Swimming through the weeds - August goals

Sometimes, life is just trying to swim through the weeds. 

Here we are a week into September already. How did I do on my goals for August?

Writing:

1)     Write 4,000 words on my next novel, “Ice Cream Spies.” None.

2)     Edit the latest devotional that I started writing. The working title is “Bones, and Stones, and Pain, oh my.” Almost finished with the first edit.

Reaching:

            1)   Promote one of my latest works, “Prior to Now”, “Chris Coping with the Covid- 19 Crisis” and “Holding All the Aces” once a week. Twice all month, I think

            2)  Promote the vendor sale on October 7. Yes, once

            3) Sew four book bags for the vendor sale on October 7. Only one.  

            4)  Research other fall vendor sales. Yes, signed up for another sale.

            5) Actually pay for some sort of advertising, because what little I am doing on my own is simply not enough.  Nope.

Reading:

            1)  Finish reading “Anna Karenina.” This is a crazy goal That book is soooo ridiculously long! I’ve been at it for a week and have only read 10%. Sorry, I gave up after the first  few chapters.  

            2)  Read and study four chapters in the Book of Acts for my Thursday Bible study group. Yes.      

Retiring:

            1)  Go camping. Yes, once for three days.     

            2)  Once a week do research for my trip to Cambodia in the fall. Also meet up with my friend who is going there with me, to discuss our plans. Well, because of my back, we cancelled the trip, so I guess there’s no longer a need to research it.   

            3)  Seriously get that cheaper health insurance by the end of the month, coz I’m just not going to pay this much anymore. Don’t even bring this up!

 I don’t think I’ve ever done this poorly on any goals in my life. This stupid back pain has just got me completely flummoxed. I just can barely get up the ambition to get dressed some mornings. The pain, in general, is not that bad most of the time, but it’s enough of a constant ache that I feel like I’ve been subjected to Chinese water torture for four months now.

I keep trying to look up and be optimistic, but I am so physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. I have an appointment this morning with a new therapist. A friend of mine recommended her and says she can work miracles. I pray she can fix me.

With all that in mind, I’m just not even going to list any goals for this month. I’ll just see how it goes and let you know the first of October if I actually did anything. Chris