Now I need to work out what I want to keep in casewe have more freedom to get stuff done the last few months of the year
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Yeah that was my “woohoo the market is going great let’s see how far I can push it goal”. I am probably in -50k right now as well. 
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I barely have jack shit in assets in comparison to many and I think mine have gone down that much.
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I checked off another goal and changed one–I already passed Tom Bombadil in Walk to Mordor, and I meant for that goal to be a bit of a challenge, so I picked Weathertop as a goal that’s much further ahead.
I think the only goal that COVID-19 is affecting is the physical therapist one, and hopefully that’s just being put off until later in the year.
| Finish lace scarf | Hike 4 times | Finish editing book 7 | Sew a garment | |
| Mend 3 things from mending pile | Finish writing book 14 | Organize clothes | Make seitan | Sew patches on winter coat |
| Make pizza 4 times | FREE SPACE | Make bread 6 times | Get yarn organized and put away | |
| 2 days in a row with no added sugar | Refill emergency fund | Knit a garment | Bike ride 4 times | |
| Read 10 books I owned before 2019 | See a physical therapist for feet | Touch up paint in house | Reach Weathertop | Create a filing system |
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Update: Office closet reorganized (and filled with tomato seedlings).
Still not sure what goals to change related to covid. I think many of the social goals could still happen in the second half of the year. I am changing “monthly” dates to 12 dates total, because a March date night didn’t happen for obvious reasons, and it’s looking unlikely that an April date can happen either.
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Today I checked off “eat a home-grown salad” with the tiniest least exciting arugula salad ever:
I’m sure that I’ll have bigger better salads as stuff gets to start growing outside, but this counts!
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Current bingo board. I could get bingo if I could just put effort into bass for a few weeks… But I don’ wanna.
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End of month update:
Got one more thing crossed off (a lot of cooking going on) and made some progress in others. Greyed out items are things that COVID pretty much knocked out my standing plans for since the ski trip was supposed to have been this month and the city trip in mid-April, but I’m not sure if I’m going to replace them yet since I could still do those things later in the year. Plus that category was ‘go somewhere’ so I’m not sure what I’d replace them with at this point 
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Summary
- Purge 75% of belongings - I started taking inventory of a couple catagories. Shirts 80 (Owned) - 35 (Purged) = 45 (still own) Need to get rid of 25 more!!! what?!? Skirts on the other hand 6 (Owned) - 5 (Purged) = 1 (Still owned) so I’m good in that catagory.
- Max 401k - I think I will still try to hit this goal. It’ll be tough though. I just got my pay reduced by 25% ugh
- Done
- Done.
- Hold Crow pose for 1 min - Haven’t out too much time into this, maybe APril will be my Yoga month.
- 120 no spend days - on track to complete this by year end
- Done
- No Amazon Orders all year - Still going strong
- Pay off 1 of 7 SL in full - Should finish up by May
- Done
- Crochet blanket for Puglet - About 50% complete. I hope to finish by his first birthday (April 21st)
- Hike 1 4k footer - In the spring/summer
- FREE
- Done
- Take Puglet for a bike ride on the Minuteman Bike trail - in the Spring/Summer
- Keep monthly average dining out to $100 = current average is $112.95
- Emergency Savings = $2,000 - current balance is $1,100
- Negotiate more vacation days - This is up in the air until the whole COVID thing is under control but technically I am working at 75% as of this month (of course I’m also only getting paid 75% of my salary)
- Max Roth $6,000 - May not happen unless I ended up getting my bonus payment later this year.
- Read 12 books - 3 read 2 reading now
- Done
- Run a Hlaf-Marathon - Currently training - up to 6 miles and the race in 2 months away
- Reduce Garbage waste to 10 trash bags. - 3 so far this year. bag four is getting close to full but hoping to hold off another week or so.
- Hold 5 min plank - Need to work on this some more
- Total Yearly spend under $30k - A little over budget but should be able to pull things back to finish the year under $30k.
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Due to ye olde coronavirus, I’ve replaced student loan payoff with making an afghan for my pregnant cousin; completing the Candidate year with therapy; and have reduced the number of tax advantaged accounts I’m trying to max. I’m still aiming for a 50% savings rate because why not try, though I think it’s very unlikely.
I’m making decent pace on many of these things, at least! Especially the reading goals. And driving less is actually a lot easier with the quarantine…
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I made a raised garden bed! Tomorrow I’ll update properly and see how I’m going.
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Thanks to surprise Child Support I paid off one of my Student loans and got my Emergency fund to $2k! Now if I can just hold Crow for 1 min I’ll have BINGO!!!
| B | I | N | G | O |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purge 75% of belongings | 120 No Spend Days | Crochet blanket for Puglet | Keep monthly average Dining out to $100 | |
| Max 401k $19500 | Hike 1 of the “4K footers” | Run a Half-Marathon | ||
| No Amazon Orders all year! | Negotiate more vacation days | Reduce Garbage Waste to 10 trash bag a year | ||
| Max Roth $6000 | Hold 5 min Plank | |||
| Hold Crow Pose for 1 min | Take Puglet for a bike ride on Minuteman Bike Trail | Read 12 books | Total Yearly spend under $30k |
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You’re so close!
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And yet so far away. I can hold crow for about 10 to 15 seconds.
Slow going, but I’m going! All of the garden ones are in progress. A couple won’t happen until after the shutdown ends, but I’m fairly confident still that they can happen before the end of the year.
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Guys, one of my BINGO goals was to give more hugs. 
I WAS DOING SO WELL TOO.
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Congratulations.
Some of mine are year long, a few others stymied by the pandemic.
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Congratulations!!
Oooh I like how you have the percentages listed!!
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