Dear Adventure Avenues,
This is the year of books – at least it is for my goals! Not all my goals are related to books, but there are 3 that are at least book adjacent. Then I also have a movement goal, two decluttering goals (one physical, one digital clutter), one blog goal, and one fun goal!
1. Read 24 books in 2024
In June, I finished reading Argylle by Elly Conway on my kindle. This book had great action, suspense, and character development. I really enjoyed it. I also finished reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson for my book club. This book was very hard to get into, but by the end, I was hooked as it had a great mystery and resolution. I also read Girls that Invest by Simran Kaur and learned a lot about investing. It was easy to understand.
Currently, I’m listening to Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood. I’m also still reading The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon from the Outlander series (this is book 5).
This year I’ve read:
- The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
- Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford
- In the Weeds by B.K. Borison
- The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs by Joel Salatin
- Switch on your Brain by Caroline Leaf
- The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
- Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
- Have I Told you This Already? by Lauren Graham
- Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
- Really Very Crunchy by Emily Marrow
- Marie-Antoinette – Reine de la mode et du bon goût
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
- Funny Story by Emily Henry
- Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
- Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
2. Read 4 books in French
Last year, I had a similar goal, but not a solid number of books to read. I’m hoping with a specific number, this goal will be attainable.
I finished reading Marie-Antoinette – Reine de la mode et du bon goût, my first French book!
No new French books.
3. Participate in at least five library activities.
I have already joined two library challenges and finished one.
In May, I visited a Friends of the Library bookstore and bought a book!
In June, I picked up The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie to watch for book club (it wasn’t available for streaming) and Girls that Invest to read.
4. Write and post 3 family recipes
I wrote down one family recipe in June: Mom’s Easy Pasta Bake.
5. Move for 2024 minutes. This includes yoga, riding the Peloton bike, Pilates, etc.
In January, I did yoga for 25 minutes and rode the peloton bike for 93 minutes for a total of 118 minutes.
In February, I did yoga for 65 minutes.
In March, I did yoga for 72 minutes and rode the peloton bike for 125 minutes.
In April, I did yoga for 44 minutes, rode the bike for 128 minutes, and did Pilates for 7 minutes.
In May, I did yoga for 73 minutes and rode the bike for 45 minutes.In
In June, I swam for 20 minutes, did the treadmill for 30minutes, 12 minutes on elliptical, 35 minutes on the Peloton bike, and 97 minutes of yoga.
This year, I have moved for 873 minutes.
6. Finish Decluttering 1000 items. As of January 6, I had decluttered 389 items.
I decluttered 34 items in January.
I decluttered 44 items in February.
I decluttered 15 items in March.
I decluttered 12 items in April for
I decluttered only 4 items in May
I decluttered 31 items in June for a total of 529 items decluttered.
7. Offload photos so my camera roll has less than 5000 photos. I’m starting off with 11,790 photos and videos.
In January, I had 11,717 photos and videos on my phone – Progress!
At the end of February, I had 11,651 photos and videos on my phone.
At the end of March, I had 11,631 photos and videos on my phone.
At the end of April, I had 11,532 photos and videos on my phone.
At the end of May, I had 11,459 photos and videos on my phone.
At the end of June, I had 11,347 photos and videos on my phone.
8. Go to Disney enough times to make my Disney Magic Key “worth it”!
I have the Enchant Key which is the second tier and means I can go on some Sundays and most weekdays (but due to work, I’ll only be spending weeknights). I calculated an hour at Disney would ‘cost’ $10, meaning I would need to be at Disney for at least 85 hours. Not a bad goal to have!
In January, I spent 23 hours at the parks! (over 3 days and only spent $15 on parking!)
In February, I spent 24.25 hours over 3 days at Disney! I paid $43.25 on parking (though some of that was a gift card).
In March, I spent 12 hours over 2 days at the parks in March and didn’t spend anything on parking!
In April, I spent 31.5 hours at Disneyland and California Adventure! This included 8 hours at a special ticketed Star Wars Nite event. I spent $52.50 on parking, half of which was paid on giftcards.
In May, I spent 13.75 hours at Disneyland and California Adventure and didn’t spend anything on parking!
In June, I only went once because my pass is blacked out as of June 6 til August. I spent 5.25 hours at the parks and didn’t spend anything on parking.
In total, I have spent 109.75 hours at the parks! This goal can be considered complete, and I still have another half a year left to go!
Until next time,
A
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