Oops.... July Goals

Well, I certainly failed at August! After being relatively dedicated to blogging twice per week throughout July, I just kind of dropped off the face of the planet. I don't really have an excuse - I just.... stopped. But no more! Back to twice per week for me!

Let's do a quick review of July's goals. I decided that I would score myself out of 12 (1 point per goal per week) with a total possible score of 15 (with my bonus items). Here's how I did:

• Get in the groove of posting on your blog
• Four weeks in a month, three weeks worth of posts, so I'll give myself 3 points here. Oh, and I definitely accomplished the bonus (travel posts for Boston and California), so I get a total of 4 here.
• Get back on board with Couch-to-5k
• I wanted to get to week 5, but I only got halfway through week 4. And then stopped entirely. I'll give myself 3 points here, and I didn't register for a formal event, so no bonus.
• Budget budget budget!
• Ha. Hahahahaha. This really failed. I feel like budgeting is the real-life version of college studying. Each person has to figure out their individual techniques, and there's no way to figure it out than trial and error. July was an error, BUT I think I discovered a method to gradually reduce my dependence on my credit card. So I get a measly 1 point here, with some major hope for the future.
• Summary
• All told: 8/12. 67%. Technically a failing grade, but I'm going to look at it as getting 2/3 of my goals accomplished, which isn't too bad. Hopefully September goes better!

September goals:

(After struggling to recreate my July image, I've given up. Maybe perseverance should be a September goal?)

• Crafts
• The whole purpose of this blog was to burn through my halfway done crafts. Let's get three of those lingering crafts out of the way. That means I get one freebie week to make something new and fun!
• Success looks like finishing the big three lingerers (I know what they are, but no spoilers for yo : D ). Failure looks like having two or more left to do at the end of the month.
• BONUS: Finish the fourth lingerer.
• Games
• I'm starting a new project that involves playing A LOT of video games. This may seem like a bit of a waste of time to a lot of people, but it's a personal goal I would like to accomplish. Anyway, I'd like to get going on these.
• Success looks like playing through three games over the course of the month. Failure looks like not finishing at least two.
• BONUS: Get some pre/post filming done.
• Friends
• I moved to Seattle almost 8 months ago, and I haven't been good about making new friends or even keeping up with the friends I already have here. I'd like to work on that this month.
• Success looks like hanging out at least twice with new friends and at least once per week with existing friends. Failure looks like not connecting with new friends and not making an effort to see existing friends.
• BONUS: Get them all together. Cocktail party, maybe?

So, those are my goals. Do you have any goals for this month?