I cannot believe it’s already September! I have four more months to make these goals happen.
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Personal Finance
Save $1,204 in the Gift Fund for my parents. I now have enough in the account for roughly two international airline tickets. My parents don’t seem to be retiring soon so I’ll resolve to add another 1,000 in 2013.
- Contribute $2,000 in a Roth IRA for 2012. No progress.
- Make $3,000 outside from full-time job income. $1,592, 53% completed.
Leisure
- Try 10 more Vietnamese recipes. 2/10. No progress since the last few progress reports.
- Complete 10 sewing learning projects. 2/10. No progress since the last few progress reports.
- Read 50 books. 26/50. I’m way behind on this goal. I only read one book since June!
Read one Neil Gaiman book. American Gods was a really fun experience. Build a fort. - Blog at least three times a week per blog. This is one of those resolutions I make knowing I will definitely fail. I make it because in striving for three a week, I may hit one or two and that’s better than zero.
Finish Sketchbook Project 2012 in time. Finished product here. - Visit two new states. 1/2. Arkansas down, Washington in three weeks!
- Go to Marfa, Texas with Kim. Funny how things have changed in just two months. In my last progress report, I noted that I might let this goal go so we can focus on making Paris happen in 2013. Less than a week later, Kim and I booked our flight, car, and lodging for Marfa. It’s happening in October!
Relationships and Well-Being
Visit my sister in Pennsylvania.
 - Volunteer 10 hours outside my commitment to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America. 8/10. Food bank, planted trees at Wildflower Center, worked a charity event benefiting Bake A Wish.
- Work out at least once per week. I’ve been averaging 3-4 times a week most of this year but have fallen off the wagon the last two months.
- Write my morning pages at least 120 times this year. 95/120.
- Buy myself flowers four times. 1/4.
Question: What’s your progress with your 2012 goals?
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