The Jenny Lifestyle

It's been a busy month already! Updates on the goals: Couch to 5K-- with a faster run speed as the goal! Been back at my exercise classes on the regular--so going to add running Monday and Wednesday to help.  :) Homemade meals for work every day.  (No cheating with the free pizza on Fridays, either!) I cheated with the free pizza, but otherwise resisted all temptations to buy food at work.  Progress!  Next week no cheat pizza! Finish a knitted hat. Halfway through one already!  Might aim for two hats done this month! Upholster the couch and chair. Working on the hidden button placket now for the couch.  This will probably take me a good solid weekend's worth of work. Quit Reddit. The hardest item on the list, I swear!  I've resisted, but the urge to jump back in is strong--especially when bad political news comes out.  But I remind myself that worrying about bad politics doesn't change them--just acknowledge the bad a...

With lessons learned from July, it's time once again to set some goals. First, some accountability: I have a reminder setup in my calendar to update the blog weekly.  That's to keep us on track! Second, what habits do I still need to cultivate from last challenge?  Exercise, for one. Creativity.  And healthy eating-- Those are the three areas I'm focusing on this month. Luckily, I have corresponding goals this month for those three areas.  There's a 5k at the end of the month--a natural shoe-in for the exercise goal.  I have three months to finish knitting two hats and an undecided third present for Christmas-- thus a knit hat is on my goals for creativity this month.  As for healthy eating, I've been raiding the work cafeteria for meals due to illness and moving in September.  No more!  Homemade lunches and breakfasts for October. I also am attempting to recover our couch and chairs by making new box cushions for them.  I want to fin...