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1st Quarter Goal Accountability Post

Synne

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Original post: https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....s-for-2021

Two-month mark; https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....s-check-in

Sorry for the weird title. English is my second language.

Edit: how can Quarter mean three months? It means four in every other logical sense! Haha. Changed my "trimester"-title.

Well, three months have soon flown by! Join in to share, cheer or commiserate on your personal non-style goals. How has 2021 been treating you? Do you feel productive or dud? What inspires you these days? Have you made any new goals? Please feel free to share.

For me, I have read a lot. That's what I mainly do now, hiding away from the rest of the circus of the world. My goal was to read and get rid of a gigantic pile of unread books. That I have completed. But I also have acquired many new (pre- owned) books. So back to start on this one...

I have started walking outside every day, with my baby stroller (I live in the countryside). I have lost 2kg, which wasn't really a goal, but proves that I am on the right track with more physical activity. My very loose and unrealistic next goal is to participate in a race come next winter.

No ice bathing yet, because brrrr... and this isn't scheduled before the start of autumn. Heh.

Very little socializing. I mainly spend time with my little ones, hubby and my in-laws who lives next door. I try to keep in touch with the rest of my family and friends by phone and social media. Still dreaming of that board-game session...

Now, how about you? Any progress?

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Irina

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Looks like you were productive in the 1st quarter:)
Well, my fist three months went under the banner “Endure”. Winter dark & chilly days, full lockdown (some restrictions lifted mid-March). Went to see my son and daughter-in-law in early March to deliver their Christmas gifts! They live not far but outside of our area and it was safe to visit them.

Read books and watched TV, was happy to be able to go for daily walks.
In two weeks hair salons will open. I’m thinking about cutting my hair for the first time in 15 months Goal #1 for a second quarter of the year?
Planning small renovation of our outdoor space and waiting for spring. We had a bit of a teaser, +17C one day this week! Going to drop by IKEA to look for outdoor furniture.

Cardiff girl

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Third lockdown has been a lot harder than the first two probably because if the dark and cold but spring is in the way so more time outside gardening which is always cheering.l had my first clarinet lesson today using the money I would have spent on a summer holiday on lessons and am continuing to sew and knit.

rachylou

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I’ve just realised a trimester is a quarter, lol! I’m proud to say I squeaked under the wire and got in my garden seed and supply orders before the end of March! This is the earliest ever! Ok. I should be planting now, but hey! It’s actually still spring!

Stagiaire Fash

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Such a good update from you!

I haven’t been hitting my marks so well, but am not giving up. The upcoming trip is one that had been planned and put off many times. Getting ready for it has taken most of my focus for the last couple weeks—arranging movers, a photographer, planning a little Christmas celebration and getting all the gifts packed, pulling our summer clothes out, etc.

Major things that have been neglected are reading/planning a research grant proposal and job applications. It was very discouraging that after I started to work, on the expectation that a residency permit would be granted for the job, it got turned down. But they did give us a 3-month stay, which is how we can travel now and return to the country, even during Covid. (At least seven hope we can return!!!)

Physically things are going decently. I haven’t lost as much weight as you, but clothes are getting looser, so I must be adding muscle. Around the start of the year, I decided that I wasn’t getting workouts in at home as I should, and since pools and gyms are closed, and it was too chilly out for exercising in the park to be realistic. I’ve been meeting with a trainer/pt for 40 minutes every week. The official reason is preventative treatment of my bunions, knock knees and leg pain, but we’ve agreed that I do a full lower-body or posterior chain workout, not the ridiculously easy stuff other PTs had me do. I am very glad I did! Besides the physical benefits, I am clearly flooded with endorphins after those sessions.

A note on language, since you mentioned it: “trimester” refers to something that there are three of. I’ve seen schools/universities that use that word for their academic calendar, but for most people, I think it brings pregnancy to mind, as we (in the US) divide it into three trimesters. For three months otherwise, we say “quarter”, because there are four in a year. I don’t know for sure if other English-speaking countries do the same, but I think so.

Cardiff Girl, glad to hear you are moving forward with the clarinet! I need to get to that recorder when we get back. It will be warm enough to sit on the balcony, so I can go out there and play even though my son’s school will be virtual. I won’t bother him—just the neighbors, lol.

Jenni NZ

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Yes regarding a quarter, it is because there are 12 months so 3 months is one-fourth of 12. And a trimester is used for 3 months of pregnancy.
I didn’t enter any goals, but was hoping to increase my walks to above 4 km at a time, which I have mostly done except on the occasional very hot day when I did shorter walks due to being too hot!
I don’t do this every day but several times a week. We have been very lucky here with very little Covid but we have had some extra lockdowns when it escaped out of our isolation hotels briefly.

Stagiaire Fash

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how can Quarter mean three months? It means four in every other logical sense!
Ach, but even the über logical Deutsche use “Quartal” in accounting and such—and they have the word “Viertel” too. :¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I’m just teasing, not too harshly, I hope—living in a foreign language has removed any sensibility about language learning I ever had.

This link about the “fourth trimester” might interest you https://www.healthline.com/hea.....-trimester

Synne

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Yes, my brain is in the fourth trimester, that's why I can't think.. ja, Viertel is used in my own language too. 1 of 4. Have a safe trip! I am on a ferry atm myself!

MsMary

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As I said at the beginning of the year, my one and only goal is "don't get COVID" and that is going great -- I'm getting my second shot of the vaccine next week and am so happy and excited about that!!

