August Round-Up/September Goals
I already know I did not do nearly as well this month as I wanted to. oh well. Sometimes that happens.
Video Games
In August:
* Beat FF8 for Moogle U
* Beat at least one of the Amalur DLC packs I've already bought
* Beat Lost Winds
* Make decent progress in A Link to the Past, which I finally started.
Halfway there! I beat FF8 with 31 minutes to spare, and I did whip right through the Teeth of Naros DLC for Amalur. I don't think I so much as booted up Lost Winds or A Link to the Past. Oops.
In September:
* Beat FF9 for Moogle U
* Beat the Legend of Dead Kel DLC for Amalur
* Beat Lost Winds
* Try not to fall too far into FF14
Writing
In August:
* Finish drafting Book 2 so I can get to the "burn it down and build it anew" phase
* Outline Book 3
* Worldbuild for NaNo '13
* At least one Chocobo Races fic; total wordcount of posted fic > 1000
....nnnnnnnope. on any of the above. I did have one worldbuilding conversation with
tuberose and I did write a Chocobo Races fic, but didn't meet any other goals. I'm not even sure what I was doing instead of writing. Maybe pixel dragons.
In September:
* 20K of anything
* At least one Chocobo Races fic
Money
In August:
* Pay off the car repairs
* Do not buy anything I do not need. Running shoes are a need. Video games aren't.
...I paid off the car! I was pretty good about needs vs wants but I totally caved and bought FF14; I'm not sorry. On the other hand I did cancel one of my existing pre-orders because I decided I really didn't need it.
In September:
* Only purchase games I have already pre-ordered
* No other shopping (including clothes, books, etc.)
* Be prepared to pay off $700 at the end of the month on my lower credit card
Self
In August:
* Continue with Couch to 5K and food tracking
* Save the dates and Florist arrangements
* Clear two shows out of TiVo
I did keep up with food tracking; I sort of made a half-assed desultory effort at Couch to 5K. However, I am still making numerical and perceptible progress (these are not always the same thing) toward my general goals.
I did find the florist I think I want to contract with, and while I have some more questions around it I think I'm settled there. I still have to do some picking of save the date stuff.
And I cleared all my shows out of TiVo except one!
In September:
* Continue to track food and exercise
* Save the dates, seriously
* Clear out last season's Good Wife episodes
* Sign florist contract
* Cake tasting
* Arrange for rings
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Video Games
In August:
* Beat FF8 for Moogle U
* Beat at least one of the Amalur DLC packs I've already bought
* Beat Lost Winds
* Make decent progress in A Link to the Past, which I finally started.
Halfway there! I beat FF8 with 31 minutes to spare, and I did whip right through the Teeth of Naros DLC for Amalur. I don't think I so much as booted up Lost Winds or A Link to the Past. Oops.
In September:
* Beat FF9 for Moogle U
* Beat the Legend of Dead Kel DLC for Amalur
* Beat Lost Winds
* Try not to fall too far into FF14
Writing
In August:
* Finish drafting Book 2 so I can get to the "burn it down and build it anew" phase
* Outline Book 3
* Worldbuild for NaNo '13
* At least one Chocobo Races fic; total wordcount of posted fic > 1000
....nnnnnnnope. on any of the above. I did have one worldbuilding conversation with
tuberose and I did write a Chocobo Races fic, but didn't meet any other goals. I'm not even sure what I was doing instead of writing. Maybe pixel dragons.
In September:
* 20K of anything
* At least one Chocobo Races fic
Money
In August:
* Pay off the car repairs
* Do not buy anything I do not need. Running shoes are a need. Video games aren't.
...I paid off the car! I was pretty good about needs vs wants but I totally caved and bought FF14; I'm not sorry. On the other hand I did cancel one of my existing pre-orders because I decided I really didn't need it.
In September:
* Only purchase games I have already pre-ordered
* No other shopping (including clothes, books, etc.)
* Be prepared to pay off $700 at the end of the month on my lower credit card
Self
In August:
* Continue with Couch to 5K and food tracking
* Save the dates and Florist arrangements
* Clear two shows out of TiVo
I did keep up with food tracking; I sort of made a half-assed desultory effort at Couch to 5K. However, I am still making numerical and perceptible progress (these are not always the same thing) toward my general goals.
I did find the florist I think I want to contract with, and while I have some more questions around it I think I'm settled there. I still have to do some picking of save the date stuff.
And I cleared all my shows out of TiVo except one!
In September:
* Continue to track food and exercise
* Save the dates, seriously
* Clear out last season's Good Wife episodes
* Sign florist contract
* Cake tasting
* Arrange for rings
I've posted this at http://lassarina.dreamwidth.org/1078742.html and you may comment there or here. On Dreamwidth, this entry has
comments.