Dear Adventure Avenue,
Last year, my monthly goals were an adventure of curiosity and personal growth. This year, I’m feeling 2022 (Taylor Swift fans out there will get the reference) and plan on working on things that I enjoy doing or that I want to accomplish this year. Let’s get to it!
Goals for the New Year
1. GROW A GARDEN
I realized once gardening season started last year that I should have made gardening one of my goals for last year. I love to garden, but with this as a goal, I plan on keeping better track of my gardening adventures. This year in the garden, I plan to:
Plant zucchini in the new plot I started. I’m trying a no dig method to deal with bad soil and weeds.
So far, I am not having much luck with this plot with the snails and slugs. I also don’t think the seedlings can survive long enough to put decent roots in the clay like soil. I am pivoting a little bit by putting some of my Snow White tomato starts in this patch.
I was going to move the zucchini into this plot but decided to turn it into a tomato plot. The zucchini is all in large pots.
Plant the tomato seeds I saved from my favorite tomatoe plants of 2021. Done!
While the Amy’s Apricot’s didn’t grow, the Snow White tomatoes are doing very well! Two of the four already have fruit on them with the other two growing quite well. I haven’t been able to transplant my zucchini yet.
Plant herbs and/or strawberries in my new Vertical planter – affiliate link here.
I planted some cilantro seeds, but I’m starting to think those seeds were bad as I don’t have any cilantro sprouting.
2. DO YOGA 60 TIMES THIS YEAR – THAT’S JUST 5 TIMES A MONTH!
I love yoga, and it’s so good for my physical and mental health.
In January, I practiced yoga 22 times! (How fitting!)
In February, I practiced yoga 8 times!
In March, I practiced yoga 3 times
In April, I practiced yoga 6 times! (I started going to yoga classes at my town’s Community Center)
In May, I practiced yoga 4 times.
In June, I practiced yoga 3 times.
In total, I practiced yoga 46 times! Over halfway done!
3. READ OR LISTEN TO 22 BOOKS
I like to track the books I read throughout the year. Since I love to read, this is a great 2022 inspired goal.
So far this year I have read:
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendency: Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good by Timothy Zahn
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil by Timothy Zahn
Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser Finally finished this one!
I read/finished three books in June. The Queen’s Hope was a great YA Star Wars read and Brotherhood was a good complement to the book about Padme Amidala.
Currently, I’m reading The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. Fans of the Office, this would be a great book for you! I’m also reading Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World by Joel Salatin. It has a lot of anecdotal stories about farm life as well as a viewport into regenerative farming.
4. DECLUTTER 1000 ITEMS
After reading Declutter Like a Mother by Allie Casazza last year, I decided to give decluttering a go. I started this goal on December 3 and had already decluttered 179 things.
In January, I decluttered 322 items.
In February, I decluttered 27 items.
In March, I decluttered 18 items.
In April, I decluttered 18 items.
In May, I decluttered 35 items.
In June, I decluttered 15 items.
In total, I decluttered 614 items!
I’m just using a piece of graph paper to track mine, but Let’s Live and Learn is where I got the idea to declutter 1000 items. She has a printable that may be helpful – link here.
5. MAKE 100 POSHMARK SALES DONE!
This goal goes along the same lines as goal #4 as some of the things I’m decluttering are nice clothes that just no longer fit or serve me, but still have lots of wear left in them. Check out my review of Poshmark here. If you’re interested in Poshmark, use my code asposhadventure to sign up and get a $10 credit.
In January, I sold 36 listings!
In February, I sold 17 listings!
In March, I sold 16 listings! (This doesn’t include a Depop sale or an eBay sale)
In April, I sold 17 listings!
In May, I sold 14 listings! (This doesn’t include an eBay sale)
In June, I sold 6 listings – definitely experiencing summer slowdown. This doesn’t include 2 eBay sales (Yay for selling old textbooks!)
Total Listings Sold: 106 listings! YAY! I can cross this goal off my list!
Let’s achieve our goals and I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling 2022!
Sincerely,
A
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