With my dad going into the hospital on January 2nd and then passing away on January 9th, this year started off rough. I spent several weeks helping my mom in Oregon and then COVID-19 hit and we were (are) mostly staying at home. More free time. So, how am I doing with all that time? Mixed results, but I think I'm doing okay.
SPIRITUAL:
Plan: My goal: Follow the Come, Follow Me reading schedule
Read some each day--the manual and the assignment.
Write in my manual and answer the questions.
Take enough time to do it properly--in other words, take time to ponder before writing answers
[I should spend more time pondering, but I'm reading every day and using the manual]
Plan: My goal: To study General Conference
Read, mark, and make lists from each talk I read.
Make a list of things that I want to do from what I read.
[I read a talk every day and try to find things for me to do from what I read]
SOCIAL:
Plan: My goal: Reach out to sisters I minister to as well as friends that I think might need contact.
Make contact with my sisters by mailing the announcements, calling/texting to invite to activities.
Keep in touch with Marge and Gwen as well.
Ponder and pray to see who of my friends might need contact.
[I am making some contact, but there are no activities to invite them to. I have not done much for my friends]
PHYSICAL:
Plan: My goal: To follow Bright Line eating more closely
[I'm loosely following...much room for improvement here]
PHYSICAL:
Plan: My goal: to get more exercise
Walk 4 days a week
Start doing some ab exercises maybe on the days I don't walk?
[my foot was acting up, so walking was out. I started riding a bike almost 4 weeks ago and it's going well. I occasionally do ab exercises]
INTELLECTUAL:
Plan: My goal: To continue to study Chinese
Duolingo
Chinese for Dummies
Leitner box flash cards
[this is a BIG yes, but my flash cards are all online now and I don't use my Leitner box anymore and my main resource is now the Mandarin Blueprint program]
Other ideas:
SPIRITUAL:
To prepare for April 2020 General Conference
Family History
[I did do some things to prepare for April's Conference. And I've done a tiny bit of Family History. I started indexing this past week as well]
SOCIAL:
justserve
[I got one service project in at the Senior Center before COVID shut things down]
PHYSICAL:
work on pottery skills
[between Dad's death and COVID, I have not been working on my pottery]
INTELLECTUAL:
piano/organ study
emergency preparedness
cooking skills
[I rarely play the piano, but due to COVID the room with the piano in it is now Hannah and Kaellen's bedroom. Haven't done much for preparedness, though Glen and I FINALLY have a living trust. Have been cooking, but can't say I'm increasing my skills in that area]
So, now I need to see what changes, if any, I need to make in my goals for the second half of 2020. Just looking at it quickly, I need to do better at eating right and reach out to minister more. I don't know that I have been thinking of adding anything new to my goals.
