This post contains affiliate links. For the last few years, I haven’t hit my yearly goals. Not even close. I don’t know what happened; I used to achieve at least 75% of my yearly goals, but that hasn’t been the case in the last few years. I was talking to a friend about this, and she empathized and said 12 months is such a long time! Who knows what twists and turns will come during that time.

Picture of a calendar open to the month of September sitting on a desk next to a plant
Photo by Blessing Ri on Unsplash

I still want to set goals, but I don’t want to set myself up to be a failure. My friend suggested just setting weekly goals, but I decided to set my goals one month at a time and monitor the progress weekly. So, here are my monthly goals for September 2026:

  • Finish 3 books. I need to read two books, The Maidens and My Friends, for two book clubs I have at the end of the month. I also want to finish The Red Head of Auschwitz, which I’ve been reading for the last 6 weeks or so. (The content is raw, so I need to take frequent breaks.)
  • Read 300 pages in The Calamity Club. (This is for an October book club, but it’s such a large book, I broke it down to reading 10 pages a day. That will get me to 300 pages by the end of October.)
  • Clean one thing in my house for 22 of the 30 days in the month. I find cleaning the whole house overwhelming, but cleaning one thing? I can do that. (Obviously dishes are done multiple times a day, and laundry is done regularly.)
  • Take my daughter on three college tours. This is my goal, but it is entirely dependent on her schedule. She will be taking two college classes in person for Dual Enrollment and also working 20 hours a week, so we’ll try to accomplish this. Question–do you have an interest in reading a review of the colleges we visit? If so, I could write a blog post about that.
  • Go to the gym 15 times. The last two months of summer I slacked on going to the gym, so I have to pick this habit back up.
  • Walk 15 miles. I also slacked on this, so I will start slow as I pick the habit back up.
  • Do Tai Chi 10 times this month.
  • Write and publish eight blog posts this month. This will be a big stretch for me as my blog writing lately has slowed down significantly.

That’s it for the month. A gentle reintroduction to goal setting (and accomplishing) and starting to exercise again.

Do you set goals? If so, do you set yearly goals or shorter increments?

 

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