ins I’ve been more determined to get straight As because I am an overachiever. This time around I’m more relaxed, or maybe I’m just tired. I’m satisfied with making progress. Have I done everything I set out to do? Nope, not at all. Have I made progress? Yes, I have. And today that’s enough for me. I’ll check in next time over a glass of champagne as we celebrate the New Year!