In other news, my husband and I have been doing well with our monthly goals. We finally closed a big refinancing deal that had been dragging on for months, and now we are beginning some house projects. We've mostly relandscaped our front yard and have gotten plans drawn up for a bathroom remodel and are interviewing contractors for that. I'm watching my weight (after donig a Whole30 diet last month) and it's been stable, so that's good. My hubby is fully vaccinated and back to his beloved bicycling, so that's great news at our house!

JAileen

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I haven’t gotten Covid either. And I got vaccinated!

I started my tomatoes, and they all came up. We typically plant them outside on Mother’s Day. I finished our spring yard clean up!!! I like having lots of perennials, but cutting back everything is a ton of work, and kills my back.

Last year, we went bicycling nearly every day it wasn’t cold. This weekend the forecast is for nice weather, and we plan to go for a ride.

We had wine togethers periodically with a handful of neighbors last year on the deck or back lawn. We had one this year, and it was pretty chilly. Everyone in our small group has now been vaccinated. We don’t plan to change anything. Outside is still the plan for future get togethers.

FYI: I went to college on the quarter system. It meant three terms per year. Nearly every one went home for the fourth quarter, or summer, except grad students.

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Echo

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Yay! Great update!
My goal, too, has been "don't get covid." Easier said than done while working with students, but so far, so good. I had my first vaccination and get my second next week, so I am hoping that in about three weeks I will be about as protected as I can be, but I will continue wearing masks and not going out until there is better "herd" immunity. I want my (teenaged and young adult) children to be vaccinated ASAP, too!

I have been on a weight loss journey, and have only lost 11 lb since January. But that makes 52.8 lb total so far, so I'm not complaining. The trend downward is what matters, not necessarily the speed at which it goes down because it is a new lifestyle, not a temporary effort. As the weather warms up, I am increasing my activity level, so hopefully that will help me become healthier, too.

Covid has made me drop the ball regarding the additional certification I was seeking professionally. There is just so much to juggle with in-person and virtual instruction that it isn't possible to give the attention to my studies the way I would like, so they are on hold for now. The classes I've taken don't expire and there is no time limit in which to complete them, so it will simply take a little longer than anticipated. I don't want to do a halfway job of learning the material, so it can wait.

Anonymous

Well this month was a big fail habit wise, but life has kicked us in the teeth this month

The good- daily exercise w/ DH (except while I was away) and lunchtime hikes. I did manage to do archery 1 day, which I hadn't since December. And I got to swim at my dad's a couple days.
Consistent with nightly skincare (new habit for the month). I added a new hyraluronic serum.

The so so- calorie tracking, good most days and down over 10 lb, but we ate a lot of takeaway food last week.
Less paper towels- fail at my dad's, but good here.
Just 1 sugar per day- I thought I was ok, but saw my kombucha has 15 grams. I only drink a half bottle a day though.

The utter fails- no snooze button. Trying again for April.
Meditating- trying again for April. Now that it's warmer I should sit outside.

I really need to start playing music and writing again. It's been over 7 years since I played and my callouses are gone so it hurts. I remember the basic chords and lead patterns, but utterly forgot my own songs. I'll never perform again, but I shouldn't have cut out music completely for so long.

Minaminu

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First quarter has been a challenge, few things started well and others are still work in progress...

What has worked well so far:
* I have a new cleaning routine and I am cleaning little by little on a daily basis, I feel better organized and my stress level is reduced
* I am keeping a daily gratitude journal and it has started to make a positive effect on my outlooks.
* I am trying to get some daily fresh air, it's a great booster!

What I need to improve and other things that are on hold due to lockdown...
* my fitness routine is a bit boring, I hope to jazz it up once the lockdown is closed and the weather improved.
* my BMI has not been improved at all. Part of it is because of the lack of good exercise but also due snaking. It's a terrible habit that I am trying to get rid off.
* I haven't been able to travel yet due to lockdown...
* driving license is on hold due to lockdown...

Anonymous

I did my medical appointments, well the most important. I have another next week. I got both vaccinations. No trips planned yet. DS in Japan is doing well and walking some without a crutch. He is thinking of moving to Osaka with his girl friend as he can work remotely. She has a good job in Tokyo and will need to find a new job. Have not made any real progress improving my Spanish or learning Japanese yet.
My short time goal is to clean winter things and get spring things front and center in the closet. The weather is not helping. It is supposed to be 37 degrees colder tomorrow and more snow. It is hard to think of putting away woolies that are still worn daily.
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Gretchen

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I’ve stayed true to most of my goals :
Walking target: distance slipped in Jan/Feb as we were training our new puppy (picture #1) but back on track for March
Hobbies habit: great progress on my cross stitch (picture #2)
No covid: achieved, and vaccine scheduled for Friday!
Lose weight: nope. But not gaining so I’m ok here
Professional development: no activity. I haven’t had motivation to do more computer work at the end of the day.

Here’s to more health and self-care over Q2!

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cindysmith

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2021 has been a nightmare for me, bc the produce stand I work at does firewood all winter & we just had hell freeze over here in Texas. It was a very.... extreme... firewood season. My 12 step sponsor has me focusing on the positive and what IS going right in my world. My home has been my sanctuary, I just haven't had much time to luxuriate in it. You did say something that totally resonated with my mind and soul, tho

"hiding away from the rest of the circus of the world"

And you just won the internet for me today with that one bc SO MUCH TRUTH

I'm jealous that you've had time to read your books. I love the escape reading provides me.