2/14- My illness of last week caused me to take some days off. I was consistent all the way up till Friday. I also was successful today. This means I had 5 out of 7 days of my goal completed. I can't really do much about being sick, but I did get a little lazy on the weekend. I think i should wake up earlier on the weekends, since waking up later in the day leads to me doing nothing all day. It is definitely an advantage that I have football and a high labor job, because it makes me sore and more likely to stretch.
2/28- Last week I found myself stretching six out of seven days. I was a little bit surprised because I ended up stretching for more than my goal. Some challenges that I faced turned out to be sleep. There were times where I was extremely tired when I came home, and ended up falling asleep. It turned out that being pretty sore from my busy schedule makes me feel like I have to stretch to feel better. I think that I should make this goal a little bit more focused because I measured my minutes by my accumulated time of stretching throughout the day. My new goal will be to have 20 uninterrupted minutes of stretching.

3/20- For the past two weeks I have met my goal 9 out of 14 times. I ended up having a lot of grown up problems to handle, and I ended up stretching less due to being a little more stressed than usual. Though my busy schedule still includes football, it still allows me to get good stretching in from all the physical activity. To make sure that I keep my consistency and don’t fall off too far, I will find a stretching partner who also would like to stretch more often.
4/20- In the past month I have only stretched when I go to football. This is equivalent to five times a week for about 15 to 20 minutes. I have completely fallen off with stretching on my own at home. To be honest I have fallen very off routine and even forgot I had the goal to stretch more often. I still want to keep the goal of finding a stretching partner and rekindling it back in for the last of the semester to get the habit back going.

2/14- I ended up contracting the flu and being exposed to COVID last week, so I didn't have much interaction with anyone. I did however end up getting to play a board game this weekend with a few friends. I stay in a pretty active environment so there will be plenty of opportunities to complete the goal for the week. I think 1/4 isn't bad considering I was sick, but I think it'll be easier to assess how well I handle the goal.
2/28- I only played a game one time last week and it was checkers. It was really hard to find time to play with someone, and I restricted my thinking of games to board games. I feel like it really limited my thinking and interest to play a game. I do have people in my home and environment that regularly play games. I feel like if I open my mind to more types of games to play, I can achieve my goal a bit better.

3/20- The past two weeks I have played games every day except two days out of the week. I did find myself more focused on playing games than usual rather than accomplishing other goals I have. In a way, playing games might have become a bit of a distraction. However it has been fun to play more than usual. I’ve found myself to be more laid-back. I do think that I should stay closer to the days I had planned originally, so that I do not over play.

4/21- For the past month I have built the consistent habit to play a strategic game with my roommate. It turns out that I was not able to cut back to the original goal, because I play every day now. While it does give my mind a fun way to think and stay active throughout the day, I still find myself using it as a distraction. Each week varied with how long I played a day, but I never really played an unhealthy amount of time. I did however play longer and got way more distracted with games on my phone. I’d like to steer toward more games disassociated with my phone, but still keep the habit.

3/20- I have one layer of paint on my canvas, which is more than before but of course not enough. I have been really slow to start on this painting and I honestly don’t know why. I do not have a whole lot of time on my hands so I am not that pressed about not having much done yet, but as things slow down I’m sure the painting will progress. I would like to take advantage of my upcoming free time in the next month or so to start painting more.
4/1 I have done another painting session and I have put a lot more paint on the canvas. I have now started using techniques of painting with different objects instead of a paintbrush. One of the objects I am currently using on this layer is a metal ruler. It is leaving a rough effect and a lot of paint on the canvas to give it a thick background. I’d like to paint something a little more specific and clear now that I have a lot of abstract elements. I still want to try and preserve using strange objects because this is still something I’ve never really done before.

2/28- I have not really meditated this past week. I only meditated once. I’ve had a lot of stressful things thrown at me that were very unexpected and I have not even thought of meditating. I also don’t seem to give myself any time to do it. I do have the opportunity to wake up a little bit earlier due to my schedule during the day. Waking up a little bit earlier and making it the start of my day might help me get a little more success in the upcoming weeks.

3/21- I’m still finding myself in the same loop of my schedule. I tend to go to sleep trying to complete things I need to do, and waking up to a new task to complete. This feels like a situation where life is happening, but I am struggling to make space for myself. I think that I should reduce my goal to at least once a week for a longer time to try to gain more progress.

4/25- in the past 4 to 5 weeks I have been able to meditate more than usual. The intensity of my schedule has started to die down and I have also been able to get more of a routine back. I am waking up earlier and still having time reserved for myself somewhere in my day. I would like to gradually increase how often I meditate to twice a week. I think it’ll be beneficial at the beginning and the end of the week.

4/20- For the last of  my friends’ 21st birthday I planned to document. I finally got gifts. I purchased a bottle of whiskey that I thought you might enjoy, as well as pods for a Vape. I tried to get a few things that celebrate his legal upgrade. It was nice to get a specific thing that I know they would enjoy. It felt good to accomplish that on a meaningful day for them rather than a random act of service.